NBA at Walt Disney World

[Mit88]

Episode 4 premieres tonight

 

[sara_s]

 

[KBoopaloo]

Is anyone vlogging from the Yacht Club? I’ve seen Matisse at GF and JaVale at Coronado. Troy Daniels is also at Coronado. I feel like I have not seen much content at all from Yacht Club.

 

[OnceUponATime15]

The Main Arena... did Masai say fans????

https://twitter.com/x/status/1286028241287950337

 

[lovin'fl]

The Main Arena... did Masai say fans????

https://twitter.com/x/status/1286028241287950337

Could be the fake cardboard fans like in the MLB. If you've seen the recent exhibition games. DH and I find it hilarious....the cardboard fans and cheering sound effects added. Cracks us up.

Or could be family who can come stay after 1st batch of teams are eliminated???

 

[OnceUponATime15]

Found the fans!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1286719117773492224

 

[OnceUponATime15]

The Arena looks really good!! But it’s so quiet you can hear the players shoes squeaking on the floor..

Scrimmage night for The Raps & Rockets.

It’s good to see basketball on my tv tonight!

 

[tarheelmjfan]

The Arena looks really good!! But it’s so quiet you can hear the players shoes squeaking on the floor..

Scrimmage night for The Raps & Rockets.

It’s good to see basketball on my tv tonight!

I've watched a couple games today. The atmosphere reminds me of summer league games. IMO, the baseball games I've seen have better pumped in crowd noise.

 

[rteetz]

The Arena looks really good!! But it’s so quiet you can hear the players shoes squeaking on the floor..

Scrimmage night for The Raps & Rockets.

It’s good to see basketball on my tv tonight!

Part of that is because they have floor mics.

 

[OnceUponATime15]

Part of that is because they have floor mics.

It sounds like a game in a high school gym.. lol!

But i’m not complaining.. it’s good to have basketball to watch. Tried watching the Jays/Rays season opener baseball game.. but keep going back to b-ball.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

It sounds like a game in a high school gym.. lol!

But i’m not complaining.. it’s good to have basketball to watch. Tried watching the Jays/Rays season opener baseball game.. but keep going back to b-ball.

We prefer to watch the Rays over the NBA, although I'm not loving the game right now. I record every basketball game that has a Tar Heel playing. Baseball & basketball will pretty much be all I watch as long as the seasons last. I'm crossing my finger that they can complete both seasons.

 

[rteetz]

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[OnceUponATime15]

Watching the 2 hour NBA special on ABC TV on the restart of basketball. Lots of great interviews and a great look at life inside “the Bubble”. Some amazing footage of Disney World for those of us missing the place.

They are going to feature the players vloging from WDW.. Matisse and several others.

 

[skeeter31]

Executive Director of the NBPA is saying there could be a need for a bubble for the entirety of the 20-21 season as well. I’m sure Disney would love to be the host of that bubble.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...e-roberts-says-league-need-bubble-2020-21-too

 

[rteetz]

Executive Director of the NBPA is saying there could be a need for a bubble for the entirety of the 20-21 season as well. I’m sure Disney would love to be the host of that bubble.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...e-roberts-says-league-need-bubble-2020-21-too

Would be interesting to see how that would work with all the teams and season length.

 

[skeeter31]

Would be interesting to see how that would work with all the teams and season length.

Yeah unless they go the MLB route and severely limit the season length. Otherwise that’s a long time away from families.

 

[DianaMB333]

Yeah unless they go the MLB route and severely limit the season length. Otherwise that’s a long time away from families.

I read somewhere that families can join them in about a month or so.. is it accurate?

 

[rteetz]

I read somewhere that families can join them in about a month or so.. is it accurate?

Yes when some of the teams have been eliminated.

 

[Anthony Vito]

Would be interesting to see how that would work with all the teams and season length.

Yeah unless they go the MLB route and severely limit the season length. Otherwise that’s a long time away from families.

I think they'd have to look at doing it in batches, with kind of a group play approach, so teams could have kind of a couple week on/couple week off kind of situation. It would make it tough for testing though before the teams return to the bubble - players would almost have to stay somewhat isolated at home with continuous testing to make the returns work without long delays.

I also think they would reduce the number of games, which I had heard they didn't want to do for next season, but I think they'd have to accept it. It would also allow for a reduced timeframe for the season to allow the season to end in time for the Olympics next summer (if the Olympics even happen), which is a concern for the 2021-22 season.

I actually think some kind of group stages, with essentially mini-tournaments every month might be really intriguing and could boost TV ratings.

 

[KBoopaloo]

Some good news from the bubble on their testing - no positives!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1288507854115287040