World’s leagues studying ways to return to action
By ALAN WALLS
Welcome to the sixth edition of The International Basketball Opinion,
the world’s newest and only blog specifically dedicated to international
basketball news and current events.
No opinions to share here, just some very interesting articles that I have
come across recently that show how different leagues and federations around the
world are looking to start back up; the EuroLeague, the NBA, the CBA, Uganda,
Kenya and Southeast Asia.
Serbia to send an official letter to host the
Final tournament of the EuroLeague
Serbia will send an official letter to the EuroLeague to host the Final
tournament of the competition.
The Serbian government released a statement and stated they can guarantee the entry of all participants of the Final tournament.
The Serbian government released a statement and stated they can guarantee the entry of all participants of the Final tournament.
Read entire article:
https://www.court-side.com/news/serbia-to-reportedly-send-an-official-letter-to-host-the-final-tournament-of-the-euroleague/
Yao Ming offers options for Chinese Basketball
Association restart
BEIJING -- Yao Ming, the
former Houston Rockets star and now president of the Chinese Basketball
Association, says the league has three options for resuming the season that has
been on hold since Feb. 1 over the coronavirus pandemic.
Read entire article:
Sources: Union polls NBA players whether they want to return this season
The National Basketball
Players Association started polling its membership Tuesday about how
individuals stand on a return to play this season, sources told ESPN.
Read entire article:
FUBA
considering a tournament-based season due to COVID-19
The Federation of
Uganda Basketball Associations (FUBA) has zeroed in on three options regarding
the 2020 National Basketball League season.
The basketball leagues
had been scheduled to start on the weekend of March 20-22 but following the
suspension of all sporting activities by the government for a month the
federation put on hold the start of the season.
Read entire article:
KBF may use break to conform to FIBA calendar
The Kenya
Basketball Federation (KBF) is considering using the coronavirus-enforced break
to align the local basketball season with the International Basketball
Federation (FIBA) calendar.
Read entire article:
How To
Start A Major New Asian Basketball League In The Age Of Coronavirus
In late January, Matt Beyer was doing what he often does in
the evening, strolling his neighborhood in Hong Kong with his wife. He began
noticing that things were not quite right. There were long lines extending out
of stores—people waiting to purchase facemasks—and when he would go to the
grocery store, he found the shelves had been picked clean. There was panic
buying. “We were like, ‘OK, this is getting weird,’” Beyer recalled.
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Author Alan Walls is an American international
basketball coach and administrator with over 25 years of experience on the
youth, high school, NCAA, professional and national team levels in 16 countries
and on five continents. Walls has worked with the national
federations of Turkey, Romania, Palestine, Mongolia, Kenya and El Salvador
as well as coached or conducted camps and clinics throughout the United States
– including his native Hawai’i – Mexico, Argentina, China, Hong Kong and
Israel. Walls is the founder and General-Secretary of the United Nations of
Basketball (2020 launch).
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