If Rudy Gobert wasn't an idiot, how much longer would the season have continued??

[STATUTORY]

Assuming that Gobert didn't get sick and wasn't tested, how much longer would the league have gone on for? Him getting sick seemed like the spark that blew the entire situation up.

[scuzzy]

not long, everything simultaneously shut down days after NBA did

[FKAri]

He was sick and had already missed a game before his antics with the mic, no?

[STATUTORY]

not long, everything simultaneously shut down days after NBA did

situation snowballed when NBA players tested positive. If Gobert didn't positive, i dont think everything would shut down that day.

I think we would had one more week of games if he didnt get sick

[keep-itreal]

It was going to happen whether or not rudy gobert tested positive. KD wasn't even around any players/media and he got the rona. That shit was going to happen to any random player

[DoctorP]

a few more days at most. leagues were shutting down.

[red1]

you just know the players are all talking shit about him behind the scenes. "dumb ass french boy ****ing up the money."



poor gobert. really was a crapshoot getting infected that early. it was like winning the draft lottery and he's the one that got unlucky and got the 'rona out of 500 players, the 'ol COVID-19.

[SamuraiSWISH]

You're assuming he was patient zero of the league. Everyone is getting it. Owner of the Knicks. KD. Doris Burke. Somebody was bound to get it. That's why this pandemic is so damn crazy. And scary.

[Xiao Yao You]

He was sick and had already missed a game before his antics with the mic, no?

no. He said he felt like playing that night.

It was just a matter of time. Mitchell had it and others too. He was just the first to get tested for it

[highwhey]

was going to happen anyhow. not this fault.

[Wally450]

was going to happen anyhow. not this fault.

This.

To answer the question, maybe another day or 2 tops.

[red1]

You're assuming he was patient zero of the league. Everyone is getting it. Owner of the Knicks. KD. Doris Burke. Somebody was bound to get it. That's why this pandemic is so damn crazy. And scary.

I dont mind kd or dolan catching it. hope doris is alright.

[Gougou]

They did their best thing to shut it down, if it was longer, many other players would be infected.

[Axe]

Assuming that Gobert didn't get sick and wasn't tested, how much longer would the league have gone on for? Him getting sick seemed like the spark that blew the entire situation up.
You really think gobert being an idiot is the most compelling reason why this one had to happen in the league?

[ralph_i_el]

Maybe one day. He's just a convenient scapegoat.

[HylianNightmare]

Like one more day tops. Wasnt it Mudiay first after all

[Xiao Yao You]

Considering all the efforts the Jazz had taken to educate their players on the matter and to ensure their safety, it’s not hard to see why there would be frustration with anyone who was still downplaying the disease. Now, though, they must find a way to move forward. The Jazz have already begun working on the Mitchell-Gobert relationship, but sources say Mitchell remains reluctant to fix what might have been broken. “It doesn’t appear salvageable,” one source with knowledge of the situation said (https://theathletic.com/1735768/2020/04/10/behind-the-scenes-with-the-utah-jazz-during-the-days-that-changed-everything/).

In the two travel days leading into Utah’s game at Oklahoma City, Gobert and Mitchell shared space on a regular basis, sitting near each other on buses and the team plane, according to sources. Still, there’s no way to know if Gobert gave it to Mitchell or if it was the other way around or some other factor. That’s something the team tried to make clear to Mitchell, (https://theathletic.com/1735768/2020/04/10/behind-the-scenes-with-the-utah-jazz-during-the-days-that-changed-everything/) according to sources. Mitchell also declined an interview request for this story.

The Jazz convened in the lobby of the Residence Inn on Thursday morning, still stunned by the events of the night before. Players milled around, making small talk, laughing and conversing with each other, checking their phones. Soon after, they took a chartered flight back to Salt Lake City, relieved to be going home, even if it was to quarantine for two weeks. Gobert traveled back to Utah on a private flight. Sources said Mitchell went elsewhere: New York, where he could be closer to his family. He wanted to be near his mother, Nicole Mitchell, as the two share a close relationship. He spent the following days quarantined in a basement. The process itself, of getting Gobert and Mitchell on their flights, wasn’t easy, according to sources. Because of the duo’s positive tests, the Jazz had to go through a special protocol for Gobert and Mitchell to be cleared to get onboard flights (https://theathletic.com/1735768/2020/04/10/behind-the-scenes-with-the-utah-jazz-during-the-days-that-changed-everything/).

There is hope that the relationship will improve over time, and the fact that there could potentially be a lot of time to sort things out could work in Utah’s favor. “I’m confident our team is going to be totally fine,” Ingles said. “I heard Donovan’s response (on GMA), or whatever it was, to that question, and a part of that is on Donovan and Rudy to sort out if he’s frustrated with him or whatever. But I have no doubt when we go back to training, or when our season starts again, our team is going to be what we have been and what we are. … I’m confident our team will be completely fine. The chemistry will be fine.” (https://theathletic.com/1735768/2020/04/10/behind-the-scenes-with-the-utah-jazz-during-the-days-that-changed-everything/)
– via Shams Charania @ The Athletic (https://theathletic.com/1735768/2020/04/10/behind-the-scenes-with-the-utah-jazz-during-the-days-that-changed-everything/)

hello lottery

[STATUTORY]

hello lottery

mitchell petty af holding a grudge like that

[jayfan]

It's a good question. I say at least a week.

On March 11, games were still being played in front of fans. The dispute at the time was over whether or not to switch to empty areas. Cancelling games altogether wasn't being considered. As San Fran was one of the first cities hit, the Warriors announced that their home game the following night - March 12 - would be closed to fans. That game was going to be the guinea pig. All other games were still open to fans. And in college, all smaller conferences were in the midst of the conference tournaments, in front of fans.

The scene in Utah on the night of the 11th literally changed everything. The officials running onto the court, waiving the players off, and cancelling the game because Gobert just tested positive was a lit match tossed on gasoline. Without that, games would have carried on for at least a week (probably in empty arenas), if not more. The ncaa would have completed all conference tournaments in empty arenas, as scheduled, and the postseason tournaments might have begun in empty arenas.

[Xiao Yao You]

It's a good question. I say at least a week.

On March 11, games were still being played in front of fans. The dispute at the time was over whether or not to switch to empty areas. Cancelling games altogether wasn't being considered. As San Fran was one of the first cities hit, the Warriors announced that their home game the following night - March 12 - would be closed to fans. That game was going to be the guinea pig. All other games were still open to fans. And in college, all smaller conferences were in the midst of the conference tournaments, in front of fans.

The scene in Utah on the night of the 11th literally changed everything. The officials running onto the court, waiving the players off, and cancelling the game because Gobert just tested positive was a lit match tossed on gasoline. Without that, games would have carried on for at least a week (probably in empty arenas), if not more. The ncaa would have completed all conference tournaments in empty arenas, as scheduled, and the postseason tournaments might have begun in empty arenas.

Mitchell and others already had it. Was just a matter of time

[STATUTORY]

It's a good question. I say at least a week.

On March 11, games were still being played in front of fans. The dispute at the time was over whether or not to switch to empty areas. Cancelling games altogether wasn't being considered. As San Fran was one of the first cities hit, the Warriors announced that their home game the following night - March 12 - would be closed to fans. That game was going to be the guinea pig. All other games were still open to fans. And in college, all smaller conferences were in the midst of the conference tournaments, in front of fans.

The scene in Utah on the night of the 11th literally changed everything. The officials running onto the court, waiving the players off, and cancelling the game because Gobert just tested positive was a lit match tossed on gasoline. Without that, games would have carried on for at least a week (probably in empty arenas), if not more. The ncaa would have completed all conference tournaments in empty arenas, as scheduled, and the postseason tournaments might have begun in empty arenas.

in full agreement here, we would had one more week of games at the very least. people forget how nonchalant everyone was still about the situation on march 11th. Gobert set it off