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The Path Not Taken: What if the NBA had decided to resume the 2019-20 season overseas?

Over the past few weeks, the NBA has slowly revealed the details of its plan to resume the interrupted 2019-2020 NBA season at the Disney World Wide of Sports complex in Orlando, Florida. This decision is not without its risks; case numbers in central Florida are rising again after lockdown restrictions were relaxed.

When it emerged that Disney staff would be free to come and go between their homes, JJ Reddick was prompted to remark on Twitter “Not much of a bubble.” Kyrie Irving and Avery Bradley have questioned whether participating in a tightly controlled bubble will allow players to contribute to the Black Lives Matter movement to the extent they want to.