Troy Daniels of the Denver Nuggets shared some pics of his first meal from the NBA bubble at the Disney World Resort's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Florida.
Troy Daniels’ dinner on Night 1 inside the NBA Bubble. pic.twitter.com/cVYfuwSzxQ
People quickly responded with jokes comparing the food being served to what someone would find on a flight.
nba players are risking life and limb to play in this bubble and they’re literally getting fed airline food https://t.co/RiGYbvgUxn
Is Spirit Airlines catering the NBA bubble?? https://t.co/P5Z9IrPgnv
Others brought up the failed Fyre Festival.
There’s only one man that can save this Fyre Festival food that they serving in the NBA bubble: pic.twitter.com/OGZaDRZw8G
The pandemic NBA season is basically the Fyre Festival https://t.co/p28m6XxWFo
Fyre Fest 2.0 in the NBA’s bubble. Documentaries will be made 👀 pic.twitter.com/Up9Wd6YXo3
Them Boys eating like they at The Fyre Festival!! Lmao 😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/71ABOTcUyh
Imagine putting your health at risk and Disney feeds you Michelin Star Fyre Festival catering https://t.co/1L1e0GHqDf
Chris Chiozza of the Brooklyn Nets also shared pictures of his meal to his IG Stories.
Yo the NBA bubble chicken 🐔 looking Fyre-festish 👀🤣 @thesportsontap pic.twitter.com/l5p1yhKruE
Isaiah Thomas also chimed in, hypothesizing that LeBron James will not be very happy about the available food options.
No way Bron eating this LOL https://t.co/mGWgPBbS6S
Lebron eating full course meals while everyone else is eating Fyre Festival food pic.twitter.com/LoxOBCehvI
NBA players on Day 8 of the bubble meals. pic.twitter.com/eIDn4uexyW
NBA players bodies gotta train AND fight Covid on a dinner of green salad and watermelon. Adam Silver a slumlord 😭😭😭
Adam Silver walking into LeBron’s room and seeing his 5 star meal flown in from across the globe https://t.co/37fG9dgkM6 pic.twitter.com/XAtqeyL44L
Lebron , Giannis and kawhi After sneaking out to Ruth Chris watching Troy Daniels eat Adam silver 2 star meals pic.twitter.com/ktiN1FEyyW
The New York Times' Marc Stein reports that the meals that players will receive will change after they're out of quarantine.
Food in the NBA bubble changes after quarantines are completed. Player meals won't look like airline trays after the first 48 hours ...
"During the required quarantine period when teams first arrive to the NBA Campus at Orlando, meals are delivered directly to hotel rooms," a spokesperson for the NBA said after pictures of food being served at the bubble went viral. "Each of the 22 NBA teams were paired with a Disney culinary team, who meets with each NBA team’s nutritionists regularly to create menus to support specific team needs. After clearing quarantine, players will also have access to various restaurants on campus and delivery options to choose from. Players will receive three meals a day and four meals on gamedays. There is never a shortage of food options – players can always request additional food by speaking with their team nutritionists."
A few days ago, ESPN's Malika Andrews gave a behind the scenes glimpse of the NBA bubble, which is located outside of Orlando, and also what the food situation looked like for those under quarantine.
The restarted NBA season is set to begin on July 30.
In other news, on Monday, ESPN's Kayla Johnson shared footage of the WNBA bubble and it didn't look too good.
What appears to be a worm found on the floor of one of the rooms pic.twitter.com/WRZYTxdbGo
People then took to Twitter to say that the conditions were unacceptable.
Honestly, I don’t even know where to begin....but this ain’t it. https://t.co/426EzI4Q8O
Smfh I hope this fake https://t.co/pZWerPpVHk
In a rarity for First Take, @stephenasmith went off main topic this morning to discuss the WNBA and its bubble accommodations versus NBA's Disney plans.
"The NBA might need to be aware of that and make sure they address that quick, fast and in a hurry."
H/T @DorothyJGentry pic.twitter.com/MdxvxkX77s
