Beijing time on December 16, the NBA is suffering from the invasion of the new crown virus, more worrying is that the variant cases have appeared, according to the famous shams reported that in the recent new crown positive test found the NBA's first known Omicron variant player case, the US CDC estimates that this new variant now accounts for 3% of the US cases.
At present, more than 10 teams in the league have players found positive and been quarantined, lakers, Nets, Bucks and other strong teams have also suffered, Harden and Alphabet Brother are unfortunate to be recruited, of which the Nets have 7 players have been isolated; although some players have been released from isolation, but now the league still has 37 players quarantined for triggering health and safety agreements.
Not long ago, the Kings' 67-year-old coach Alvin Gentry tested positive for the new crown and would not coach today's team's game with the Wizards, and the Kings urgently canceled shooting training; before pacers coach Carlisle also found positive, Raptors president Ugerry was also unfortunately recruited.
Regarding the league's restrictions, NBA spokesman Mike Bass said: "As in the rest of the country, as our infectious disease experts predicted, we have seen an increase in cases across the league since the outbreak began in March 2020. We will continue to focus on science and data and will work closely with the players' union.
This season, due to the lack of personnel caused by the epidemic, the NBA has postponed two games, which is the league's helpless move; now the league has a trend of outbreak of the epidemic, yesterday 12 new players were quarantined, and the number of quarantines is still rising, which can't help but worry, I'm afraid the NBA will be forced to shut down again.