The NBA season officially restarts on Thursday after suspending play in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic. Before games tip off, let’s check in on what’s happening around the league:
- The league has announced that it will help provide free COVID-19 testing in Orlando, Florida, as well as “team markets nationwide” through the month of August:
“Public health data has made clear that the impacts of the coronavirus are most concentrated in historically marginalized communities of color where access to testing is scarce. To meet this need, the NBA collaborated with UnidosUS and the National Urban League as well as several private laboratories to identify communities most in need and provide access to no-cost testing programs in addition to communicating public health information to community members.