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Nothing Personal with David Samson

Samson Sit-Down: Joe Vardon takes us inside the NBA bubble (8/5)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.73.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Joe Vardon of The Athletic joins Nothing Personal to give us an inside look at the NBA bubble at Disney World in Orlando, FL. He talks bubble protocols, what the atmosphere is like, and how successful the NBA's bubble has been.  --------------------------- 'Nothing Personal with David Samson' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Bullhorn and wherever else you listen to podcasts.   Follow David on Twitter: @DavidPSamson  To watch David on CBS Sports HQ visit https://www.cbssports.com/live/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ https://www.youtube.com/nothingpersonalwithdavidsamson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

And go, here you go.

0:07.7

Bubble.

0:08.7

Nothing personal word of the day is bubble as in the NBA bubble.

0:13.9

And we are lucky.

0:14.9

It's a Samson sit down with Joe Varden, who is in the bubble as we speak in Orlando.

0:22.9

The successful Orlando bubble.

0:24.8

Joe, thank you so much for being here.

0:27.3

Happy to join you.

0:28.8

I hope you're doing well.

0:29.8

I understand.

0:30.8

You just made you got back from a run.

0:32.3

Do you have to run inside the bubble?

0:35.0

Yes, you do.

0:38.3

There's a big loop that surrounds the Coronado Springs Resort, where the whole NBA operation

0:45.6

plus 17 teams are staying.

0:49.1

And we can run in a big circle around that.

0:52.4

You just can't go out onto the road road, where like outwardly is the world is.

0:57.4

Once you do that, then you are out of the bubble.

1:01.5

So as part of being in the air, working with the athletic, I've read all of your articles.

1:06.8

Do they make, do you have to be in shape?

1:09.0

Is that why you're running or are you a runner?

1:11.6

I am a runner.

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