Ira Winderman: NBA can’t tackle football, so Heat wind up in a waiting game

Perhaps we now have our answer, one that comes for reasons beyond a 2019-20 NBA season dramatically delayed due to a pandemic. The NBA, based on the signals offered during these playoffs, might as well permanently time shift its future schedules to start on Christmas Day or later. First came the Sept. 10 game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets, a game that featured the NBA's ...