The outbreak of the epidemic has been devastated by the NBA policy has made executives quite dissatisfied

Source: Sports Weekly

The emergence of the Olmikeron variant has plunged the entire NBA into a shutdown crisis again. Entering December, more and more players are confirmed to enter quarantine with covid-19. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the league, the NBA also requires teams to sign some short-term contract players so that the shutdown will not happen again this season. Although the league continues to advance, the quality of the game has declined greatly. Just yesterday, according to the statistics of the US media, the number of players playing in the NBA this season has reached 541, setting a record in NBA history.

However, just recently, according to ESPN reporter Wenhorst, the executives of many teams within the league have been critical of the NBA's decision not to stop the league. "When I talk to the top management of a lot of league teams, they are a little annoyed," Wenhorst said in an interview: "On the one hand, they don't believe that the NBA will continue to play the regular season, on the other hand, the league has not thought about suspending the league, so now everyone is playing hard, hoping that they can survive and not infect the new crown." ”

Some time ago, due to the concentrated outbreak of confirmed cases, some matches were postponed. However, with the arrival of Christmas and the rapid increase in confirmed cases, the NBA requires teams to sign a 10-day short contract to ensure that the league can run smoothly as much as possible. Obviously, in the eyes of the league, the new crown pneumonia is no longer lethal for the players in early 2020. Most players have relatively mild symptoms and can return to the court after about 10 days of isolation.

"So far, we don't have any plans to suspend the game." Xiao Hua, the president of the league, said in an interview: "Of course, we have considered the relevant options, but to be honest, combined with the current situation, we can't get the logic of suspension. Like the world, the entire United States, the coalition's cases are rising so fast that we feel the NBA can get through this tough time, and we're trying to do that right now. ”

Previously, according to the NBA regulations, after a player tested positive for nucleic acid, he needed to be isolated for 10 days and needed to test negative twice on the same day to come back. However, recently, NBA teams have received a memorandum from the league's official and players' union today, informing the team that vaccinated NBA players and coaches can be released from quarantine 6 days after triggering the health and safety agreement, provided that the latest test results show that they are no longer contagious. According to reports, the reason for reducing 10 days to 6 days is decided by US experts and data research, and the US CENTERS has now reduced the isolation time of positive people from 10 days to 5 days.

In fact, in the past two days, many players diagnosed around December 20, the peak of the NBA outbreak, have completed their comeback, including Warriors player Wiggins, who made his comeback debut in today's game against the Nuggets. At present, more and more players have returned to the court, and the NBA's player shortage is gradually improving.