He just likes the Yacht Club and his Bucks are staying at the Grand Destino. Also- the NBA will not allow him to change hotels so it’s moot.
They are expecting people to test positive. Once that happens, that player is self-isolated for 7 days and play resumes without him.
And that 27% is mostly outside Orlando. Players will be taking private jets to the bubble. High surges of cases in say, Miami will have no impact on the NBA.
Dr. Fauci picks Lakers to win championship https://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2020/6/22/21299555/dr-fauci-picks-lakers-win-nba-championship-director-national-institute-allergy-infectious-diseases
True but just because a player is negative now doesn't mean they won't be positive in 3-5 weeks from now. There's going to be so many positive cases.
Isolating Within Isolation It could be a lonely experience. Players and staffers are not allowed to visit each other’s hotel rooms. They can use the pools, trails, and golf courses on campus, and can socialize in their hotels’ “players’ lounges”—but not without restrictions. No doubles in ping-pong (I would like to see who enforces this and how). No using the same pack of cards twice. It’s oddly specific given the league is also allowing its players to play in enclosed gyms without masks, breathe on each other, touch the same ball, yell to their teammates, and speak in huddles. (Did you know that speaking loudly for one minute can emit more than 1,000 virus-containing droplets, and those droplets can travel beyond 6 feet?) It’s very clear the NBA wants this to be fun—or to distract its players from the fact that it’s not fun at all. The league is planning on providing movie screenings, DJ sets, three freshly prepared meals a day (four on game days!), boating, bowling, fishing, golf, and the availability of barbers, manicurists, pedicurists, and hair braiders. A “limited number” of players can also attend other teams’ games along with media, executives, league and union personnel, and “even some sponsors.” From a safety perspective, inviting sponsors raises issues (the protocol says they’ll have no direct contact with players or teams); from a monetary standpoint, it’s another way to mitigate the losses already suffered from a postponed season. (That could be repeated for much of this entire endeavor.) The protocol also says that while the players are at Disney, they will not be tested for recreational drugs. (Performance-enhancing drugs and masking agents, yes; the fun stuff, no.) Players were “advised” that Florida has not legalized marijuana use. https://www.theringer.com/nba/2020/6/22/21298581/nba-safety-disney-world-campus-guidelines
The other issue with prohibiting players from leaving campus is that other people—namely, Disney employees—will be allowed to come and go each day. As of now, they will not be tested daily beyond temperature checks, either, although some players have voiced concerns ... Players will dress at their hotels, then go to the arena, and will go back to their hotels to shower afterwards. Everybody is required to wear masks indoors at all times unless they’re eating, alone in their room, playing, or working out. https://www.theringer.com/nba/2020/6/22/21298581/nba-safety-disney-world-campus-guidelines
It's just weird to me? Yesterday one of my students called in sick. If he gets tested and comes back positive our entire school is shut down. Just because the NBA wants to call this a "Bubble" it isn't a bubble. They can test them all they want right now. What matters is the day or two before they go and every person they come into contact with while there. How can they offer Haircuts, Manicures, Food preparation and all the rest without exposing them to this virus? Not to mention actually playing basketball games. This has the potential to be a marketing nightmare for the league. Why on earth would they actually take that chance? I can just see it. They start the tournament and after a week they get between 10-20 positive players and have to shut it all down. Then because the virus doesn't actually become detectable within the fist week they end up with players going home and infecting their families. What an absolute travesty this would be if people actually died because the NBA wanted to make some money on a season that would have a huge asterisk by it if it ever gets completed anyway. This whole thing just doesn't make sense?
Tell me these guys are going to be making their own beds and doing their own laundry. Cooking for themselves? Cleaning their own toilets? Yep totally in a bubble.
