Author: Mark Medina, USA TODAY

“He’s a competitor” James Harden said of himself after taking part in his first practice with his Rockets teammates in the NBA bubble in Florida.

The NBA is going to great technological lengths to make sure its players and staff stay healthy inside the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex bubble.

After a tumultuous journey just to get to the NBA bubble in Orlando, Nikola Jokic still isn’t sure when he can participate in Nuggets practices.

Charles Barkley and Draymond Green will be part of a new show called “The Arena,” a one-hour long NBA show that TNT will launch on July 20.

For better and for worse, NBA teams have already learned what it is like to live in a whole new world inside the Walt Disney World bubble.

“It doesn’t matter if we have a statement on the back of our jersey. It’s about doing the work,” Kawhi Leonard said discussing social justice.

USA TODAY Sports’ Mark Medina chronicles his first days inside the NBA campus bubble in Orlando and how reporters are settling in at Disney World.

Anthony Davis considered wearing a message on his jersey, but he stuck with his last name because it is “something that is very important to me.”

TNT analyst Kenny Smith joined USA TODAY Sports to discuss his new virtual basketball camp, the upcoming NBA season restart and more.

Some around the NBA are on board with the plan but still have doubts. Which begs the question: Is it truly worth it to resume the NBA season?