 What's the word y'all welcome back to Kenny for real we talk exclusively about basketball the last time we talked You know, there's a lot of rambling going on around the NBA and well Friday things got like put on our plates and Basketball is going to be back way sooner than expected the rumor before Friday had been MLK day for the start I had even heard like as far as Valentine's Day Basically what they were saying is that hey the offseason will start in November then after that is right We'll have a couple months to just chill relax And I guess the NBA was like nope to that because the now timetable that's not completely official because the mba pa has to Prove and things like that is looking like December 22nd Is going to be the first day of the NBA season which is like Mind-blowing it is mind-blowing because once the bubble ended which was just a couple weeks ago That one of the main courses I had is like what is the schedule look like from now on? Are we going going to schedule where it will be like MLK day to around? October and that would be like the new norm for the NBA season and it came the NBA came to the realization that maybe we Don't want to compete with the with the NFL So let's let's try to get back to our normal schedule So our games that matter the most doesn't compete with Thursday night football because we're getting trashed by Thursday night football Now, of course, it's not the only factor that goes to things, but I bet it was a part of the factor I mean our important games or talk about the playoffs and so on doesn't really match up with any other major sports So yeah, we're gonna have all the eyes and I'm saying we're like I'm a part of the NBA I don't get paid based on mba of viewership. I get paid based on these viewerships So make sure you tune into to every single video So now the new schedule is December 22nd Again, it has to be approved We're talking about a 70 like 70 to 72 game season So a couple games could shut out and then we'll be back on the regular schedule that we've been accustomed to Was like late September early October to to April For the regular season and then the playoffs and then we have the normal regular season or the off season Which for me is great because the off season Is the summertime And then we can travel NBA players can travel they can go all these other places and I can travel I can take a day or two off work and go somewhere new So they're trying to get back to that schedule and when I first saw this news from shams I was jumping out of the room Jumping up and down in my room not the gym Um, and because I was super excited man because the bubble was great and and I just missed basketball I was only been like two weeks since the finals ended But I missed basketball and the fact that we're gonna get as sooner rather than later is a w But today we're trying to discuss whether or not the NBA is rushing into things because well, they could be right The original idea of starting it around MLK day around valentine's day was for a few reasons Adam silver in in the NBA did not want to try to carry on the bubble because The bubble is just going to be way more difficult to do with 30 teams rather than the 22 that were incorporated in it And the NBA lost a lot of money when it came to that They want to get to the point where we can make revenue and I keep saying we but you understand it I don't mean like me. We can make revenue In our home cities in our hometowns So the idea was like hey, we'll start an MLK day of valentine's day because We think that potentially there can be a vaccine for this virus that I can't say the name of on youtube Because if there's a vaccine and we can go back to opening up stadiums and doing those type of things our our butts will be in seats honestly But then it's like it's all very contingent on if the world is able to find a vaccine a working vaccine that they've They've tested over and over and over and we don't know that for sure I know they're working hard to try to figure it out But as of right now there's there's nothing that shows that we're gonna have a vaccine by MLK day So the NBA had decided that you know what we're just gonna Try our best The nfl the mlb are trying their best and no it's not going perfectly We still haven't tested before every sunday night game or whatever But it's working the mlb worked right we got into the world series I don't know how that's going, but I know what's going on So they completed the season though. I was assured in season and I don't follow much baseball, but I know that It wasn't terribly written with the virus that we can't talk about and the NBA has been a league that can take the modes of other leagues and perfect it I'm sure if we go to this december 22nd where we're traveled there They're traveling going to different cities some cities are gonna allow fans We will have positive cases. It's just it's just the nature of it's too much travel And if we're definitely going to have fans in it, we're probably going to get positive cases But the NBA may find out a situation where it's might be less than what the mlb experience It might be less in the nfl experience, but realistically speaking We're probably going to do that So the idea for the NBA if you do not know you'd be living under rock is to shorten the season And I've seen a couple different things of people speculating that in this season They're trying to cut down travel so much that maybe the eastern conference teams never play against the western conference team this year Please don't let that be the case Please don't I want to see LeBron, you know, I want to see LeBron back in the uc at least one game a year Like that's that's that's what we want So there's a situation where like to cut down travel The NBA players may not travel across country, which is just a weird situation for like What about teams they like the Memphis Grizzlies? They're like a team in the western conference that aren't western on the map, you know, I'm saying that or okc Or teams like that. They're not a western team What so ever but you're going to have them flying back and forth from california It's just like going to be it's going to be terrible for those teams at the end of the day But the idea is to okay the chicago bulls They're going to travel to new york and while they're in new york They may play against the nix twice this week and then play against the brooklyn That's twice this week and then we got four games out of the way without having to travel back and forth So minimize and travel trying to minimize contact between Everybody and things like that and then we're going to have some series or a seat Cities is the word i'm looking for where fans will be allowed and it's going to be on the city bases right here in chicago There will not be fans involved. I'm a season ticket holder for the chicago bulls. I have not heard a call from the bulls about this season But there there's limitations here in chicago from large gatherings and because of that I'm pretty sure unless something gets lifted The bulls will not have fans in the audience, but we will see places in like florida We're going to see places across the globe or across america That will allow some players there. We're not expecting a whole 20 000 nba fans in there But you know some type of social distance like the nfl is doing it right now right where they have fans Maybe 5 000 fans in this crowd's just all around Some places are going to have that and some places won't and then now you have to talk about the the weird thing of the toronto raptors from my understanding The blue jays Which is a toronto based baseball team if you did not know we're not able to Play in their home arena this season because of the travel limitations between the states between the states and canada We don't want they don't want people flying up to there We didn't want people flying down in here and just potentially spreading the virus even more So now we're about to look at the toronto raptors will probably not play a single game in toronto this year Unless we find out a vaccine halfway through the season So now we got people like patrick mahomes like come to kansas city So we're gonna see like some team or some city that may not have an nba team Get an nba team for a season and then that may propel the nba to expand If the the toronto raptors come into kansas city And i don't know what the laws are in kansas city, but like the fans really love it Kansas city might have a team in the next five years You know those are things we have to talk about but is the nba rushing into things is is a question of today's video because We saw that danie green came out on the ringer and said that there is a possibility at least he believes that LeBron probably won't play the first month of the season now It is lebron james, so i'm gonna say this cap because even if lebron didn't plan on playing the first month He's gonna watch the lakers play the first game. We're like, oh, I miss basketball Oh, I can't catch kareem if i'm sitting at home And maybe he misses the first game. We're like and do the old jordan. I'm back In the la times whatever the newspaper is around there So i don't think we're gonna get to that point where nba players don't play But these are the type of things that the lakers should be thinking about they just got done winning the championship You know i'm saying in the weirdest situation in nba history Their whole team is old I mean not the whole team, but a lot of their key players are older players Lebron is a player that spends millions of dollars in the off seasons to get his body right for the next season He's trying to tell me he's got a rappy though that that situation and try to get it get it faster for the start of the season So that may hurt them or or the situation where maybe it doesn't hurt them at all and it's the exact opposite They're still firing on all cylinders They just won a championship a month ago and now they're back in training camp because training camp is supposed to start december 1st So are they started too early? Let me know. I don't even know if I hit on all the points I wanted to hit on but I I talked about it enough The nba season's coming back is a great thing for the fan that is watching at home But we may see a situation where May be similar to the bubble where some nba players decide I'm going to set out for a little while and see how things go before I commit to coming back with the team I think that's a real possibility of getting this season So let me know what you think leave a like subscribe if you knew i'll be back. Peace