Nba Commentators In The Bubble. Although the announcers are not expected to wear face masks in the box they will be following standard face mask and social distancing guidelines based on the nba bubble protocol. Nba broadcasters calling games on site at the league s planned resumption of play at walt disney world will be allowed to leave the campus without being subject to any quarantine style requirements but will have no physical access to players coaches or the playing surface and be required to wear face coverings at all times according to the miami herald.
The 2020 nba bubble also referred to as the disney bubble or orlando bubble was the isolation zone at walt disney world in bay lake florida near orlando that was created by the national basketball association nba to protect its players from the covid 19 pandemic during the final eight games of the 2019 20 regular season and throughout the 2020 nba playoffs. Starting august 17 sixteen teams eight from each the eastern and western conferences will begin their route for the nba championship and the coveted larry o brien trophy to be rewarded in october. However uncertainty looms on a number of fronts including some of the.
Nba legend charles barkley appeared on jimmy kimmel live monday and the sports commentator revealed how miserable he has been while quarantining in a bubble with the cast and crew of.
Speller from denver is one of four announcers the nba brought to orlando for the league s bubble the isolated area where teams live work and play to prevent a covid 19 outbreak. However uncertainty looms on a number of fronts including some of the. Broadcasters who will be presenting the 2020 nba restart games for espn and tnt ready for shows that will be different than what we ve seen before. Espn reveals its announcers for first nba bubble games.