All signs are pointing to the NBA season restarting in Orlando some time in the near future but players and owners still have a lot of logistical things they have to figure out.
According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando is the “clear frontrunner” to become the NBA’s playing site whenever the season restarts due to the fact that there are several sports complexes in a central area near hotels
Via The Athletic .
Orlando’s Walt Disney World Resort is the clear frontrunner to become the NBA’s playing site to resume the 2019-20 season amid the coronavirus pandemic, sources told The Athletic.
Orlando is on track to win its bid so long as final details regarding testing and hotel use are resolved. For the NBA, Orlando/Disney World’s controllability as a playing site — with a private property having the necessary complexes, hotels and amenities — has been the most appealing of all the possibilities all along.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like all players are happy about Orlando getting picked because there could be a ‘huge disparity in hotel quality” between teams.
— Sam Amick (@sam_amick) May 27, 2020
Fans blasted players for griping about hotel quality in Orlando and gave their own solutions to the problem.
— Josh Eberley🇨🇦 (@JoshEberley) May 27, 2020
I mean, really, very seriously,
— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) May 27, 2020
— Greg Toohey (@gregtoohey) May 27, 2020
tone deafness knows no bounds https://t.co/2MVbuXJRLW
— Russ Bengtson (@russbengtson) May 27, 2020
Easy solution: Draft hotel accommodations based on record. Teams at bottom of the standings don't get nice rooms…tough. Can't believe this is even an issue. https://t.co/1d88MkQNUB
— Nicky Football (@ESPN580Nick) May 27, 2020
— Don Steele (@donsteele) May 27, 2020
— Michael Patrick Porkins (@patrickrglynn) May 27, 2020
— Greg Auman (@gregauman) May 27, 2020
