The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) has ruled out an April start to its 46th season, with commissioner Willie Marcial saying that the extension of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) has forced the hand of the league to open at a much later date.
“April is off,” Marcial told the Inquirer Monday. “(We can’t do that because) I need to give teams and their players, say, two to three weeks before we even begin the season.”
The league hoped to kick off its season on April 9 to coincide with its founding anniversary. However, an uptick in new COVID-19 cases and the spread of a new variant have thrown a monkey wrench to that. The league has since considered April 11 and re…
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