The NBA playoffs opened with a bang last weekend. But with coronavirus case counts creeping up nationally, the NBA must brace for the possibility that key players could be sidelined at the most important time of the year.
“I’m concerned for every league and every sector of the population right now that there are going to be more positives,” said Robby Sikka, the chair of the COVID Sports and Society Workgroup. “This pandemic continues to be an issue for everybody across the world.”
Meanwhile, the league’s protocols no longer require players to undergo testing unless they are symptomatic, unvaccinated or subject to Canadian health regulations when they reenter the United States after playing in Toronto. In other words, a vaccinated player could unknowingly have an infection and continue to play games if he remained asymptomatic.
“We are able to get about half of the players safely back to their teams after Day Five,” DiFiori said. “Nearly all the remaining cases are then able to return after Day 10.”
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