… We hope that everybody goes down there.” “We’re all still day by day and he’s looking great. Wizards coach Scott Brooks said Monday that the team is still waiting for a final decision on guard Bradley Beal, who has indicated that he is weighing whether participating in the restart would be his best move. You play a game on Monday, you’re tired and recover on Tuesday, then you’re right back at it on Wednesday.”Īnd there are some teams, including Washington, that are still apparently figuring out who will go.
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But once the games start, they’re every other day, I think the players will be fine. “The first five or six days – you’re talking about quarantine, trying to get acclimated to new surroundings, trying to figure out your flow and rhythm. “The initial adjustment will be tough,” Jones said.
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Phoenix general manager James Jones said some Suns players will be arriving separately, adding that some decisions have yet to be made. “I can’t really tell you whether it’s going to work or not.”Īnd not every team is having its entire travel party arrive at once. “As long as we try to (abide) by the rules, I think that’s going to help get us through the season,” Pelicans guard Lonzo Ball said. Miami closed its facility late last week following positive test results, Milwaukee and Sacramento followed over the weekend after the same circumstance, and now seven of the 22 Disney-bound teams have had to shutter their practice gyms.Īll this, of course, comes with coronavirus numbers in Florida still rising and the percentage of positive test results simply overwhelming what the standards were a few weeks ago. I think we all have to intelligently continue to understand the risks, manage the risks versus the potential outcomes, and go from there.”įor some teams, the getaway comes not long after the reality of the virus struck yet again. “But I think every day there’s new information so … I think if anyone’s certain about anything right now I think they’re making a mistake. “I think we’re on the right path, we’re on the right plan,” Houston general manager Daryl Morey said. In their rooms, a welcome kit including a thermometer, pulse oximeter and two optional items - a physical distancing sensor and an Oura Ring that tracks sleep and activity - will be awaiting players and staff, as will some personal protective equipment such as wipes to clean the exterior of their luggage. Virus testing will continue daily the antibody testing is intended to be a one-time event at Disney. They’ll receive a short briefing on the testing program and other matters, receive what will serve as their room key, then go through initial testing for both the coronavirus and the presence of antibodies. The process for arrivals will be streamlined - players and team staff will be immediately taken to the testing room at their Disney hotel after clearing security when arriving on the premises. “But they’ve got us going … so we’ll see.” “I’m not very confident,” New Orleans guard Brandon Ingram said.
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And not everyone in the league has an abundance of optimism that the experiment - involving daily testing, separation from friends and family for weeks if not months, and strict regulations regarding just about everything imaginable at Disney - will be enough to complete the season. If the plan works, all teams will be at Disney for at least 5 1/2 weeks and some teams will be there for more than three months. Another eight teams arrive Wednesday, the last eight arrive Thursday, and with that training camps will be on the cusp of beginning. The first six teams - Brooklyn, Denver, Orlando, Phoenix, Utah and Washington - are scheduled to arrive Tuesday at the Disney complex. After four months of waiting and planning, the NBA bubble is ready to be tested.