NBA tweaks rules to suit Covid-19 protocols
Hindustan TimesGone is the time sweaty basketball players used to huddle shoulder-to-shoulder around the coach, hanging on to every tweak in strategy bellowed at them before trotting off. This was as per the new COVID-19 guidelines announced by the NBA to maintain social distance and avoid usual crowding in front of team benches, which too were rearranged. So as timeout was called, the Pelicans players congregated around the coach in separate movable chairs kept away from the team benches. “During any timeout or period break, players and coaches can huddle like normal except they must sit in or congregate around movable chairs separate and apart from the team benches. The NBA also introduced new elements and enhancements to existing policies and procedures in various areas for the resumption of the 2019-20 season, including a wider border around the sidelines, a revised setup for team benches and a special cloth covering on officials’ whistles.
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