NBA Restart: Which Teams Have the Advantage?

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🗓️ 29 July 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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After more than four months on hiatus, the NBA returns to play tomorrow night from its bubble in Orlando. The players have acclimated to their resort setting - minus Clippers guard Lou Williams, who ventured outside of the clean site for some wings - and the teams are finally set to tip off. Which teams will benefit most from the long pause? Which players have the most to prove? And will we see Zion Williamson in action with the Pelicans on Thursday? ESPN's Jackie MacMullan picks the top contenders, and explains why she believes Lou Williams about his wing journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Interceptive. LeBron. Lakers doing a nice job of getting their hands in the passing lane. Dwight Howard. Up top, bang.
0:11.4	That was the new sound of NBA basketball, fake crowd noise and all from scrimmages at the clean site in Walt Disney World in Florida.
0:20.8	The league resumes play tomorrow night,
0:23.8	but after months of conversation about how this will all work,
0:27.5	are the teams ready to play?
0:30.5	Today, we poke our heads into the bubble
0:33.4	to examine what's happened so far in Orlando,
0:36.8	which teams will rise to the moment, and who might face an early exit.
0:43.3	I'm Mina Kimes. It's Wednesday, July 29th. This is ESPN Daily.
0:52.2	Jackie, it's good to hear your voice.
0:54.7	Hello, Mina. How are you today? You trounced me on Around the Horn.
0:59.2	I'm almost over it. I'm almost over it. It's okay. You beat me so many times at this point.
1:04.7	It's all good. You're the Lakers and I'm the sons.
1:08.2	Jackie McMullen is a senior writer for ESPN and frequent around the horn panelist where
1:12.9	she has earned 244 wins compared to my own 40.
1:16.9	She also happens to have covered the NBA for nearly 40 years.
1:20.6	Speaking of the Lakers and the Sons, the NBA returns tomorrow night.
1:25.3	And amidst all of the craziness in Major League Baseball, the NBA bubble seems to be
1:32.7	mostly working.
1:33.8	But the league is not without some coronavirus-related drama, thanks to one Lou Williams,
1:40.7	whose sanctioned trip outside of the NBA's clean site included an unsanctioned
1:46.3	visit to a certain establishment. Can you explain for everyone what happened?
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