//The NBA Should Return, But Should It Crown a Champion?

The NBA Should Return, But Should It Crown a Champion?

Should whatever team emerges from the NBA playoffs be crowned a legitimate champ? Chris Mannix answers that and more.

The NBA is coming back, with league and union officials in constant contact these days, furiously making plans to move ahead during the current pandemic. Union boss Michele Roberts has been briefing teams via conference call, per ESPN, as players decide what to fight for in this new financial reality.

And that’s a good thing. Just like there is a middle ground between the restart the economy now crowd and those that want the world to stop until Dr. Anthony Fauci says otherwise—how about we let small business restart with the necessary precautions while fining every last doofus in the Ozarks pool party video that went viral last weekend—there is a way for sports to come back. A quarantined campus, limited access and a truckload of tests.

The NBA should