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As NBA play prepares to commence in the Disney bubble in Orlando on July 30, the Orlando Magic has reportedly had to lay off 31 employees because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Orlando Magic writer John Denton reported on Saturday morning that the NBA team was forced to lay off a large portion of their staff yesterday […]
James Harden is catching heat over the design of his coronavirus protective gear. On Thursday night, the Houston Rockets star was spotted in Orlando rocking a face covering that appeared to feature a pro-law enforcement graphic. The piece showed a skull on top of a black-and-white American flag pattern with a single blue stripe running through it. Twitter users […]
We’re almost back to real basketball. All the teams that have been invited to Orlando have arrived there to quarantine and start practicing for the first time in what feels like five years. We’ll see if this thing gets off the ground and actual games actually start at the end of this month. If nothing […]
The NBA bubble is the focus of the sports world right now. As the league attempts to restart their season after shutting down in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic, 22 teams have taken over the Walt Disney World sports complex in Orlando. There’s really no telling if this entire thing will work yet, but […]
He is—in relative terms in a land of giants—small in stature and raw, magnetic star power. But as days went by and Kyle Lowry appeared absent from the Toronto Raptors’ stay in Naples, Florida prior to their arrival in Orlando, it became increasingly clear who possesses the central gravitational force for the defending NBA champions. […]
Raptors basketball is returning, within the confines of an Orlando bubble, and we don’t really know what it will look like. What we do know is that the team’s 2019-20 season, before the pandemic hit, was a joy to watch. There was a purity to watching this particular group root, fight for, and lift each other through 64 […]
The NBA might be restricted to its bubble in Orlando, but that didn’t stop Dwight Howard from finding a way to interact with a young fan. On Saturday, the Lakers center hosted an Instagram Live session. During the stream, he added a few fans including a 14-year-old. The young fan explains that he’s a huge Dwight […]
As the NBA prepares to to resume its regular season this month, a number of league insiders have expressed concern about the long-term health effects for players who test positive for COVID-19—the novel disease that forced the NBA’s months-long hiatus. “There are unknown effects it has on lung capacity, unknown effects it has on cardiac health,” an anonymous GM told ESPN. “What […]
Imagine you’ve spent a long summer day working outside, daydreaming about the lemonade in your fridge. After hours of dripping sweat, toiling in the sun, you finally make it home and hurry to the kitchen. Exhausted, you fill a cup with ice and pour the beverage. The drink hits your lips. Imagine the taste. It’s […]
Troy Daniels of the Denver Nuggets shared some pics of his first meal from the NBA bubble at the Disney World Resort’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Florida. Troy Daniels’ dinner on Night 1 inside the NBA Bubble. pic.twitter.com/cVYfuwSzxQ — Harrison Wind (@HarrisonWind) July 8, 2020 People quickly responded with jokes comparing […]
