NBA star Paul George shared his thoughts on his experience inside the NBA bubble during the 2020 season. In an episode of his podcast, George described his time in the bubble as feeling akin to being in prison.
“The bubble was prison, bro,” George said. He went on to explain that players were initially promised access to various amenities, including theme parks, golf courses, and more. However, the reality inside the bubble was quite different from these assurances.
“They sold us all this sh*t before we got to the bubble,” the 33-year-old forward said. “We’re gonna have the park amenities, Disneyland’s gonna be available the golf courses, fishin’ ponds, the lakes… But that was all phases. We had to like damn near wait for them to like slowly start to open sh*t up for us. Two months…”
The NBA implemented strict safety measures in the bubble. These measures included limits on where players could go, and crossing the designated border resulted in isolation.
“We were just livin’ like in jail… I used to just watch cars go by, bro. Real talk. And you would just watch like people run around the border cause you couldn’t cross outside that border or you would get flagged, like you had to go in isolation,” George recalled.
