A new NBA and NBAPA agreement took effect last night which will both allow additional hardship replacement players for teams struggling to field enough players, and will also require teams to fill spots based on postive cases.
The amended rules, which were outlined in the memo, went into effect Sunday night, and they will remain in place until Jan. 19 -- at which time the league will give teams further guidance on how things will proceed from there.Under the agreement, a team will be allowed to sign a replacement player for each positive COVID-19 case that crops up across its roster.