The NBA Season Has Been Suspended

Last night was quite eventful. Within the span of only an hour, the United States banned travel from Europe for the next thirty days, Tom Hanks confirmed that he tested positive for COVID-19, and the NBA suspended its season indefinitely due to Utah Jazz member Rudy Gobert contracting the virus. Since then, it has been confirmed that Gobert’s teammate Donovan Mitchell has come down with the virus as well, which is likely to be the beginning of many more reports of prominent players confirming cases.

Gobert is being blamed online for spreading the virus due to his recent carefree and reckless behavior. At the end of a recent press conference, Gobert seemingly mocked those who have taken precautions in regards to COVID-19, intentionally touching every microphone at the podium. The video of this incident is extremely cringe-inducing now, knowing that he was likely asymptomatically carrying the virus at the time of the video. The former defensive player of the year just shut down the whole league.

With the playoffs quickly approaching, it’s unclear as to how the league is going to handle the rest of the season. This is likely going to end up being long-lasting and have an impact on most of our lives over the next few months, so no one is sure as to what happens next. Not only are thousands of people currently suffering from the virus, but tens of millions of dollars are going to be lost from the NBA canceling the foreseeable games, a trend already becoming clear just from looking at the stock market recently.

These are scary times. I’ve been trying to keep my head up and maintain a positive attitude as much as possible, but it seems that this pandemic is truly going to be damaging globally. I’ll likely be posting more about COVID-19 and related events as they come up short. In the mean time, wash your hands and try not to get too down about the world. Thanks for reading.