The Pelicans depart for the NBA Bubble in Orlando Wednesday with a few players having mixed feelings about the restart of the NBA season.
Forward Brandon Ingram was asked if he was confident about the bubble experiment working out and the season actually finishing. He says he’s not confident about that.
“New cases are coming up, different things are happening, so I am not very confident but they have us going on to Orlando on the 8th so we will see,” says Ingram.
Florida has seen an explosion of COVID cases recently, with Orlando being one of the state’s hotspots.
Guard Lonzo Ball has been active in George Floyd protests in his native Los Angeles since the season was paused. He says there’s just so much more going on right now that’s more important than the game.
“I definitely think right now it is bigger than basketball so I don’t know how I feel about that going over there and kind of taking away from what is going on,” says Ball.
The NBA has committed to painting black lives matter on the Orlando courts and allowing players to wear other BLM messaging on their jerseys. The Pels start the season July 30th against the Jazz and are 3.5 games back of the 8th seed with eight games to be played.
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