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Vaccination is not mandatory but 90% of players already are, NBA
Players Association executive director Michele Roberts told
Yahoo Sports in July.
ESPN said that, as per the NBA's tentative health and safety
protocols released to teams on Tuesday, vaccinated players will
only be tested if they show symptoms or are a close contact of a
positive case.
Unvaccinated players will have to undergo daily testing prior to
entering a team facility, participating in team-organised
activities, or interacting with other players and coaches.
Among the other restrictions, unvaccinated players will not be
allowed to dine in the same room as other players, and must be
given a locker as distant as possible from other players.
Unvaccinated players will also have to remain at their
residence, or the team hotel during road trips, outside game
time except for team and essential activities such as taking
children to school or buying groceries.
They will also have to quarantine for seven days if they are a
close contact while vaccinated players will only have to do so
in "unusual circumstances".
The report said face masks were mandatory for all players for
the 2021-2022 season, which starts on Oct. 19.
Four-time NBA champion LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers
said he was initially "very sceptical" about the vaccine but
decided to take it after doing his research.
"I don't talk about other people and what they should do," James
said. "I don't think I personally should get involved in what
other people do for their bodies and livelihoods.
"I know that I was very sceptical about it but after doing my
own research I felt like it was best suited for me and my family
and my friends."
(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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