The Washington Wizards missed nearly two weeks of games while nine players on the team was placed under coronavirus protocols and seven players tested positive for the virus. The league is seeing games postponed nearly every day. This is no surprise since the 2020-21 NBA season involves players traveling from city to city across the United States, and new variants are more transmissible than ever before.
And last week according to Brian Windhorst of ESPN, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver noted that the league has discussed getting players vaccinated, perhaps as part of a public service campaign to encourage the public to get it .