Miami Heat: Second positive COVID test paints bleak picture for restart

The Miami Heat reportedly had their second confirmed coronavirus case on Friday. It contributes to what’s looking like a bleak hope for a restart soon.

The Miami Heat confirmed their second positive test for coronavirus on Friday afternoon. This comes after Derrick Jones Jr. had been named as the first positive case for the Miami Heat in recent days.

While the Miami Heat aren’t the litmus test for the league as a whole, when you start to look at the build-up of situations across the NBA, sports, and the world in general, it begins to paint a bleak picture.

Along with the Miami Heat, you have had a few other teams be impacted by the pandemic. Most notably, we all know by now that Denver Nuggets superstar big man, Nikola Jokic, tested positive over the last few weeks. While that is simply one more example in the NBA, among quite a few, the scope of the worry extends beyond just that fraternity.

When you look at NASCAR, they reported their first case on Friday. Jimmie Johnson will be forced to miss his first-ever NASCAR Cup race on Sunday, as his positive status won’t allow him to race.

The Miami Heat reported a 2nd positive COVID test on Friday. What does that say for the restart?

Looking at another sport in the MLB, who has reportedly instituted sweeping testing as they look to begin and complete their 2020 season. They received their first sets of results in recent days as well, confirming 38 positive cases out of 3,185 tests.

While that seems like a small percentage, of those 38 positive tests, there were 19 clubs impacted between the 31 players and seven staffers who tested positive. According to the referenced report, the Milwaukee Brewers and the Oakland A’s have yet to be tested.

College football has been ravaged with it. Look no further than the 37 Clemson football cases alone.

Looking back specifically at the Miami Heat though, but in proportion to the NBA restart and greater worldview in general, it all centers around the state of Florida. The Miami Heat are of course located in the Sunshine State and so is the NBA’s projected Bubble City of Orlando.

Florida is also one of the states that have seen the most rapid and advanced resurgence of the coronavirus and subsequently, positive cases. With all of the above knowledge in mind, this latest Miami Heat case is simply yet another stroke on the canvas of a picture that is starting to become an even murkier looking one.

You have to imagine that if things continue to go the way that they have been going, there might not be an NBA restart and thus, continuation of Miami Heat basketball this season after all. Although we would sure like to see it all play out, we must consider the health and greater good of all parties involved. It’s not looking amazingly optimistic at the moment though.