Great news for the world of professional basketball! The NBA has reported that no players have tested positive for COVID-19 inside the Disney Bubble as the league engages in the first week of games. The NBA has been releasing these weekly updates since two players tested positive while still in the initial quarantine stage of the recommencement of the season.
The NBA and NBAPA stated in a press release on Wednesday, August 5th:
“Of the 343 players teste for COVID-19 on the NBA campus since test results were last announced on July 29, zero have returned confirmed positive tests.
In the event that a player on the NBA campus returns a confirmed positive test in the future, he will be isolated until he is cleared for leaving isolation under the rules established by the NBA and the Players Association.”
Another week—no positive tests in the NBA bubble pic.twitter.com/Eqfj96HrW9
— Chris Mannix (@SIChrisMannix) August 5, 2020
Basketball fans have been ecstatic since the NBA has returned and started live games as of July 30th. The Athletic reports that the remaining 2019-20 NBA season is set up as the following:
- Teams will play 8 “seeding” games to conclude the 2019-20 regular season, followed by a play-in tournament (if necessary) for the 8th seed in each conference, and the traditional 16-team, 4-round, 7-game NBA Playoffs.
- Upon completion of each team’s season, the team will immediately depart the NBA Campus.
- For each player to leave the NBA Campus, he must have returned a negative PCR result within 24 hours of his scheduled departure.
Players have been given 15 rooms each and they are now allowed to begin inviting their own guests into the NBA’s Disney Bubble at their own expense.
NBC Sports also reports that an average of six games a day have been scheduled to be played between August 1st and August 14th.
Source: https://theathletic.com/1876737/2020/06/16/inside-the-nba-bubble-details-from-nbpa-memo-obtained-by-the-athletic/
