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With games on hold for two months, Paul said on
an ESPN appearance on "The Jump" Friday that his peers are
itching to return to the court.
"A lot of hard conversations that have to be made, a lot of hard
decisions," Paul said. "But with the team around us, I think
ultimately we'll get to where we want to. Obviously we want to
play. Oh man, we want to play. We want to play bad. And I think
that's a consensus for the guys around the league. We want it to
be, obviously, as safe as possible. But the biggest thing is, we
miss the game."
Paul and the Oklahoma City Thunder (40-24) are in position to
participate in the playoffs. There is some debate over how the
postseason could play out if the NBA is unable to resume the
regular season.
"I think it's a combination of a lot of things," he said. "But
at the end of the day, right now, no one expected this and knew
that this was coming. So what is normal now? So I think that's
what we're trying to figure out is what it looks like, and until
we find those answers and we can come up with an actual plan,
right now it's basically sit and wait, so that the virus is in
control."
Paul and NBA commissioner Adam Silver co-hosted a conference
call with players one week ago to discuss how to find answers to
elusive health questions. Most of them cannot be addressed with
certainty.
"I don't have the answers," Paul said. "I don't have all the
answers. But I know that people are working tirelessly, trying
to figure it out."
--Field Level Media
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