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Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry …
Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry said Thursday he believes the NBA season will eventually restart but cautioned it could be in July or August. “What’s clear is people want to see sports,” Lasry said on CNBC’s “Halftime Report.”
“If the goal is you want to end up …
“If the goal is you want to end up having a season, let’s get things open,” he said. “Let’s get people getting back in shape and then we’ll figure it out come July or August, what we can do in finishing the season and finishing the season without fans.”
One NBA owner gives very strong indication season could resume in July
Along with Marc Lasry, LeBron James refutes the notion that some within the league want the remainder of the season canceled.
Since the NBA suspended play on March 11, there’s been a lot of speculation as to whether the season would resume and a few media reports that have been on both sides of the spectrum.
At this point, it’s safe to say that nobody knows for sure, but Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry made as strong of a statement as we’ve seen on Thursday.
According to him, he believes the season will be completed and that it’ll probably resume in July.
Lasry made the comments while appearing on CNBC’s “Halftime Report” on Thursday, with the appearance coming on the heels of longtime NBA reporter Jabari Young’s account that quite a few team executives and agents are calling on the commissioner’s office to cancel the remainder of the season.
Young’s report was a bit of a surprise considering the fact that the league was following the lead of the nation’s governors in allowing access to practice facilities in states that are seeing rollbacks of stay-at-home orders.
Beginning as soon as May 8, several teams across the league, as a result, will be permitted to host up to four players in their facilities at a time.
Simultaneous with Lasry’s appearance on CNBC was a tweet from LeBron James himself refuting the notion that there were calls from within the league to cancel the remainder of the season, while Lasry spoke a bit more in-depth about the possibility.
“Saw some reports about execs and agents wanting to cancel season??? That’s absolutely not true. Nobody I know saying anything like that. As soon as it’s safe we would like to finish our season. I’m ready and our team is ready. Nobody should be canceling anything.,” James tweeted.
Saw some reports about execs and agents wanting to cancel season??? That’s absolutely not true. Nobody I know saying anything like that. As soon as it’s safe we would like to finish our season. I’m ready and our team is ready. Nobody should be canceling anything. 👑
— LeBron James (@KingJames) April 30, 2020
With respect to Lasry, his comments contained a bit more detail.
“What’s clear is people want to see sports… Let’s get people getting back in shape and then we’ll figure it out come July or August, what we can do in finishing the season and finishing the season without fans… I think as you have that, people want to see sports, so I think we’ll end up finishing the season.”
It needs to be said that neither James’ nor Lasry’s statements mean that Young’s report isn’t true. With 30 teams across the league and each team employing several people in their front offices, there probably are some who reasonably believe that the league may be better off calling off the remainder of the season and instead focusing on beginning the 2020-21 season as close to on time as possible.
According to Lasry, though, it doesn’t yet seem that this is the prevailing sentiment among the league’s ownership group, especially among those — such as Lasry — whose teams are expected to seriously compete for the championship.
Adam Himmelsbach: Bucks owner Marc …
Adam Himmelsbach: Bucks owner Marc Lasry was just on @CNBC and he sounded confident that the NBA playoffs will be held in July or August.
Marc Lasry, co-owner of the Milwaukee …
Marc Lasry, co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team, told CNBC on Tuesday that sports games that ban fans could be a possibility if the coronavirus outbreak worsens. “If you’re going to do it to basketball, you’re going to do it to baseball,” Lasry said on “Fast Money.” “I hope we don’t get there.”
Even if NBA games do not ban …
Even if NBA games do not ban spectators, they could still see lower attendance if the outbreak becomes more serious, according to Lasry. The Toyko Olympics could also experience reduced participation from athletes and fans. “If you’ve got more and more issues, more and more people getting sick, then people are not going to want to go,” Lasry said of the Olympics.
Lasry also co-owns Fiserv Forum, the …
Lasry also co-owns Fiserv Forum, the arena where the Bucks play, and where the 2020 Democratic National Convention will take place in July. He said it’s too early to determine whether the virus will impact the convention. However, this could change if the outbreak spreads further. “Things are going to get canceled,” he said.
The Milwaukee Bucks, in partnership …
The Milwaukee Bucks, in partnership with the Sacramento Kings, will host the second installment of Team Up for Change, a summit aimed at addressing social injustice and community challenges through exploring the intersection of sports, race and the pursuit of more equitable communities, on Sunday, Feb. 9 and Monday, Feb. 10 at Fiserv Forum before the Bucks take on the Kings Monday evening. Intended to unite, inspire and activate, the meaningful summit will include a panel with Bucks Co-Owner Marc Lasry, Kings Chairman, CEO and Owner Vivek Ranadivé, Bucks Senior Vice President Alex Lasry and Kings Vice Chairman Paul Jacobs, and will also feature keynote speakers, panel discussions and breakout sessions with Bucks and Kings executives, local government officials, community leaders, corporate partners and youth from Milwaukee-area nonprofits.
Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry on Tuesday …
Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry on Tuesday shared a conversation he had with Michael Jordan last week in Paris, where the NBA legend was on site to witness Milwaukee’s historic 40-6 start. “Everybody wants to be recognized for being unique and different. I mean, all these players,” said Lasry, whose Bucks defeated Jordan’s Charlotte Hornets 116-103. “When I was in Paris, I was talking to Michael about this, and I said, ‘Well, what do you think? I think we’ve got a real shot at doing what you guys have done [win 70 games]. This is a really unique team.’