Hello and welcome to Mind of Myka.

Today is chapter 4 of Inside the NBA bubble,

the defendant of oral history written by Taylor Rukes from Turner

Media.

This published in GQ.

If you've been paying attention this week and last week on Mind of Micah, you've heard the first three chapters.

This is chapter four. I'll warn you, it's another short chapter.

We will be back tomorrow with a longer chapter five, the conclusion of the peace.

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On to chapter 4, the meeting.

The players all gathered in what was described to me as a big-ass room.

Media weren't present. It was players and coaching staff only.

It was a bunch of circles. Each team was in a circle, says Austin Rivers,

and then other players started going to other circles.

I was worried that night because it was more emotional

than it was anything else, says Doc Rivers.

Awesome Rivers father, of course.

It was great to see because I don't think people feel like guys who are millionaires care.

But I saw a lot of guys with tears in their eyes, guys with anger, guys who were mad, guys who wanted to do something.

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