LOS ANGELES, March 18 — NBA commissioner Adam Silver defended the league’s swift testing of players for the new coronavirus on Wednesday as the vast majority of Americans face long waits to be tested for the disease. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio slammed NBA teams for being able to access...
Silver said a total of eight NBA teams had undergone tests for Covid-19. — Reuters pic
Several NBA teams including the Nets, Utah Jazz, Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors and Los Angeles Lakers have been tested for the illness in private facilities despite shortages of testing kits.“But, with all due respect, an entire NBA team should NOT get tested for Covid-19 while there are critically ill patients waiting to be tested. In an interview with ESPN on Wednesday, Silver said a total of eight NBA teams had undergone tests.
“I’d only say in the case of the NBA is that we’ve been following the recommendations of public health officials.” “We’ve had eight full NBA teams that have been tested now and members of other teams that were showing symptoms.
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