Things are heating up within the NBA bubble.
Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard says he is the last player to fall victim to what is now called the NBA “hotline”.
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Howard revealed during an Instagram Live session that someone called reported him to the anonymous hotline, a medium the league created so that other players could report anyone who violates NBA-established safety protocols.
“Someone told me,” Howard said after being warned not to wear a face mask while in the bubble on the NBA campus in Orlando, Florida.
While the hotline was created to protect players and everyone involved in the season restart, the players don’t seem very happy with what they call the “snitch hotline.”
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Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, who was the first NBA player to test positive for COVID-19, called the stance “insignificant.”
“I don’t know if anyone is going to use it, but I think it’s kind of mean,” he said according to ESPN. “I think it’s more about respecting each other and we all do it as a small community.”
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Several players have already run into trouble for breaking the bubble protocol, including Sacramento Kings forward Richaun Holmes, who left campus to pick up a food delivery.
