Here, we’re going to look at a few things that fans of the Cleveland Cavaliers are missing out on seeing with the current NBA season on hiatus.
The 2019-20 NBA season is currently on hiatus for the Cleveland Cavaliers and other teams until further notice due to concerns involving the novel coronavirus pandemic, and it’s uncertain if the season will eventually resume at some point or not.
In terms of recent reported potential alternative scenarios/the financial impact of a cancelled season, you can view those here, at this link and also here, per KJG’s Amadou Sow.
To quickly add to that, the NBA announced that players full checks will be sent out on April 15, and a negotiation next set to be under way will involve May 1 checks for players, of which potential withholding of percentages of checks are being negotiated between the NBA and NBPA, as was h/t ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Also, Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium reported that the NBA and NBPA agreed on extending the current moratorium period in terms of transactions indefinitely. Additionally, Wojnarowski reported with ESPN’s Jonathan Givony that because of uncertainty regarding prospects, that “many NBA teams are united in hopes of encouraging the league office to push the date of the June 25 draft until no sooner than August 1.”
As a quick last side note, the first pairings for the mid-hiatus HORSE single elimination competition were announced by ESPN on Wednesday, too.
So, looking at the Cavaliers’ play leading up to the NBA’s season suspension, though, it was nice to see the Wine and Gold starting to get on the right track.
Cleveland was a fairly respectable 5-6 post-All-Star break leading up to the COVID-19-induced suspension, and while that record was far from stellar, the Cavs were clearly given a jolt with J.B. Bickerstaff taking the reigns as the squad’s head coach.
Albeit it’s been pretty well-documented throughout the years that when mid-season head coaching changes happen, teams are galvanized in the short term, and play better for a bit.
That leads to me to the first of three things that jump out as those us Cavs fans are missing out on seeing as a result of the current season’s hiatus, too.