The NBA abruptly suspended the rest of the season on Wednesday night after a Utah Jazz player tested positive for coronavirus
Atlanta Hawks player and NBA legend Vince Carter, who previously announced he would retire at the end of 2019-2020 season, likely saw his career come to an unceremonious end last night when the league abruptly suspended activities.
The 43-year-old hit a three-pointer in the waning seconds of the Hawks’ 136-131 loss to the New York Knicks on Wednesday, just as the NBA placed the season on hiatus in the wake ofwill use this hiatus to determine next steps for moving forward in regard to the coronavirus pandemicIt’s largely speculated the suspension could last for weeks or months depending on the severity of the coronavirus outbreak, at which point the NBA could decide to end the 2019-2020 season outright, or forgo the...
In either case, the Hawks would not qualify for the playoffs, and their season — and Carter’s career — would be over.. “As we were being briefed on everything … I’m sitting there, like, ‘All right, this is it. Like that. It ended like that.’ Probably tonight, I’ll reflect, like, ‘Golly, this is weird, man.’ “
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