Maxi Kleber cut straight to the point after the Mavericks had their first practice in the Orlando bubble.
“To be honest,” the third-year big man said, “nothing really feels normal right now.”
In that respect, stepping onto a practice court – even a makeshift gym at the Coronado Ballroom – was about the closest the Mavericks and everybody else could get to feeling natural.
Coach Rick Carlisle said his team, which completed nearly 48 hours of quarantine after arriving on the Disney World property, is determined to treat the restart to the NBA season as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.