The Toronto Raptors are reported to have arrived in southwestern Florida today and will begin preparing for the resumption of the NBA season next month. If the Raptors were able to return to the NBA Finals, they could stay in Florida for nearly four months. But do you know why the Toronto Raptors were the first team to arrive in Orlando ??
Last season’s NBA champions began training this weekend at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers to resume the season until around July 7 at the Disney Complex near Orlando, Florida. They landed in Fort Myers this afternoon and took a bus to the Team Hotel.
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The arrival in Toronto is due to Florida facing a significant surge in positive coronavirus test results over the past week. About two and a half hours drive from the Fort Myers area, the Disney Complex will host the NBA and MLS next month.
via: essentially sports
Orlando withdrew from today’s US Women’s Soccer League tournament after six players and four staff tested positive for COVID-19. But why is the Toronto Raptors the first team to arrive in Orlando and different from the other 21 NBA teams participating in the restart at Disney?
Other teams train at their home facility, but because they are the only NBA team from outside the United States, the Raptors are on some logistical basis to bring players to Toronto in preparation for a trip to Disney. There is a problem.
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Canadian regulations require Raptors players staying in the United States to be quarantined for 14 days after leaving Toronto, so the team decided to do pre-camp training in the United States. It is carried out under very strict rules to ensure safety, and access to practice is strictly restricted to important team rosters.
“According to the NBA and team safety protocols, no group practice was done during this phase, and a rigorous protocol was devised to ensure this level of early access in a safe, controlled and healthy way.” Says. Team statement.
Individual volunteer training resumed this week, and on Tuesday the NBA commissioned the start of a coronavirus test for all key players and staff of Disney’s 22 existing teams. On March 11, when the season was interrupted by a pandemic of the new coronavirus, the Raptors set a record of 46 wins and 18 losses in a row.
No when the game resumes on July 30th. Lead the Boston Celtics three games in the race. Second place in the Eastern Conference Playoffs. If the Raptors play in the NBA Finals and the series continues for seven games, the current league plan, which proposes to resume the season, will play in Florida by October 13 at the latest.
What do you think the NBA brought to the Raptors, the first team in Orlando?
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