Dec. 20 (UPI) -- The NBA and National Basketball Players Association reached an agreement to allow shorthanded teams to sign extra replacement players amid the league's surge in COVID-19 cases, the NBA said in a memo sent to teams.
The memo, obtained by The Athletic and ESPN, was sent late Sunday to the 30 basketball franchises. It says that teams will be allowed to sign one replacement player for each player who tests positive for COVID-19.