The National Basketball Association (NBA) cannot wait any longer. They will now allow teams to open their practice facilities again starting on 1 May 2020, more than six weeks after it suspended operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Teams will be allowed to re-open those facilities only if their respective local governments have eased stay-at-home orders, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
There were more than 926,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the United States, according to The New York Times, and millions of Americans are still under some form of a stay-at-home order — many of which have been extended past 1 May.
Teams will not be permitted to require players to work out at their facilities, but rather will let them do so on a voluntary basis. No organized team activities or group workouts will be allowed, either.
While some markets will have lifted or significantly loosened stay-at-home restrictions by that date, many will still be implemented past that date — including both New York teams and the four California franchises. The NBA, per Wojnarowski, will work with teams unable to open their facilities directly in order to make sure every player has the chance to safely practice again.
Many players had been asking their teams about traveling to Georgia to workout, too, per the report. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has allowed certain businesses in the state to re-open this week — a decision that has drawn criticism, even from President Donald Trump — including gyms. The league, however, made it clear it doesn't want players working out at public fitness centers there.
Teams will be allowed to re-open those facilities only if their respective local governments have eased stay-at-home orders, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
There were more than 926,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the United States, according to The New York Times, and millions of Americans are still under some form of a stay-at-home order — many of which have been extended past 1 May.
Teams will not be permitted to require players to work out at their facilities, but rather will let them do so on a voluntary basis. No organized team activities or group workouts will be allowed, either.
While some markets will have lifted or significantly loosened stay-at-home restrictions by that date, many will still be implemented past that date — including both New York teams and the four California franchises. The NBA, per Wojnarowski, will work with teams unable to open their facilities directly in order to make sure every player has the chance to safely practice again.
Many players had been asking their teams about traveling to Georgia to workout, too, per the report. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has allowed certain businesses in the state to re-open this week — a decision that has drawn criticism, even from President Donald Trump — including gyms. The league, however, made it clear it doesn't want players working out at public fitness centers there.
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