NBA players skeptical over 'bubble' plans
A reported proposal to resume the NBA season by basing teams in a giant quarantined zone was met with skepticism by NBA players, ESPN reported on Friday.
NBA Players Association executive director Michele Roberts told ESPN that the idea of setting up a "bubble" to guard against coronavirus infection had received support in principle.
However, the proposal foundered when players wondered how the zone would be policed in order to guarantee no contact with the outside world.
"When that one was first floated, there was some consternation," Roberts told ESPN. "Are we going to arm guards around the hotel? That sounds like incarceration to me.
"So then, the players were like, 'Well, I don't know that it's worth it to be away from my family for that long.
"We could do all that, and then what happens when one or two or 10 players test positive after that 28-day isolation? Do we shut it down?" Reports last month said the NBA had studied the feasibility of staging the entirety of the post-season