The Kings have discovered two positive COVID-19 tests among their players, according to head coach Luke Walton, per Jason Anderson of the Sacramento Bee (Twitter link).
Jason Jones of The Athletic tweets that, in accordance with NBA protocols surrounding this information, Walton would not divulge the names of the players afflicted with the virus, or which players were working their way through injuries.
Anderson adds that those players have been quarantining since being alerted about their test results over the last few days. He tweets that the players tested positive last weekend, before Sacramento’s practice facility, the Golden 1 Center, was opened for players.
The Thunder and Trail Blazers also announced discovering multiple positive novel coronavirus test results among their organizations today.
A league determination on the status of this Friday’s scheduled preseason contest between the Kings and Trail Blazers remains up in the air at present.
Wow, preseason game is already up in the air…does anyone think they can pull this off this year without a bubble or diminished product?
The league’s fault on this, they should’ve done the testing from Nov.15-21 instead of Nov. 24-30..right before training camp. That late testing period doesn’t give players or teams the appropriate time to clear everybody who has it, and get ready for the already short training camp and preseason games.