The Week America Changed: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on suspending the NBA

Many describe the NBA’s decision to suspend its season as the moment the threat of coronavirus and its impact on our lives became real to them. Adam Silver joins Axis Re:Cap to talk about how he learned of the first covid case in the NBA, how the decision to suspend the season fell to him, and how he thinks about the consequential nature of his decision. Plus, Axios Re:Cap revisits the day Italy became a red zone and the U.S. designated its first “containment area.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices