FIBA postpones both of North Macedonia’s games in the November window

Following several positive COVID-19 test amongst North Macedonia team members, FIBA made the decision to postpone both of its games -against Italy and Estonia- in the November window of the EuroBasket qualifiers. From FIBA: Following the Covid-19 Protocol for FIBA Official National Team and Club Competitions and the advice of its Medical Commission, FIBA has decided to postpone both North Macedonia FIBA EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers games scheduled to take place in November to the February 2021 window. Additional tests were performed yesterday, and with the health and safety of payers,…

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Bam Adebayo and Heat agree on five-year extension

From the AP’s Tim Reynolds: MIAMI (AP) — Bam Adebayo came to the NBA with the goal of providing for his mother and changing her life. His first contract took care of that. And the way he sees it, his next contract sets his family up for generations. Adebayo and the Miami Heat agreed on a five-year extension that will be worth at least $163 million, the team and Adebayo’s agent Alex Saratsis said Tuesday. It will be the richest contract in terms of total value in Heat history. “This is…

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NBA disseminates 2020-21 health and safety protocols

from Steve Aschburner of nba.com The league has distributed to teams a health-and-safety protocol guide for the 2020-21 NBA season, outlining procedures for how it will deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Daily testing began this weekend in advance of training camps opening next week. Individual workouts through Monday will be voluntary, followed by required individual workouts Tuesday through Saturday, with required group workouts scheduled for Dec. 6-10. Among other key provisions in the document: • Occurrence of independent cases (not spread among players or staff), or a small or “expected…

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