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Bubble trouble: 9 obstacles for the NBA to avoid in its planned restart


NBA players are arriving in Orlando ahead of the league’s planned restart and posting about the experience on social media. The long-awaited bubble finally seems a little more real and a little more achievable. If the NBA pulls this off, during a pandemic that shows little sign of slowing down, it will be quite a feat. The level of accomplishment is, of course, indivisible from the risks inherent to the venture. Commissioner Adam Silver and company are tiptoeing through a minefield. They’ve evinced confidence the whole way through, but confidence alone cannot ensure success. Like so many sports fans, I am rooting for it to go well, with minimal adverse health consequences. Not only would success be of obvious monetary benefit to myself and my company, but damn it, I miss sports. 

And yet I, like so many people charged with planning this, I fear disaster. Confidence is espoused publicly, but fear is palpable privately. To quote an NBA executive in Tom…





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