La NBA He has no intention of stopping by the micron variant of the coronavirus and seeks to adapt as best as possible to the new reality. This past Monday I distributed a document among the teams after reaching a agreement with the Players Association that partly changes the rules that were established until then.
From now on, vaccinated and asymptomatic players and coaches who have tested positive will be able to return to action after passing only six days in quarantine, as long as the tests show that there is no risk of contagion.
The change replaces the 10-day quarantine period that was in effect, reducing downtime by four days. The rule will affect players, coaches, staff members and referees..
Until this Monday a total of 214 players had entered into the League’s sanitary protocols this season, 201 of them in December and 170 only in the last two weeks. Six coaches were affected by positives, the latter, Monty Williams of the Suns and Chauncey Billups of the Pistons.
The record of positives in one day remains for the moment on Sunday, December 26 with 28 players entering the protocols health, surpassing the 17 that were on December 17 and 23. This Monday, with 13 players and two coaches in the protocols, it was the twelfth day of the last 14 with double-digits of positive in the NBA.
ESPN reports that, as of Monday, a total of 541 players had played at least one game in the NBA, representing a record of more players throughout a season.
The fact that the League has established a greater number of tests in the two weeks of Christmas decisively includes in the greater number of positives found. This figure will increase in the next few days.
The NBA claims that with the reduction of the quarantine, the lists of players in the protocols are emptied much earlier.
The player is considered to have tested positive on day zero, so he will actually play again on the seventh day if he meets the new standard. The data indicates that people who receive the vaccine clear the virus from their systems at a much faster rate than those who do not.
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