Heading out to travel in any capacity has carried a risk for anyone, and it is no different for NBA teams, as hard as they try to limit the risk through the advantages of wealth - using private jets, private buses and carefully-guided paths to privacy at team hotels.
But it is still a risk as evidenced by the rising number of postponed games, practice sites shut down and even if the numbers might be good in comparison to society as a whole, the rising number of positive COVID tests among players. The Knicks have managed to maneuver through the first month of the season without incident and with the league clamping down even tighter, began a four-game West Coast trip in San Francisco to take on the Golden State Warriors Thursday night.