The Rush: Is the NBA ready to adopt reality show tactics to resume play safely?
When the NBA returns to action, the league is considering taking drastic measure —reminiscent of a reality show— to keep players healthy, Stephon Marbury appears in the Yahoo Sports Good News Tracker with his work to bring 10 million N95 masks to New York City, our own Yahoo Sports NBA writer Chris Haynes drops a hype track on social media and Steph Curry, Matisse Thybulle and Enes Kanter let us into their home lives in quarantine in The Rona Diaries: NBA Edition.
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RUSS WESTBROOK: Nice, one, two. Huh, that's nice. Right back to you. Do it again. Yeah, yeah, oh, one more time. Come right back. Oh, good pass, Mama. Three in a row. Yeah, yeah.
JARED QUAY: That was the Westbrook family getting buckets. Later we'll see what a few other NBA stars are up to in quarantine. But first, we got to talk about what the games going to look like when Russ gets back to work.
Nobody knows when the NBA season is going to resume--
- NBA ain't going nowhere.
JARED QUAY: But the league reportedly has big changes in mind when it does.
- Truth's bound to come out sooner or later, right?
JARED QUAY: Word is the league is considering placing all 30 teams in just two cities. They play out the schedule in front of empty arenas while the players eat, train and live together the whole time.
- What?
JARED QUAY: That sounds like a great reality show pitch.
- Wow.
JARED QUAY: But it's also the option Chinese basketball league is considering. So look, if that's the only way I can get basketball back, I'll take it.
- Double or nothing.
JARED QUAY: In fact, that's not the only thing we might be taking from China. And here's why that's good news.
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Former Knicks star Stephon Marbury, who's currently coaching in Beijing, is working on getting $10 million N95 masks to New York City. The former Knicks star won three championships with the Beijing Ducks but could never bring one home for New York. But the Mask will bring his ailing hometown something greater. Peace of mind. He'll be a hero. They make you like Batman and Gotham.
- I am Batman.
JARED QUAY: That's got to be something somebody should write a song about. And as it turns out, I've worked with someone who could do that. Over the weekend, Yahoo Sports NBA insider Chris Haynes dropped a hype track. Now, you're probably wondering what Chris is hyping? Himself.
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JARED QUAY: The man got sources and bars. So look, we're going to leave you today by checking on some NBA stars in quarantine in today's edition of the Rona Diaries. But while we're doing, my guy big [? Haynsie ?] going take us out with that vibe.
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