Go home you're drunk

Don't stress, they won't play again.

Perth have to be champions unless Smith or LK are determined to see otherwise.

While I'd feel Sydney would be unlucky to not at least trying to get it to game five, I believe that that’s the way the cookie crumbles and it should be canceled. Do you award the championship to Perth 2-1 in GF series, the kings minor premiers or joint premier.

#893 I call BS

Manu isn't a real Cairns fan anyway, just here to troll.

Genuine team sacrifice now, would mean a wildcat would go get corona so the season had to finish lol

Both teams and the NBL decided on a 5 game series. If it's cut short, the 3 played games should be considered void and the championship awarded to the Kings based on their superior regular season record.

Controlling the narrative should have always been the priority.

When they made the decision and announcement to cut out crowds on the day of Game 2, they should have also declared it just a three game series. Playing on beyond that makes absolutely no sense whatever.

Given the rapid pace of developments since then as well, particularly around ever escalating travel and national bans and quarantine laws and whatnot, I'd imagine that the foreign players are also more than a little bit anxious about just getting home to family asap, and have packed these games away now to a 2nd place priority.

The Mortality rate is the number of deaths as a percentage of KNOWN infections.
It's at the current figure because (as has been explained ad-nauseum) there are certain to be way more people that haven't been tested OR might not even have symptoms serious enough for them to think they need testing.
Therefore the mortality rate is very likely to be a lot lower once /if all cases are discovered.

That said I agree that the NBL should have had games 2 & 3 in Perth then 4 & 5 in Sydney to at least reduce the travel.

Who is getting tested and in what numbers differs depending on which country you are in, but the mortality rate is quite accurate when looking at the most at risk demographics, as a very high % of those who are showing symptoms are - as you would if you were in that category - seeking medical advice and help and are definitely getting tested. It's the least at risk demographics who are getting tested the least (so they're the ones making up the 'silent' numbers that would, if included, significantly shift that overall fatality % downwards).

So yeah, you can ignore that overall death rate as it's not including the hundreds, thousands or tens of thousands (depending on where you are) who are younger, healthier, and showing little or no symptoms at all and either not realising they have it, or not bothered by it, or as in the case in countries like the UK, are being explicitly told to just stay home and chill out and recover alone and to definitely *not* try and interact with the health system in any way. (Here in the UK, the official figure is around 1,500 infections, but the government has said that is likely really in the 30k+ range).

But when you look at that figure for those who are 60+, that is quite accurate, and when you see that figure you can clearly see the issue.

Consider Paul Smith refused to play in front of the red army last week, citing "player safety", he should also consider their safety by stopping them getting on a plane back to Perth. Call the series now.

Lovebroker, the NBL is showing great leadership. We need to start to begin to have smarter, more measured responses and these games continuing is the beginning of that. EG; those 3-4 guys in the NBA that have got it will be fine in about 10 days and have some good immunity built up for the next time they come into contact.

they should have played the last 2 or 3 games in Melbourne (Neutral), with just 1 day break

Play them in Adelaide, Friday and Sunday, neutral venue and around even distance from both Sydney and Perth.

The NBL aren't showing leadership. They were bent over a barrel by the Kings owner who threw his toys out of the cot.

Should go to a golden goal situation. Have a 3 point and foul shoot out competition with no crowd to determine the results of games 4 and 5.

What is Carona?

I feel better knowing that D2.0 is always here to bring us up to speed on things both inside and outside of basketball

I'm disappointed people chose sports over human life but I'm impressed by the wa governments quick response to the crisis and choosing human life over budget and setting a precedent for the other states to follow, the federal government is so out of touch with what should be done.
Thank you wa government, now I'm feeling even happier the a Qld hospital has found two drugs that look likely to be a cure for corona viruse and already looking at testing on patients around the country before the end of March, awesome news for the world.

#anyonebutcoronavirus

#893 on the money