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With bubble life behind him, Powell healthy and ready to start training camp

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One of the players at the forefront of the Black Lives Matter initiative this past summer inside the bubble in Orlando was Dallas Mavericks center Dwight Powell.

As the vice-president of the National Basketball Players Association, Powell was part of the committee who helped set up the infrastructure and lay the groundwork to make sure the bubble would be a complete success. To that end, none of NBA players tested positive for the coronavirus while in Orlando, and that enabled the league to finish the re-boot of the season as was planned.

Also, some the players were able to meet with the owners, and some of the owners allowed the arena in their city to be used as a polling place to go vote during the presidential election.