What it was like to report from inside the NBA’s pandemic bubble
Posted on AllSides May 10th, 2021
From The Center
ANALYSIS
As the coronavirus pandemic raged, Ben Golliver, the national NBA writer for The Washington Post, spent three months alone in the NBA’s “bubble” in Disney World. His days consisted mostly of work, long, caged-in walks, and ennui.
The unprecedented situation tested everybody. Players, media and referees were confined to a sliver of the mega-theme park’s campus. In-person interaction was virtually nonexistent. The accommodations were lovely; amenities were scarce. A highlight of Golliver’s day was to visit the bubble’s shipping depot, “a combination of an airplane hangar and a Costco designed...