The National Basketball Association on Friday night issued a memo to teams informing them of the potential of games being held without fans in the arena due to the coronavirus outbreak.
According to the memo obtained by CNBC, the NBA told teams they should identify “actions required if it were to become necessary to play a game with only essential staff present." Essentially, no fans.
Los Angeles Lakers' superstar LeBron James said that was impossible, and what's more, he would not play if such a plan was put into action. “We play games without the fans?
Nah, that’s impossible,” James said when asked by reporters after the Lakers win over the Milwaukee Bucks. “I ain’t playing if I ain’t got the fans in the crowd.
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