Slowly the restrictions are starting to loosen for teams and players as they prepare to head to Orlando and a restart of the NBA season.
Starting Tuesday — the day the NBA transaction window opens plus teams are expected start testing players for the coronavirus — teams can also have 10 coaches in their facilities to help players with workouts, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
NBA will allow up to 10 coaches in facilities starting on Tuesday as players return for ramp-up, league tells teams in a memo.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 20, 2020
Teams can have four players June 23-30 at facility; 8 players in facility July 1-9. From there, teams will leave for Orlando and full training camps a https://t.co/LKRixEcfOy
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 20, 2020
There remain limits on what players can do in a team facility — one player per basket right now, the balls and court are sanitized after they are done, as is team workout equipment — but they can get up shots and start to get a playing rhythm back.
It’s all part of the NBA’s plan to have 22 teams restart the NBA season inside a bubble/campus on the Walt Disney World property in Orlando. That plan faces challenges but continues to move forward.