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Dunc'd On Basketball NBA Podcast

NBA Season Postponed Indefinitely

Dunc'd On Basketball NBA Podcast

Nate Duncan

Sports

4.62.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

The NBA season is postponed indefinitely with news that Jazz center Rudy Gobert has tested positive for COVID-2019. We discuss what led to this decision, what happens from here with the NBA, and how the NBA is now a cautionary tale for the social distancing we need to do as a nation. As for our future, the current plan is to continue the normal episode schedule 5 days/week as long as people keep listening. You can subscribe by searching “Dunc’d On” on your favorite podcast player. And if you like this pod and want additional bonus content, please subscribe to support Nate and Danny at Patreon.com/DuncanLeroux. Merchandise available at NateDuncanNBA.com, sponsors list also available at NateDuncanNBA.com. With Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA and Danny Leroux @DannyLeroux).

Transcript

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0:00.0

Wow, an unprecedented day for the NBA for the nation really as NBA games are

0:06.9

Suspended indefinitely with the scary news that Rudy Gobert jazz All-Star Center has tested positive for coronavirus

0:14.6

And I was actually watching I saw Royce Young's tweet that there was an odd delay to the game

0:20.5

So I flipped over to the OKC telecast and it was just a surreal scene as

0:26.5

The PA announcer is telling people in like a super upbeat voice that they're waiting for League approval for the

0:33.7

Game to begin Royce started tweeting out that someone from the Thunder staff

0:39.0

Sprinted across the court telling the officials and the coaches that they needed to stop the game

0:44.3

Royce later reported that Chris Paul went over to the Utah bench and they all told him to get away from him get away from them

0:49.8

And then later it was revealed not probably 30 minutes later that Gobert had indeed tested positive

0:56.2

The jazz are quarantined at the arena as we're recording this they all got tested

1:01.8

They're all wearing masks. They are not gonna be allowed to fly back to Oklahoma City and what it seems like

1:09.8

I mean throughout these last two days or the developments just kept snowballing much as they have really in the country and

1:16.6

It's just I mean they're absolutely making the right move to suspend and play at this point because there's no way of knowing

1:23.4

Right now how deep this goes with the some of the contacts that go bearers had or and obviously I mean this is this what's going on the NBA right now

1:31.4

It's just a metaphor for the entire nation right and that is the bizarre and for for our reasons kind of selfish reasons kind of hard to see

1:39.1

Silver lining of it which is that this is a a global issue and there have been

1:44.3

Dramatically different responses based on area if you want to do some digging into this you can find a lot of things and

1:49.1

Some of it can be done by governments whether that it be federal state local in the United States contacts

1:55.0

That can of course be different in other countries, but elements of this social distancing and everything else need to be done at the

2:02.1

Individual and community new level and a part of that is taking the risk of this seriously and if this is what it took

2:10.9

This and if we want to throw in I mean this is going to be important

2:14.2

You know Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson announcing that they test positive while in Australia if if these comp this confluence of events that it took for

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