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The NBA and the Players Association have reached an agreement to try to reduce the impact of Covid-19 positives in the league. According to Adrian Wojnarowski, a journalist from ESPN, the league has approved a rule that will allow franchises to add a player to their squads for each member who has been infected with the virus. In this way, if a team had, for example, five positives in its squad, it could add five players until those affected are available again.
This, curiously, will not only be a right, but also an obligation. Franchises must sign at least one player if they have two positives in their squad, two players if they have three positives, and three if the positive cases are four or more. In addition, these men must be available to play the first game that the team plays since the pertinent incorporations are authorized.
To facilitate this process, the NBA will not count the salaries of these players in order to calculate the salary mass of each franchise or how much they must pay in luxury tax, so that even teams with less financial flexibility will be able to make additions. With this measure, the league seems to want to avoid the postponement of more games at all costs, although it is likely that, as has already happened, many teams will have to face some crashes with squads competitively far below normal because of the losses.
No limit for the two-way
On the other hand, the league has also decided to eliminate the limit of matches that a player under a contract two-way can play during the season. According to an agreement reached this summer, they could play a maximum of 50 games with their respective NBA team, but that cap has been removed to increase the availability options of each franchise.
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