NBA News - Commissioner Adam Silver Confirmed: Season Interruption due to Covid

More than 100 players had to go to the Corona protocol of the NBA this month. The league wants to continue the season as planned. An interruption is not in the room, assisted commissioners Adam Silver in a TV interview at ESPN.

Of course, we have checked all options, but we have found no reason to interrupt the playing time, said Silver at NBA Today to Malika Andrews. The virus can not be eradicated, and we have to learn to live with it, continued the commissioner.

More than 100 players had to go to the Health and Safety Protocol of the NBA in December, with around 90 percent of cases with the new omicron variant, according to Silver, are infected. The course was mild with most players, since 97 percent of all players are vaccinated and about 65 percent already received their booster vaccine.

The league is already working on new regulations, so that boomed players did not want to spend the full ten days in the Corona protocol. Players with Boosters not only have little symptoms, they do not spread the virus, Silver explained the upcoming measures.

Last week, seven games had to be canceled, alone at the Brooklyn Nets are currently ten players in the Corona protocol. Those Nets should be in action at the latest at the Christmas Day when Brooklyn is guesting at the Los Angeles Lakers.

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According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the teams have already been informed that the TIP-off times could be changed until Christmas Eve. Priority for the NBA the slots at 20.30, 23 o'clock and 2 o'clock German time, these games will be visible at ABC in national television in the USA.