'I'm Going Home.' Reflecting On Life Inside the NBA Bubble

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Goodbye, Bubble.

Goodbye, Orlando, Lake Buena Vista or wherever you officially were. After two months, 62 COVID-19 tests and a lifetime's worth of hand sanitizer, I’m going home. Farewell to my lizard friends on the stairwell, the mosquitos that swarm by the thousands and the monsoons that seem to spring from the sky. So long 7 a.m. alarms and midnight bus rides, the sprints to catch the end of one practice and the hustling to make the ride to the next. My watch has ended.

Goodbye, access, and I mean great access. I was initially concerned about how much value there would be in coming down here. We were warned that we would be separated from teams and not allowed to…