NBA to set up hotline for bubble infractions; Twitter has thoughts on who'll snitch

Tom Gatto

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The NBA sent out volumes of guidelines Tuesday for the people who will reside in the "bubble" at Walt Disney World beginning next month. Among the countless items covered: team hotels (three for the participating 22 clubs), exclusive movie showings and individual valets for players — oh, and no doubles ping-pong games are allowed.

But the one thing that really had people talking was the anonymous hotline that people can call if they witness violations of safety protocols. (Per Shams Charania and Sam Amick of The Athletic.)

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Yes, they'll be able to snitch if someone isn't following the rules.

Twitter, naturally, had thoughts on which players would most likely tattle. It didn't take long to form a consensus.

Chris Paul

Kyrie Irving

Actually, Irving seems to have a snitch problem within his own team, or else he can't keep his thoughts about boycotting the bubble and maybe forming a new league to himself.

D'Angelo Russell

Wait, his team won't even be there . . .

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LeBron James

So, definitely CP3 and probably Kyrie and LeBron.

The protocols run for 113 pages, according to ESPN and other outlets. Players might need until the June 24 deadline to commit to playing to decipher the ones that involve them. And then they'll have to remember them, or else risk someone dropping a dime.

Tom Gatto

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Tom Gatto joined The Sporting News as a senior editor in 2000 after 12 years at The Herald-News in Passaic, N.J., where he served in a variety of roles including sports editor, and a brief spell at APBNews.com in New York, where he worked as a syndication editor. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina.