As they prepare to re-open the 2020 regular season, the NBA continues to come under scrutiny for their plans to deal with COVID-19 and the risk of infection. Over the last 24 hours, plans for creating “bubble” zones for players and staff have come under fire in the face of new reports about expanded locations and apparent lack of containment.
Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN news tweeted that the NBA is contemplating opening a second site for games, inviting the eight teams not participating in Orlando to play each other in September in Chicago.
The NBA is closing in on signing off on a second “bubble” in Chicago for the eight teams that were not invited to play in Orlando, enabling mini-training camps and subsequent games against other clubs with a target date of September, sources tell ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan.