Inside the NBA Bubble with Coach Popovich

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Last month, the NBA resumed its season from within a “bubble” facility in Orlando, where players are isolated and tested regularly. And so far, it seems to be working. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta hears about life inside the bubble from Coach Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Back in March, the NBA season was abruptly cut short when a player tested positive for
0:07.8	COVID-19.
0:08.8	I have to tell you, I had been covering the novel coronavirus for a couple of months at that
0:14.2	point, but it felt like that NBA suspension suddenly marked the moment the pandemic became
0:20.7	real for many in this country.
0:23.4	Last month, the basketball season finally resumed, from within what can best be described
0:29.3	as a bubble.
0:30.9	All of the teams in the league are isolating together at Disney's ESPN wide world of sports
0:36.5	complex in Orlando, Florida.
0:38.8	In essence, everyone is tested on a nightly basis and then they as a practical matter don't
0:44.7	leave their room until they have the results the next morning.
0:49.1	That's NBA Commissioner Adam Silver.
0:51.6	So that's the type of testing we're undergoing, but we're rigorous about our other protocols
0:56.5	masks are required at all times on the campus and we keep people physically distant in
1:00.7	any way we can possible in terms of when eating arrangements, outdoor activities.
1:06.0	It's all the things that the doctors are constantly recommending.
1:10.0	On today's episode, Coach Greg Popovitch from the San Antonio Spurs gives us an insider's
1:15.8	perspective on what life is like inside the bubble.
1:20.3	I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent and this is coronavirus.
1:26.1	In fact, versus fiction.
1:28.1	I'm 71.
1:34.2	I don't want to get sick.
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