Coronavirus: 2 ways the NBA’s suspension could actually benefit the Boston Celtics

The NBA season has been put on hold for at least the next 30 days, and the Boston Celtics actually could stand to benefit from the league’s response to the Coronavirus.

During a time like this, it is important to focus on the health and safety of everyone around you, including those most vulnerable. The Coronavirus is in full swing, and as a result the Boston Celtics and the NBA’s 29 other franchises will be suspending their seasons for at least the next 30 days.

That said, the Houdini is still here to provide you with C’s coverage through the work stoppage. And with every major happening, there are a slew of repercussions.

For example, the league as a whole is almost assuredly going to see a major drop in revenue for all of the cancelled games. That should have wide-reaching effects on the league’s salary cap projections for this off-season and may make the summer of 2021 less of a free agent bonanza after all.

The last time the league faced a loss of games in 2011, the Boston Celtics were in great position as a team that had played together for years and thus didn’t need training camp as much as other teams with recently acquired stars.

Now, the team is actually in a better position than most with the outbreak of the Coronavirus here in the United States. Obviously, they are in a better position than the Utah Jazz, whose two stars–Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell–have been found to have COVID-19.

But there are two specific reasons why the team could benefit from this crisis: