After conducting a virtual meeting with the Board of Governors Friday, NBA commissioner Adam Silver came away still with no clear path toward a decision to resume or cancel the currently suspended season.
Though there have been rumors of deadlines and options being considered to restart the season _ now two days past what would have been the end of the regular season _ Silver said that there simply is not enough information yet about the coronavirus to determine what path the league can take. Silver, who earlier this month, said that he would have no decision to announce sooner than May 1, stressed that it could be longer than that and it will be data, not dates, that determine the league's future.
"I think we're looking for a number of new infections to come down," Silver said in a conference call. "We're looking for the availability of testing on a large scale. On top of that we're looking at the path that we're on for potentially a vaccine and we're looking at anti-virals. On top of that, we're paying close attention to what the CDC is telling us on a federal level and what these various state rules that are in place.
