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Jared Dudley found a way to plug his Instagram on Wednesday, but he probably didn’t need to.
In a Zoom call with reporters, the Lakers forward noted that he is a relatively recent arrival to the photo-sharing social platform — “@JaredDudley10 if you want to hype that up,” he said — but he has already amassed more than 31,000 followers since opening his account in late April.
And Dudley has done so many Instagram live interviews of late that he put himself in the company of a former president and a superstar teammate when it comes to recent visibility on the site.
“Me, Obama and LeBron are top three in the last two weeks,” Dudley said, and he was only half-kidding.
There’s a case to be made for Dudley — and not James or union president Chris Paul — as the most visible NBA player during the COVID-19 pandemic. He’s been on live streams and podcasts, and he’s been ever-present on Twitter, offering insight and an inside look at the process as the NBA prepares for a return to play. He’s always been one of the league’s most comfortable conversationalists, and these days if you want to talk about the league’s plans, there’s a good chance Dudley will engage you on the topic.
Dudley has been noncommittal about his post-playing career. He could venture into coaching or seek a front-office job. But if he opts to go the media route, he has turned a taxing time into a strong audition.
He’s curious enough to ask the right questions and connected enough to get them answered. And he’s visible enough, with 317,000 followers on a consistently active Twitter account, to spread the word once he has it.
But that doesn’t mean Dudley is looking for a career as a news-breaker. On Wednesday, he alluded to a role as a sort of liaison between the NBA’s power brokers — Paul, commissioner Adam Silver and other contacts among coaches, players and front-office types — and less-connected players who need the inside scoop.
“My thing is, I like to be educated so when I give information to these young players, they know what they’re doing,” Dudley said.
And he offered some educated guesses about where the league is headed as a return to play creeps closer. It’s important to note that Dudley is no decision-maker. He wasn’t breaking news on Wednesday. But with his characteristic candor, Dudley offered some insight into what he’s hearing as he makes the reporting rounds.
His pick for the NBA’s return: Orlando
As The Athletic reported on Wednesday, Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando is the front-runner as the site for the league’s return from a suspension that began March 11.
The NBA needs to build a small world, after all, to keep players sequestered and as safe as possible from contracting the coronavirus during the 2020 season’s resumption. And though Dudley has heard a number of bubble-site options, including Las Vegas, Hawaii and Houston, he said Orlando makes “perfect sense” given Disney’s ownership of NBA broadcast partner ABC/ESPN.
“Let’s just be honest,” Dudley said. “If they weren’t the No. 1 partner, I don’t know for sure if they would get it. But for them, taking a hit on their ratings and being able to not have that, to put it all under that one bubble there, it’s a good way to throw (them a) bone.”
The “bubble” might not be sealed
Dudley suggested that it’s a “misconception” that players would be strictly restricted to the gym and a hotel. He has heard the possibility that, if Walt Disney World is the choice, it could open restaurants and golf courses specifically for requested NBA personnel.
But that leeway would come with risk, and Dudley said his expectation is the players would be “tested all the time,” with a positive test resulting in a quarantine, during which a player would be ineligible to play.
“Bron, (Anthony Davis) and all the top guys we have, we’ll be wrapping them in a bubble (wrap) and not letting them go anywhere,” Dudley said. “Just be honest. You’ll have that be a team rule. Now it won’t be a league, an NBA rule, but you’d want to say, ‘Listen guys, we’ve come too far. We’re going to put our family on hold.'”
The comeback will be gradual
Dudley’s expectation is that when the NBA lets its teams back on the court, they’ll build from a week or more of individual workouts to a week of practices to something more like a preseason training camp before games resume.
He’s heard multiple scenarios for how those games could come back. There could be a handful of regular-season games, he said, to get teams to 70 games. As The Athletic reported last week, teams stand to lose out on regional sports network revenue if they don’t deliver at least 70 regular-season games to their local broadcast partners. That’s in addition to the $900 million in projected losses if the league loses the playoffs.
Dudley also has heard the possibility of play-in games for teams at the bottom of and just outside the playoff race, or that the league could opt to jump straight into the postseason. Whatever the format, Dudley said he’s “almost 100 percent sure” every playoff series would be the traditional best-of-seven format.
As he broke down the buzz, Dudley made routine mention of money. He understands not only the league’s need to salvage its revenue but also the importance of that revenue to the players.
And that’s perhaps the issue on which he’s been most visible and vocal.
Dudley said a tweet about the potential financial ramifications drew responses from “seven to 10 players” — some former teammates, some not — unaware of how the league’s finances could impact their own.
“Players don’t know that affects the salary cap for next year,” Dudley said. “So if we don’t play this year, then they could force majeure. It’d be a totally new CBA. Your guaranteed contract wouldn’t be guaranteed. So, a lot of these players didn’t have that (information). They were thinking in the false reality of what could potentially happen. But I’ve had that (conversation).”
He’s had lots of them the past few months, and he’s been glad to share his thoughts.
Through it all, Dudley has been optimistic about a return. He’s regularly suggested there would be some clarity about the season around June 1, and he said on Wednesday that he’s “90 percent confident” the NBA will return this season.
And though he’s used his forums to talk format and finances, the league’s staunchest conversation starter hasn’t wavered in his belief that the NBA will only bring back players if it can protect them.
“Let’s just be honest: The NBA was progressive shutting down the league,” Dudley said. “They were the first league to do that. So, I have faith in Adam Silver and the NBA and the NBA teams that they’re not going to have us come back if it’s even a question of us getting hurt. And that’s where the testing (comes in) — being clean and doing everything that I feel like they will be able to do to keep us safe.”
Jared Dudley found a way to plug his Instagram on Wednesday, but he probably didn’t need to.
In a Zoom call with reporters, the Lakers forward noted that he is a relatively recent arrival to the photo-sharing social platform — “@JaredDudley10 if you want to hype that up,” he said — but he has already amassed more than 31,000 followers since opening his account in late April.
And Dudley has done so many Instagram live interviews of late that he put himself in the company of a former president and a superstar teammate when it comes to recent visibility on the site.
“Me, Obama and LeBron are top three in the last two weeks,” Dudley said, and he was only half-kidding.
There’s a case to be made for Dudley — and not James or union president Chris Paul — as the most visible NBA player during the COVID-19 pandemic. He’s been on live streams and podcasts, and he’s been ever-present on Twitter, offering insight and an inside look at the process as the NBA prepares for a return to play. He’s always been one of the league’s most comfortable conversationalists, and these days if you want to talk about the league’s plans, there’s a good chance Dudley will engage you on the topic.
Dudley has been noncommittal about his post-playing career. He could venture into coaching or seek a front-office job. But if he opts to go the media route, he has turned a taxing time into a strong audition.
He’s curious enough to ask the right questions and connected enough to get them answered. And he’s visible enough, with 317,000 followers on a consistently active Twitter account, to spread the word once he has it.
But that doesn’t mean Dudley is looking for a career as a news-breaker. On Wednesday, he alluded to a role as a sort of liaison between the NBA’s power brokers — Paul, commissioner Adam Silver and other contacts among coaches, players and front-office types — and less-connected players who need the inside scoop.
“My thing is, I like to be educated so when I give information to these young players, they know what they’re doing,” Dudley said.
And he offered some educated guesses about where the league is headed as a return to play creeps closer. It’s important to note that Dudley is no decision-maker. He wasn’t breaking news on Wednesday. But with his characteristic candor, Dudley offered some insight into what he’s hearing as he makes the reporting rounds.
His pick for the NBA’s return: Orlando
As The Athletic reported on Wednesday, Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando is the front-runner as the site for the league’s return from a suspension that began March 11.
The NBA needs to build a small world, after all, to keep players sequestered and as safe as possible from contracting the coronavirus during the 2020 season’s resumption. And though Dudley has heard a number of bubble-site options, including Las Vegas, Hawaii and Houston, he said Orlando makes “perfect sense” given Disney’s ownership of NBA broadcast partner ABC/ESPN.
“Let’s just be honest,” Dudley said. “If they weren’t the No. 1 partner, I don’t know for sure if they would get it. But for them, taking a hit on their ratings and being able to not have that, to put it all under that one bubble there, it’s a good way to throw (them a) bone.”
The “bubble” might not be sealed
Dudley suggested that it’s a “misconception” that players would be strictly restricted to the gym and a hotel. He has heard the possibility that, if Walt Disney World is the choice, it could open restaurants and golf courses specifically for requested NBA personnel.
But that leeway would come with risk, and Dudley said his expectation is the players would be “tested all the time,” with a positive test resulting in a quarantine, during which a player would be ineligible to play.
“Bron, (Anthony Davis) and all the top guys we have, we’ll be wrapping them in a bubble (wrap) and not letting them go anywhere,” Dudley said. “Just be honest. You’ll have that be a team rule. Now it won’t be a league, an NBA rule, but you’d want to say, ‘Listen guys, we’ve come too far. We’re going to put our family on hold.'”
The comeback will be gradual
Dudley’s expectation is that when the NBA lets its teams back on the court, they’ll build from a week or more of individual workouts to a week of practices to something more like a preseason training camp before games resume.
He’s heard multiple scenarios for how those games could come back. There could be a handful of regular-season games, he said, to get teams to 70 games. As The Athletic reported last week, teams stand to lose out on regional sports network revenue if they don’t deliver at least 70 regular-season games to their local broadcast partners. That’s in addition to the $900 million in projected losses if the league loses the playoffs.
Dudley also has heard the possibility of play-in games for teams at the bottom of and just outside the playoff race, or that the league could opt to jump straight into the postseason. Whatever the format, Dudley said he’s “almost 100 percent sure” every playoff series would be the traditional best-of-seven format.
As he broke down the buzz, Dudley made routine mention of money. He understands not only the league’s need to salvage its revenue but also the importance of that revenue to the players.
And that’s perhaps the issue on which he’s been most visible and vocal.
Dudley said a tweet about the potential financial ramifications drew responses from “seven to 10 players” — some former teammates, some not — unaware of how the league’s finances could impact their own.
“Players don’t know that affects the salary cap for next year,” Dudley said. “So if we don’t play this year, then they could force majeure. It’d be a totally new CBA. Your guaranteed contract wouldn’t be guaranteed. So, a lot of these players didn’t have that (information). They were thinking in the false reality of what could potentially happen. But I’ve had that (conversation).”
He’s had lots of them the past few months, and he’s been glad to share his thoughts.
Through it all, Dudley has been optimistic about a return. He’s regularly suggested there would be some clarity about the season around June 1, and he said on Wednesday that he’s “90 percent confident” the NBA will return this season.
And though he’s used his forums to talk format and finances, the league’s staunchest conversation starter hasn’t wavered in his belief that the NBA will only bring back players if it can protect them.
“Let’s just be honest: The NBA was progressive shutting down the league,” Dudley said. “They were the first league to do that. So, I have faith in Adam Silver and the NBA and the NBA teams that they’re not going to have us come back if it’s even a question of us getting hurt. And that’s where the testing (comes in) — being clean and doing everything that I feel like they will be able to do to keep us safe.”
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