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NBA emphasizes mental health as teams await Disney 'bubble'

NEW ORLEANS — Jrue Holiday expects basketball to be the easy part.

The Pelicans guard will be living in the NBA's "bubble" when 22 teams gather near Orlando, Florida, this month to resume their suspended season.

Holiday's wife, Lauren, a former U.S. national team soccer player, is pregnant with the couple's second child at a time when much of society has been shut down by the coronavirus pandemic. The veteran New Orleans player might be away from home for more than a month.

Meanwhile, Memphis rookie Ja Morant expects to miss his daughter's first birthday next month.