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Winslow questions NBA, NBPA's motivations: 'Not sure if they really care'

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Memphis Grizzlies wing Justise Winslow is calling the motivations of the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association into question as the two sides continue to prepare for the resumption of live basketball.

In an Instagram story posted Friday that tagged the league and the union, Winslow wrote:

This shit ain't even bout basketball or our safety anymore.
All About The Benjamins baby.
Not sure if they really care if we get corona
FOH

In an interview with former NBAer Caron Butler that was shared on the league's Twitter feed later Friday, Winslow expressed concern over the plan to resume play in a "bubble" at Walt Disney World in Orlando in July.

"The bubble is tricky man," Winslow said. "From the (COVID-19) standpoint, I don't think it's a great idea just to have all these people in a bubble and tight spaces. It's almost the opposite of social distancing.

"We're going to have workers that are working for Disney, they're going to be going home and seeing their family and doing whatever they want to do, but then they're going to come back."

Multiple reports have indicated that certain Disney employees working within the NBA's bubble environment will not be regularly tested for the coronavirus. The state of Florida reported a single-day record of 3,822 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday.

Due to injury, Winslow has only appeared in 11 games this season - and none since joining the Grizzlies via trade in February. His new team currently occupies the eighth and final seed in the Western Conference.

The NBA's tentative plan would see 22 teams play a shortened regular-season schedule to determine playoff seeding, with the remainder of the season taking place at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

Players and team staff would live on site at one of three Disney hotels for as long as their team continues to play out the 2019-20 season. A small number of family members would be able to join the players following the first round of the postseason - after 14 of the 22 teams have been eliminated.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Monday that any player who is otherwise healthy enough to participate in the restart can sit out the remainder of the season and will not face discipline, though their salary will be reduced based on the number of games missed.

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