The NBA's mini-bubble in Atlanta for the All-Star Game apparently worked. No players, coaches or game officials tested positive for COVID-19 while in Atlanta, the NBA said Monday after the final tests were processed and results were returned to the league and the teams involved.
That includes Philadelphia's Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons, a pair of All-Stars who had to miss the game and left Atlanta early after being flagged through contact tracing.
A barber both saw before going to Atlanta tested positive, and that meant Embiid and Simmons were potentially exposed to the virus.
By league policy this season they couldn't play Sunday night. “All players, coaches, and game officials were tested for COVID three times after arriving in Atlanta,