The NBA and NBA Players Association are examining multiple "blood-testing devices," for COVID-19, according to ESPN's Baxter Holmes.
"The NBA and NBPA have been collaborating in assessing the viability of multiple blood-testing devices. ...That could provide accurate results within a matter of minutes," Holmes wrote on Monday. "The league and players union have been looking at what those familiar with the matter describe as 'diabetes-like' blood testing."
A potential test could yield results within 15 minutes, per Holmes. Such a test has been designed by Illinois-based company Abbott Laboratories, who has been shipping "rapid-response tests across the U.