Fred VanVleet: Everybody Is Just Preparing For Worst-Case Scenario Of Canceled Season
Fred VanVleet is skeptical of the NBA resuming the 19-20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
\"I think everybody is just preparing for the worst-case scenario, the season being canceled,\" Van Vleet said in a conference call Wednesday. \"We have to do what we have to do to try to shoulder the hit as best we can for us as players and owners and the league, while also working to try to resume as best we can.\"
VanVleet is a self-described skeptic.
\"If our league is going to be a leader in terms of public health and public safety and player safety, you\'ve got to follow the guidelines of what the virus is speaking to you, so the odds are probably against us in terms of that,\" VanVleet added. \"But money, right? So, I think they\'ll find a way somehow, some way and try to make it happen. I could definitely see it going either way. I wouldn\'t be surprised if we didn\'t come back and I wouldn\'t be surprised if we do come back.\"
VanVleet will be a free agent this offseason.
