While the NBA continues to struggle playing the 2020-21 season without a bubble, the league is looking to add localized game-day COVID-19 testing for teams to its current testing plan, according to ESPN.
ESPN obtained a copy of a memo sent to all NBA teams, asking them to attempt to find local testing providers over the next few days. The league hopes to discuss those findings with teams over the weekend and possibly implement the additional testing next week.
"The intent is to find a local provider of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests that can turn around at least 40 tests–enough to handle players on both teams, as well as that night's referees–that could be collected the morning of a game and returned at least one hour before tipoff," according to ESPN.