SALT LAKE CITY — A hot topic over the last few weeks has been what NBA games will look, sound and feel like with no fans in the building. There’s definitely merit in having that discussion, and we’ll get to that, but we do need to clear something up first.
The NBA bubble arenas in Orlando, Florida, won’t exactly be empty. NBA players will be able to attend games they aren’t playing in. They aren’t the same type of rabid, one-team-only fans that we’re used to seeing in a crowd, but they love basketball.
Think about all the times during the course of a regular-season NBA game or playoff game when the camera cuts to a shot of the bench reacting because of a crazy dunk or crossover.