You want me to come outside? That's a hurricane! I can't do that.
July 16, 2020 5:16 PM Subscribe
As the National Basketball Association looks to resume its season inside a protective "bubble" in Orlando, FL, the Philadelphia 76ers' rookie Matisse Thybulle has been doing YouTube videos that he records and edits and publishes. The 3rd installment of "Welcome To The Bubble", where he gets his ankles taped for practice, discovers Florida weather, and battles teammates while trying to solve a rubix cube went up today.
This is awesome, thanks for posting.
"Advanced recovery, my brother."
posted by saladin at 5:58 PM on July 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
"Advanced recovery, my brother."
posted by saladin at 5:58 PM on July 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
I knew I should have been more serious about my NBA career. This looks super fun and that guy comes off as a good dude.
posted by Actively Avoiding the Noid at 6:19 PM on July 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by Actively Avoiding the Noid at 6:19 PM on July 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
I'm not even a basketball fan and that was fascinating.
posted by maggiemaggie at 7:18 PM on July 16, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by maggiemaggie at 7:18 PM on July 16, 2020 [3 favorites]
That aside, I find this concept of creating this gigantic bubble where people can interact and are protected from the virus to be like something out of an SF novel. It would be more advanced in implementation in the novel, of course, but it's fascinating that they're really going for it.
I hope it works to keep people safe.
posted by hippybear at 7:18 PM on July 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
I hope it works to keep people safe.
posted by hippybear at 7:18 PM on July 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
That aside, I find this concept of creating this gigantic bubble where people can interact and are protected from the virus to be like something out of an SF novel.Or an Edgar Allan Poe story..
posted by Nerd of the North at 7:28 PM on July 16, 2020 [6 favorites]
Or a certain older story by a guy named Boccaccio.
posted by Nancy_LockIsLit_Palmer at 7:37 PM on July 16, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by Nancy_LockIsLit_Palmer at 7:37 PM on July 16, 2020 [3 favorites]
Also, these videos are way more charming than I was expecting, and I'll probably keep watching. He's posting frequently, and it's an oddly humanizing look at a very peculiar set of people in a peculiar set of circumstances.
Thank you for posting this! Nice Thursday night watch.
posted by hippybear at 7:59 PM on July 16, 2020 [4 favorites]
Thank you for posting this! Nice Thursday night watch.
posted by hippybear at 7:59 PM on July 16, 2020 [4 favorites]
It's a great look for the NBA.
And they seemed to do it right. Get the players to the bubble. Wait 2 weeks for confirmation. Start playing. Players who break the bubble sit out for two weeks. We will see how it works going forward, but better than MLS, who dropped players in 3 days before matches started. Which has already created some issues.
posted by Windopaene at 8:04 PM on July 16, 2020 [4 favorites]
And they seemed to do it right. Get the players to the bubble. Wait 2 weeks for confirmation. Start playing. Players who break the bubble sit out for two weeks. We will see how it works going forward, but better than MLS, who dropped players in 3 days before matches started. Which has already created some issues.
posted by Windopaene at 8:04 PM on July 16, 2020 [4 favorites]
Why hello new crush
posted by Kitchen Witch at 8:07 PM on July 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by Kitchen Witch at 8:07 PM on July 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
Oh shit he's 23 NVM
Hello cute person I will add to my YouTube watch list
posted by Kitchen Witch at 8:08 PM on July 16, 2020 [9 favorites]
Hello cute person I will add to my YouTube watch list
posted by Kitchen Witch at 8:08 PM on July 16, 2020 [9 favorites]
I sometimes forget how young a lot of professional athletes are! Matisse is adorable.
posted by evidenceofabsence at 8:24 PM on July 16, 2020
posted by evidenceofabsence at 8:24 PM on July 16, 2020
The technology they’re using is interesting. What’s the thing on his finger? Is it a separate temperature thing? Or oxygen level?
posted by affectionateborg at 1:59 AM on July 17, 2020
posted by affectionateborg at 1:59 AM on July 17, 2020
Oxygen level. I believe it's a Pulse Oximeter.
Also, the NYT article he references being interviewed for, is here: "Matisse Thybulle Is the Breakout (Mini-Movie) Star of the N.B.A. Bubble." I didn't include it in the post (which also led to the lack of capitalization) because I was desperate to not distract from the content, which I really, really like. There are other NBA players doing similar videos and they're not nearly as fascinating.
posted by cashman at 3:42 AM on July 17, 2020 [1 favorite]
Also, the NYT article he references being interviewed for, is here: "Matisse Thybulle Is the Breakout (Mini-Movie) Star of the N.B.A. Bubble." I didn't include it in the post (which also led to the lack of capitalization) because I was desperate to not distract from the content, which I really, really like. There are other NBA players doing similar videos and they're not nearly as fascinating.
posted by cashman at 3:42 AM on July 17, 2020 [1 favorite]
Matisse had my exact reaction to the weather here in Orlando. I, too, born and raised in Seattle and surrounding PNW communities. I thought I knew rain. Rain is next, next level here. A typical daily summer shower/thunderstorm would be a decade storm for Seattle. (Only being a little hyperbolic here.)
Anyway, great to see the UW Husky star having the time of his life... and can we say how adorable his dad is too!?
posted by Jazz Hands at 7:13 AM on July 17, 2020
Anyway, great to see the UW Husky star having the time of his life... and can we say how adorable his dad is too!?
posted by Jazz Hands at 7:13 AM on July 17, 2020
These are so good! I'm not a basketball person (keep thinking wow they're all really tall!) but they are charming and interesting! Thank for linking here and mltshp.
posted by ellieBOA at 7:52 AM on July 17, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by ellieBOA at 7:52 AM on July 17, 2020 [1 favorite]
I'm now in a rabbit hole of basketball bubble vlogs from players I've either heard of because of Kendall Jenner - Ben Simmons, or never heard of! -JaVale McGee!
posted by ellieBOA at 9:46 AM on July 17, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by ellieBOA at 9:46 AM on July 17, 2020 [1 favorite]
My previous standard in player-produced NBA content was JaVale McGee's parking lot chronicles (hosted on Kevin Durant's youtube channel, for reasons not known to me). Matisse has a much more modern editing style, and I'm loving his perspective (not self-absorbed like many athlete vlogs, but a more documentarian eye for weird, interesting, and mundane things in his world). He's doing all the editing, so we'll see how consistent or long-lived the series is, but it sure looks like he's having fun with it.
posted by apeship at 10:32 AM on July 17, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by apeship at 10:32 AM on July 17, 2020 [2 favorites]
Watching these world class basketball players suck at golf is hilarious!
posted by ellieBOA at 12:52 AM on July 22, 2020
posted by ellieBOA at 12:52 AM on July 22, 2020
Watching these world class basketball players suck at golf is hilarious!
I caddied at a high end golf and country club for my teenage years. Probably about 80% of regular golfers suck at golf. There is a reason they invented golf handicaps to try and level the competition.
posted by srboisvert at 2:37 PM on July 23, 2020 [1 favorite]
I caddied at a high end golf and country club for my teenage years. Probably about 80% of regular golfers suck at golf. There is a reason they invented golf handicaps to try and level the competition.
posted by srboisvert at 2:37 PM on July 23, 2020 [1 favorite]
Look for this dunk by Matisse (replay) on the next episode. Man that was nice.
posted by cashman at 3:42 PM on July 24, 2020
posted by cashman at 3:42 PM on July 24, 2020
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