(Reuters) – LeBron James led the Los Angeles Lakers to an NBA Championship inside a biosecurity environment in Orlando last year but says just the thought of being locked inside a bubble again brings shake him.
The 2019-20 season was hit with a four-month delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was completed in October with teams competing in bubbles at Walt Disney World.
The Lakers clinched the 17th NBA Championship on Oct. 12 with a victory over the heat.
“Well the bubble of success in terms of performance as far as our league was recovering,” James, who lost to the Houston Rockets 117-100 on Tuesday, told reporters.
“I didn’t think about the bubble much after I left. You continue to give me PTSD every time you ask me about the bubble. I started shaking thinking about 96 straight nights in that place. ”
The NBA has told players to stay at their residences when at home, and in hotels when on the road, for at least the next two weeks as part of the protocols. their new health.
The league has canceled one game on Sunday and three this week due to the virus but has said it had no plans to suspend the season. The current season has a lower 72-game record.
Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Edited by Peter Rutherford