NBA set to allow replacement players

NBA teams will be permitted to carry replacement players who can be added to the active roster in the event of a positive COVID-19 test.

If a player on the roster tests positive for the coronavirus, they will be quarantined and teammates will be tested, ESPN have reported.

To fill the vacant roster spot of the player testing positive, a "replacement player" can be called up.

Players on two-way contracts would also be eligible to join the active roster if a team loses a player to injury.

Those rules are yet to be fully approved as the NBA modifies protocol and roster management regulation when the season resumes July 31.