Nine other NBA players have tested positive for Covid-19, less than a week before teams travel to Florida to resume the 2020 season.
A total of 25 players and 10 team members have tested positive for the new coronavirus since testing began on June 23, the National Basketball Association said in a statement Thursday.
“Any positive team player, coach or staff member who has tested positive will remain in self-isolation until they comply with public health protocols to suspend isolation and have been cleared by a physician,” the league said.
NBA teams are expected to travel July 7 to Orlando, Florida, where the league plans to resume play on July 30, after the coronavirus outbreak suspended the season in March.
Players, coaches, and other staff members will practice, compete, and live at Walt Disney World, with daily tests of Covid-19 and no fans allowed inside the so-called “bubble”.
The Denver Nuggets closed their training facilities over the weekend after two members of the team’s travel group tested positive for Covid-19 and the New Orleans Pelicans said this week that three of their players also tested positive.
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