Yesterday, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was on John Calipari's Facebook show and sounded optimistic about the league's chances of returning.

You know, I'm a big believer that their scientists out there doctors out there that are going to get this figured out.

I just don't know when and hopefully if it's within the next 60 days, I'm just guessing.

Then we can finish out of season because you know what?

There are no rules anymore.

Why can't the n b a play into August?

We can, you know, Why can't we have the draft during the season?

And maybe by trying, these new things will learn it will be a better way of doing it than the way we've always done it.

Really fascinating.

So won't your first up here What?

What are you hearing about those possibilities about all semblance of what we usually think of as the NBA's schedule just being thrown aside?

Well, greeny there.

There's no question that the N B.

A is willing to look at everything, and Adam Silver solicited ideas from really every faction of his constituency, and they have to be creative, and they have to have a lot of different contingencies based on how much time they might have left to resume a season.

There's no question the NBA's gonna have to play well into August and probably September if they do resume.

But that's uh huh and the idea of the draft.

And I know we'll talk some more about that.

That was a tough one toe have wild teams.

They're still playing because there are trades that you want to make and you can't make trades while there's still a season ongoing.

Yeah, so they heard Cuban say it right there.

Why can't we have the n b A draft during this season?

Is Is that a real possibility?

I don't think it is greeny and, you know, I reported with Jonathan Davone on Friday.

You know that there's a lot of teams in a movement to push back the draft from June 25th 2 at least August 1st.

No sooner than August 1st and probably later if the season does resume.

And that's regardless now of what happens with restarting the season because teams they can't do work out two players that can't meet him in person.

They can't bring him in for workouts that can't travel to see them play.

And they can't get physicals that have medical personnel evaluate players.

That's an important part of the draft process.

Many teams feel if they could push it back until August September, there's a better possibility that they could do some of those traditional predraft functions and be able to make B a lot smarter.

Come draft time that we've seen a lot of the NFL personnel people very unhappy with the idea that they're going ahead with their draft as scheduled woes.

Great to see you.

Thank you.

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