Report: NBA teams push back on reopening

After the Atlanta Hawks indicated earlier on Monday that the team had no plans to open their practice facility this week, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reports that there has been pushback from across the league about premature re-openings of club facilities.

There's some expectation the NBA could move that re-opening date back from Friday -- perhaps a week or so -- especially with Hawks now holding off on re-opening their facility until they have a better sense of how loosening of restrictions impacts region. https://t.co/0vsP7L6WJT

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 27, 2020

Wojnarowski notes that the significant resistance to opening facilities as soon as Friday could force the league to push back that date.

Earlier in the day, Hawks general manager Travis Schlenk told reporter Matt Stewart that the team wouldn't be opening their facilities, despite the relaxing of stay-at-home legislation in Georgia.

Still, Wojnarowski notes that the resistance has not been universal.

Despite pushback among many franchises, there are still other teams embracing idea of re-opening facilities, believing that a clean, safe and monitored team environment is needed now to keep players from potentially searching out less safe gymnasium environments to stay in shape.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 27, 2020

Other teams are keen on the idea of opening facilities as quickly as possible in order to provide as safe an environment as possible for their players to keep in shape.

The NBA has been suspended since March 11.