League and players association have dropped the number of positive cases to none at Disney; some players still quarantined in home markets
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. >> It’s the number that everyone in the world wants to reach: zero. On a small scale, in a costly process, the NBA has reached it.
Among the 346 players being tested for coronavirus on the campus at Walt Disney World resort, there have been zero new cases diagnosed since July 13, the NBA and the players’ association announced Monday afternoon. The number of positive cases started at 16 when the league began testing last month. There were 25 additional positive tests of players in the following week, July 2, with an additional 10 staff members testing positive. Since July 2, 19 more players have tested positive and quarantined in their home locations. Two positive tests were caught entering quarantine on campus to the NBA’s restart.
While the NBA has a long way to go to its mid-October finish to the season — and numerous other hurdles to consider — dropping player cases to zero on campus gave the league a huge sigh of relief in an experiment that hasn’t really been attempted before in major American sports.
