It’s the year 2020.

Nothing is ideal. Nothing has gone as planned.

But the WNBA and Minnesota Lynx are doing the best they can under the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, scheduling a 22-game-plus-playoffs season at a single-site location. IMG Academy, located in Bradenton, Fla., is serving as the host for the single-site campus for the entire WNBA season to ensure the safety of everyone involved.

The Lynx and 10 other teams arrived in Bradenton on Monday. Though the situation is less than ideal, players are going with the flow as they acclimate to their temporary home for the next three months.

“My experience has been good,” Lynx forward Napheesa Collier told media via Zoom from Bradenton on Tuesday. “It’s day two… We’re excited to see what else the league is doing. [The players] had a call earlier today where [the WNBA] addressed a lot of our concerns. It was really good. I think everyone is ready to get started.”

“I’m pretty easygoing; it don’t take much to please me,” center Sylvia Fowles added, living up to her ‘Sweet Syl’ nickname. “Not everybody is going to be happy [with the circumstances]. You’ve gotta pretty much take the punches as you roll.

“It’s not normal, but you’ve gotta roll with it.”

After the initial plans for a 2020 regular season were postponed in April, the Lynx kept in-touch with each other through Zoom meetings. Many players meeting each other for the first time virtually, with six new players joining the squad in the offseason.

The hope is that chemistry carries over when official practices begin later this week at IMG Academy’s basketball facilities.

“I’m really excited for our new roster,” Collier said. “I really love all the women on the team, and it’s been really nice to get to know them via Zoom these past couple months. I can’t wait to get on the court with them. I think that our chemistry is really great already, I think it’s going to translate to great team-ball and just a really great environment to play in.”

The Lynx are set begin their two-week training camp once the initial quarantine period ends, pending the outcome of COVID-19 tests.