The NBA is reducing the required quarantine for players who test positive for COVID-19, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Vaccinated NBA players and coaches can now clear quarantine after six days if Covid-testing data shows they’re no longer at risk to be infectious, according to a memo distributed to teams Monday and obtained by ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 27, 2021
Data continues to show that boosted individuals continue to clear the virus out of their system at a far more rapid rate than those who aren’t, league sources told ESPN. https://t.co/W30UrwKyXV
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 27, 2021
In Woj’s article (linked in tweets above) he outlines more of the specifics of the league’s testing and how a player will be considered cleared:
The decision to shorten the quarantine to six days, sources said, is based upon expert research and data — including the league’s own — that shows no one with a cycle threshold (CT) over 35 has shown to be infectious again after five or six days, sources said.
CT measures how many times a test has to cycle to find the virus in an individual. For example, a 35 CT is fainter than a 20 CT. The NBA and NBPA has relied on data from its own infectious disease experts, the CDC and models and research in the United Kingdom.
The NBA’s change aligns with new CDC guidance today that also shortens recommended quarantine times.
A shortened quarantine window should have a positive impact for the Kings. Davion Mitchell, Alex Len and Neemias Queta should all be at or near the end of their 6-day windows, as long as they aren’t having more severe cases.
Watch out, suckas! We’re getting Len, Davion, and the Neem back!
Race to 10th spot back on baby!
Getting Davion Mitchell and Alex Len back is good, those guys are easy to root for
Good teams’ fans: “Those guys can win us a championship!”
Average teams’ fans: “Those guys are pretty good!”
Bad teams’ fans: “Those guys aren’t very good.”
Kangz fans: “Those guys are easy to root for!” (translation: they don’t win much, but hey, they actually try, and that’s unusual around here!)
Sigh. Kangz.
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1474241649538744323?s=20
Time to get boosted, Kings and Kings staff.
Can they just shorten the Kangz’s season?
TKH can just talk about college draftees, or NFL playoffs!
I got KC Chiefs for $500 to win $4500 for the Superbowl!
Of course I’ll hedge $100 to $1500 if they make it to the championship.
(versus my 2nd team – the Packers)
To be fair, the Kings season was over in the first week.
actually it was over when Monte declared it was a playoff team and Walton a playoff coach before the season started!
the season was shortened- one week of introduction to the new team that is not a team then it was over. Not sure what charade is going on now.
Too bad we didn’t have them back yesterday. We would’ve won by 25 instead of losing by 25.
Lol
Maybe we don’t want them back.
Day late and a dollar short, but better than nothing I suppose.
In all fairness, this entire franchise should be quarantined in some deli freezer for the next five years.
You owe us a backstory on the guy with the vest and sign. Even if it’s fake.
…..Kings may be getting players back earlier than expected
Unfortunately it won’t make a difference. Kings will end up this season having a W/L percentage around .400, miss the playoffs and end up with the 7th or 8th pick in next year’s draft. Oh happy days…..
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