Adam Silver Acknowledges NBA Could Get Shut Down Again If Leak In NBA’s Orlando Bubble
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00:00 I'm Jill Painter Lopez of Sports Illustrated and Adam Silver was just on a virtual conference
00:06 with Fortune Brainstorm Health and he said that if there is a leak in the NBA bubble,
00:11 the restart in Orlando, the season could potentially be shut down for a second time.
00:16 Now what he said was he fully expects that there will be positive tests once all the
00:20 teams are joining the bubble.
00:22 That's happening as we speak.
00:23 The Lakers, of course, joining tomorrow.
00:26 But what he said was once the bubble is set in Orlando, if there's a leak and a surge
00:30 in cases, that is certainly cause for concern and it would be a potential shutdown of the
00:35 season again.
00:36 Now we've already seen with the MLS' back tournament in their bubble in Orlando, that
00:41 FC Dallas has had to pull out of the tournament after 10 positive cases, 9 of whom were players.
00:47 We have reports today of Nashville having 9 players test positive for the virus as well.
00:52 So certainly a concern for every league, including the NBA.