Barring any major setback, the NBA is scheduled to resume in Orlando next month and hopefully finish out the 2019-2020 season. Much has been said and speculated about how the league is preparing to effectively create a “bubble” in which 22 teams will live and operate in order to mitigate the effects of Covid-19, and as new details emerge on procedural processes we are gaining greater insight into what NBA life in Orlando will be like.
The league’s 100-page handbook also spells out specifications on how the games themselves will be handled, covering everything from who is allowed in the arena and mask usage to media protocol and ball sanitation.