The Washington Wizards announced that star Bradley Beal would miss Thursday's game at the New York Knicks because of health and safety protocols.Beal, 28, joins fellow starter Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in the protocols.Beal, who missed out on the chance to play in the Olympics last year after testing positive for COVID-19, said before this season he was unvaccinated.The All-Star guard is…

Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns entered the NBA's health and safety protocols ahead of Minnesota's game in Utah on Thursday.He joins six Timberwolves players in the protocols, including starters Patrick Beverley, Anthony Edwards and Jarred Vanderbilt.In a tweet shortly after the announcement, Towns lamented that he can't catch a break.Towns' mother, Jacqueline Cruz-Towns, died at 59 last year from complications with…

CHICAGO -- All Bulls players have cleared health and safety protocols and will be available to play in the team's next game against the Indiana Pacers, coach Billy Donovan said Thursday.The Bulls had as many as 10 players in the league's protocols at the start of last week, which led to the first two NBA's first two postponed games of…

The NBA and National Basketball Players Association are near an agreement to reduce the 10-day quarantine periods for COVID-positive players, sources told ESPN on Thursday.The arrangement -- expected to soon be shared with teams -- could return some players to active play in as soon as six days based upon testing procedures, sources said.It is immediately unclear how the looming…