{"id":57764,"date":"2020-05-07T08:30:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T12:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cavstheblog.com\/?p=57764"},"modified":"2020-05-06T03:53:42","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T07:53:42","slug":"links-to-the-present-awake-from-covid-slumber-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cavstheblog.com\/?p=57764","title":{"rendered":"Links to the Present: (Awake From Covid Slumber Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a somewhat premature report<\/a> that Cavs living in the Cleveland area could possibly do some individual workouts at team facilities in late April, the NBA is working its way toward some practice facilities being opened this month<\/a>, with the now-mandatory loads of caveats and restrictions. Colin Sexton is at home in Atlanta, with reflections on the season and a pledge to make the playoffs<\/a> next year. Andre Drummond is in Miami in his lab, with a pen and a pad<\/a>, taking some time off from basketball. Kevin Love wrote a piece<\/a> for the Players\u2019 Tribune<\/i> on April 7 and has dropping wisdom about mental health and staying connected<\/a> at this profoundly weird time.<\/p>\n

Magic Johnson recalled his own central role<\/a> in forcing the NBA and mainstream America to come to grips with the HIV-AIDS epidemic, now in the context of thinking about COVID-19 and its impact on black communities<\/a>. COVID-19 has caused the death<\/a> of the mother of Timberwolves standout Karl-Anthony Towns, as well two family members of former NBA player Sebastian Telfair<\/a>. Stephon Marbury, who is related to Telfair, has some reflections on what the NBA can learn from the Chinese Basketball Association<\/a> as the pandemic continues.<\/p>\n

Adam Silver has \u201chard and fast decisions coming due<\/a>\u201d in May. Silver, like most CEOs and citizens, is listening to Anthony Fauci, who is himself the subject of an hour-long profile in the New Yorker<\/i><\/a> (which includes his own role in government responses to HIV-AIDS). If you missed Fauci\u2019s call with Steph Curry<\/a> in late March, you may want to read his more updated general reflections <\/a>about the difficulty of reopening stadiums for sporting events anytime soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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