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Will journalists return to the NBA locker room? | NBA

Since the appearance of Covid-19, the NBA has dematerialized interactions between players and journalists, press conferences being almost all done by videoconference and access to locker rooms closed.

Even if players had sometimes complained about the attitude of certain reporters in the dressing rooms, before and after the matches, this access represents an important element for the press.

With its correspondents on site, DNA of Sports is well placed to know that these 45 minutes, before and after the matches, are precious to discuss with the players without going through the agents and the communication managers of the clubs, and thus obtain answers. more sincere and spontaneous, or in any case less formatted.

The closure is understandable, however, in an endemic context but, when asked about the eventual return of journalists to the NBA locker rooms, Adam Silver seemed to want to make it a norm.

“I think depending on where you are in relation to the virus, and its potential variants, creating a bit of distance makes more sense in the near future”he explained. “I also think it’s a bit anachronistic to have journalists in a room where the players dress. “

Besides the danger of seeing the NBA and the clubs take advantage of locker room closures to lock down their communication, the idea suggested by Adam Silver that the press come into the locker room to watch players dress and undress has generated quite a bit of comments, and the commissioner has therefore clarified his remarks.

“Tonight, I was asked a question about the return of the media to the NBA locker rooms and I shared my opinion on the inconvenience caused by our locker room access policy” he explains in a press release. “We have a great deal of respect for the press that covers our league and these comments were in no way intended to suggest that NBA reporters are acting inappropriately while doing their job. We have not yet made a decision on the upcoming changes to our access policy and we will be talking with the teams, the players’ union and the press to find out how best to do so after the pandemic. “

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