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What happens if NBA's more-stringent rules fail to counter COVID spread?

The simple, and immediate, answer to my title question is that the rules will get stricter if the most-recent measures don't work. Here are the latest restrictions . Until at least Jan. 26, players, coaches and team staff members are required to remain at home when in their home markets unless they are attending team-related activities, exercising outside, performing essential activities or going out for what the league termed “extraordinary circumstances.” Also for at least the next two weeks: When away from team activities, players should avoid interacting with people who do not live or regularly work in their homes. On the road, players and staff will be prohibited from leaving the team hotel except for team activities or emergencies and will be barred from interacting with non-team guests at the hotel. (Players were previously permitted to host up to two guests in their hotel rooms, provided they were family members or longstanding personal friends.) Face coverings are now mand...