Tag: NBA Practice Facilities

NBA tells all 30 teams they can open practice facilities for small workouts

The NBA is telling their teams they can now open their practice facilities for workouts of no more than 10 people, according to Shams Charania.

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While many of the conversations about the NBA have been about when the league will start and how long the season is, there is the other matter that players have effectively been kept away from the office of the team practice facility and have been forced into gyms that are outside of the NBA sphere. But that is now a thing of the past.

Shams Charania of The Athletic/Stadium reported on Friday that the NBA is now allowing all 30 teams in the league to open the practice facility for players to have workouts. However, those workouts will still be limited to no more than 10 people as coronavirus cases around the country are steadily rising.

It remains to be seen when the NBA will come back but they are still waiting until they get closer to actual gameplay before they are going to allow teams to have full scrimmages and other types of group workouts. That they can play in some small groups instead of only individual workouts, however, is a sign that the NBA has learned where they can make some changes to the protocols used to help finish the end of the previous season.

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As 3 NBA teams look to open facilities this week, Lakers eye May 16

The Athletic’s Shams Charania reports that the Lakers will be at least a week behind some teams in opening their practice facilities.

Earlier on Wednesday, USA TODAY’s crack NBA duo of reporters Jeff Zillgitt and Mark Medina reported that three NBA teams intend to open their practice facilities by the end of the week on May 8: the Cleveland Cavaliers, Denver Nuggets and Portland Trail Blazers. As for LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, who went into the hiatus with the best record in the Western Conference, they will have to wait at least eight days after those three teams open their facilities before they open theirs.

The Athletic/Stadium’s Shams Charania reported on Wednesday evening that the Los Angeles Lakers are eyeing May 16 as the date when they will open their facility for players to be able to do individual workouts.

Friday still will be a key day for the league, even if only three teams are expected to open their facilities. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Wednesday that there is also expected to be a May 8 phone call with the league and the NBPA.

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