'If I show up to an arena and there are no fans in there, I ain’t playing.'
LOS ANGELES — LeBron James raised his eyebrows about the subject. Because of concerns about the novel coronavirus continuing to spread around the world, the NBA"We play games without the fans?" James said incredulously following the Los Angeles Lakers’It actually is possible. There are no imminent plans to postpone or have any closed-door Lakers and Clippers games at Staples Center, including a cross-town matchup on Sunday.
"I ain’t playing," James said of any potential NBA game without fans."I ain’t got the fans in the crowd. That’s who I play for. I play for my teammates. I play for the fans. That’s what it’s all about. If I show up to an arena and there are no fans in there, I ain’t playing. They can do what they want to do."
Should the NBA host any games behind closed doors or cancel them, they lose revenue from potentially refunded tickets and concession sales. If the NBA postpones games, it would also face a logistical hurdle to reschedule them. The NBA playoffs start on April 18, and it already has experienced challenges with rescheduling the Lakers-Clippers game that was postponed on Jan. 26, two days after the death of Kobe Bryant.
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