The Lakers are already in Orlando as preparations are underway for the NBA season restart that will commence on July 30. According to Anthony Davis, the situation in the bubble city can be best described as not bad at all.
The superstar appeared on a media call via Zoom on Sunday and shared his thoughts on playing while confined within the Disney World Resort in Florida. The NBA invited 22 teams in Orlando to continue with the season and the setup was designed to continue with the basketball business and at the same time, prevent the players and personnel from getting infected by COVID-19.
According to Clutch Points, Davis reported: "The protocols aren't that bad ... We get tested every day."
AD was referring to the quarantine measures that will be in effect during the NBA season restart. The whole idea of the daily test is to make sure that not participants will catch the virus or if someone has been infected, the spread will be checked immediately.
Davis said he expects the situation to continue improving in the days and months to come. The league has organized the competition to play out from July through the middle of October. Most of the games will be for the playoffs while the NBA Finals showdown is expected to start in October.
The Lakers star said he has the sense that his NBA colleagues are just thrilled by the fact that the games will soon resume and they "get to play some organized basketball again."
There are amenities in place to keep the players relaxed and entertained while waiting for the actual games to be played, which will be in over two weeks. But Davis said he is mostly in his room and glued to video games with fellow players as some of the boys traveled to Orlando with their gaming systems.
It is understood as well that when the games start, Davis will skip the wearing of social justice message on his shirt. AD has confirmed this, according to Yahoo Sports, and he will be joining LeBron James in the same position.
"I just think my last name is something that is very important to me ... Social justice is as well, but it's just holding my family name and representing the name on the back to go through this process," Davis was reported as saying in explaining his decision.
For his part, James reasoned that not including a social justice message on his jersey is not a disrespect to the "Black Lives Matter" movement. He insisted that such an approach is just not in sync with his mission and goal.
