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.