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Gregg Popovich has already expressed his confidence in the NBA bubble.. On Wednesday he explained exactly why he feels safer there than his home state of Texas. The San Antonio Spurs head coach ...
Quarantine. Constant testing. Questionable food. And sharing space with the players. The league’s ambitious season resumption is a whole new world.
The 2020 NBA Bubble was the bio-secure bubble at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando, that was created by the National Basketball Association (NBA) to protect its players from the COVID-19 pandemic during the final eight games of the 2019–20 regular season and throughout the 2020 NBA playoffs.
The 2020 NBA playoffs were the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2019–20 season.The playoffs were originally scheduled to begin on April 18. However, the league suspended the season on March 11, 2020, hours after the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization and after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for the viru
It cost the league a reported $180 million to hold the bubble, but stopped billions in losses. NBA saves $1.5B in losses by resuming season at bubble Skip to main content
2020: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NBA postponed its regular season from March 11 to July 29, resuming with the seeding games for the 22 contending teams. Consequently, the 2020 Finals were played inside a bubble at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Bay Lake, Florida from September 30 to October 11, the latest date to end an NBA season.
On June 16, 2020, the NBA released a medical protocol to be used during the season restart in the bubble to ensure the health and safety of players, coaches, officials, and staff. [ 211 ] [ 212 ] On June 25, 2020, Vince Carter officially announced his retirement after 22 seasons and four separate decades in the NBA.
Explore the NBA's season restart inside the Disney World bubble. From the team hotels to the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, and everything in between.