In November, only a few were included in the covid protocol, and now there are already hundreds of players and several coaches in quarantine. Almost everything with an omicron.
ESPN insider Brian Windhorst on the Hoop Collective podcast spoke about the attitude of representatives of the clubs to the reluctance of the league’s management to suspend the season due to the outbreak of the coronavirus.
On the one hand, they cannot believe that the NBA does not pause in the current circumstances. On the other hand, they admit that if the season was not suspended in December, when there was a peak in the incidence among players, then there is no point in thinking about it in the future.
You just need to go through these circumstances. We pinch our nose and hope the COVID wave ends soon, ”Windhorst said.
Over the past two weeks, already nine games have been pushed back to a later date. But if the club has 8 people? Let them play. The NBA does not want to endure what can be saved, even if what happens on the floor will be a little reminiscent of basketball at its level.
And this was especially true for the Christmas games. Christmas matches are a tradition, and with the finals and the NBA All-Star Game and the March Madness in college basketball, this is the day that basketball is the main sport in America.

Source: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10022258-windhorst-nba-execs-exasperated-and-cant-believe-season-isnt-paused-amid-covid

Recall that a player who has fallen under the coronavirus protocol is eliminated for at least 10 days, but may return earlier if he passes two negative tests in a row within 24 hours.
The next NBA regular season match will be against the Philadelphia 76ers. The meeting will take place on December 31 at 03:00 Moscow time. The Nets lead the Eastern Conference with 55 points. Philadelphia are sixth with 50 points. The leader of the Western Conference is the Golden State Warriors (60 points).
Perhaps to someone such measures will seem too serious But in this situation they are quite justified for themselves. This is due to an increase in the number of patients with coronavirus among NBA players. In many ways, the reason for the jump is the actions of the league itself. At the beginning of the season, only unvaccinated players and staff were tested daily for the virus, the rest – only with symptoms or contact with a sick person.
At the same time, the vast majority of basketball players have been vaccinated – 97% according to ESPN, 98% according to the president of the players’ union CJ McCollum. About 2/3 of all players have already received a booster dose. And almost all of the unvaccinated, according to the words of NBA commissioner Adam Silver, have already been ill and show high levels of antibodies.

Source: https://www.netsdaily.com/2021/12/28/22857078/kevin-durant-kyrie-irving-and-lamarcus-aldridge-all-clear-protocols