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NBA Might Have to Utilize Bubble to Play 2020-21 Season, NBPA Director Michele Roberts Says

As the NBA looks to conclude its 2019-20 season in a bubble environment in Orlando's Walt Disney World Resort, it may also be forced to utilize a bubble for its 2020-21 season amid the coronavirus pandemic.

On Tuesday, National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts told ESPN's Tim Bontemps that a bubble may be the only way the league is able to complete next season, saying, in part that, "if the bubble is the way to play, then that is likely gonna be the way we play next season if things remain as they are.