Fighting Coronavirus | Inside the NBA Bubble | 15
American Innovations
Wondery
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2020
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Back in March, the NBA pressed pause on its 2019-20 season. Now, the league wants to pick up where it left off – but with Covid-19 rates on the rise, it’s not going to be easy.
This week, Kavitha Davidson, host of The Lead, walks us through the NBA’s plan to move 16 teams into a “bubble” at the Disney World Resort. What rules will players have to follow? And will the risks to players’ health be worth it?
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to American Innovations, |
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| 0:17.0 | From Wondery, I'm Stephen Johnson, and this is Fighting Coronavirus. |
| 0:31.0 | Back in March, as the coronavirus was spreading rapidly here in the States, |
| 0:44.0 | the NBA made a sudden and unprecedented decision. |
| 0:48.0 | Tonight has been postponed. |
| 0:51.0 | You are all safe. |
| 0:55.0 | And take your time in leaving the arena tonight and do so in an orderly fashion. |
| 1:00.0 | Thank you for coming out tonight. |
| 1:02.0 | This was right before tip off of a game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Utah Jazz. |
| 1:07.0 | Shortly after postponing this game, the NBA announced they were suspending the rest of the season indefinitely. |
| 1:14.0 | Now, four months later, the league has announced its official plan to finish off the season starting on July 30th, |
| 1:20.0 | inside a so-called bubble at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. |
| 1:25.0 | The cornerstone of this plan is a 113-page rulebook, mandating where players can go, |
| 1:31.0 | how testing will work, and what activities players can and can't do within the bubble. |
| 1:36.0 | With this this week to break down what this all means is Kavita Davidson. |
| 1:40.0 | She's a sports writer at the Athletic and host of Wondery's Daily Sports Podcast, the lead. |
| 1:47.0 | In a four-part series, The Generation Y Podcast unravels the story of Kaleaf Browder, |
| 1:57.0 | a young boy falsely accused of stealing a backpack and held it records island for three years without trial. |
| 2:04.0 | This is a story about a young life caught in the middle of the justice system. |
| 2:08.0 | Listen to Generation Y on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 2:12.0 | Hi, I'm Lindsey Graham, host of Wondery's Podcast American Scandal. |
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