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The league and the NBA Players Association
announced Wednesday that 344 players had been tested since the
results were last announced on July 20. The league tested 346
players that week.
The report is encouraging news from inside the NBA bubble near
Orlando as Major League Baseball grapples with a coronavirus
outbreak affecting a reported 18 members of the Miami Marlins.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday on "Good Morning
America" that his league is watching the MLB developments.
"Obviously, we're seeing what's happening in baseball with the
Marlins, so it's something we continue to track very closely,"
Silver said. "Having said that, we have confidence in the
protocol that we designed."
The NBA is scheduled to resume its coronavirus-interrupted
season on Thursday night with two games at Disney's ESPN Wide
World of Sports Complex.
Two players tested positive during the first week teams spent at
the Walt Disney World Resort from July 7-13. Another 19 players
tested positive for the coronavirus during in-market testing
that began July 1 before the teams headed to central Florida.
--Field Level Media
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