Adam Silver was asked by ESPN's Rachel Nichols during a lengthy interview how the NBA may handle things such end-of-season awards if they are unable to resume play this season.
"I'm not there yet," Silver said. "We'll figure it out. I hope I'm not just in denial, but I'm just not there yet."
The NBA currently has seven known cases of COVID-19 amongst their players.
Silver expressed the sentiment that he's an optimist and that informs his thinking on picking the season back up
"I'm optimistic by nature, and I want to believe that we're going to be able to salvage at least some portions of this season," Silver said. "I would say we have done new and creative things in the past, we experimented with this year's All-Star Game with a unique ending. We've talked about play-in tournaments for going into the playoffs. There may be other things we can do with the format."