6:34 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers will undergo testing for the coronavirus on Wednesday, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin, following the Brooklyn Nets‘ announcement Tuesday that four players had tested positive for the virus. The Lakers played the Nets in their last game before the NBA suspended play last Wednesday following a positive
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6:34 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers underwent testing for coronavirus Wednesday, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin, following the Brooklyn Nets‘ announcement Tuesday that four players had tested positive for the virus. The testing was administered to Lakers players only — not the coaching staff or support staff — sources told McMenamin. Players arrived
4:09 PM ET Four Brooklyn Nets players have tested positive for the coronavirus, the team announced Tuesday. Of the four players, one is exhibiting symptoms. All four are isolated and are undergoing medical care from team physicians, the team said in a statement. The Nets did not identify which players have tested positive. The four
3:41 PM ET The Basketball Tournament is “full-steam ahead” despite the coronavirus, one of the teams’ general managers said Tuesday. Boeheim Army general manager Kevin Belbey told the Syracuse Post-Standard that the summer basketball event in which dozens of teams get together to battle for a $2 million prize is still planning to move forward.
1:12 PM ET Kiki VanDeWeghe, the NBA’s executive vice president of basketball operations, sent a memo to NCAA coaches Tuesday morning to inform them that the league is accepting applications to the Undergraduate Advisory Committee, which provides feedback to players on potential draft stock. In the memo, VanDeWeghe briefly addressed the “rapidly evolving coronavirus situation,”
12:30 AM ET ESPN News Services All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz says he showed no symptoms of being sick before testing positive for the coronavirus, and he continues to have no signs of illness since going into isolation. Mitchell, speaking to ABC’s “Good Morning America” in an interview broadcast Monday, also revealed
7:14 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson made a personal donation of $1 million to create the Gayle Benson Community Assistance Fund in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the teams announced Monday. Benson will also establish an Arena Assistance Fund for those impacted by the postponement of
3:12 PM ET NBA Insiders The 2019-20 NBA season began an indefinite hiatus on March 11 after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for the coronavirus. When will the league be back, and what will the rest of the season look like? Commissioner Adam Silver initially said that the suspension would last at least
11:57 AM ET Professional basketball seems prepared to return to the countries in Asia where the coronavirus first appeared, though games likely will be played without spectators. Games in South Korea, a country that drew worldwide praise for its success in containing the virus, seem closest to returning. South Korea’s league, the KBL, has games
10:11 AM ET The possibility of a summer return for the NBA season has led to speculation that injured superstar Kevin Durant could rejoin the Brooklyn Nets in time for their postseason push. But Durant’s longtime business partner Rich Kleiman tamped down expectations for the former MVP on Monday morning, telling Golic & Wingo that