NBA Teams Must Designate Participation Status Day Before Game

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The NBA told teams in a memo on Sunday that they must designate a participation status for each player on their roster by 3 p.m. MT on the day before a game.

According to ESPN’s Marc Spears, the team must put the participation status in the portal identifying a player injury, illness or the potential of a player resting.

Spears noted that the rule does not apply for the second game of a back-to-back.

The NBA told teams in a memo that by 5 PM EST on the day before a game, teams must designate a participation status in the Portal identifying a player injury, illness or the potential of a player resting, a source said. The rule does not apply for the second of back to backs.

— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) July 26, 2020

The league told teams that they can only use the following participation statuses:

• Available
• Probable
• Questionable
• Doubtful
• Out

Teams will no longer be allowed to use the term “day-to-day.”

Stadium and The Athletic NBA Insider Shams Charania reported that the league informed teams of a new box score listing for a player who is out due to coronavirus. It is “NWT (Not With Team)-Self Isolating.”

Sources: The NBA has informed teams of a new box score listing for player who is out due to coronavirus: NWT (Not With Team)-Self Isolating.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 26, 2020

That code can also apply to a player who is needing to quarantine for a given reason. Charania reported that the NBA told the teams that on Sunday.

The Utah Jazz will play their final scrimmage on Monday at 3:30 p.m. MDT against the Brooklyn Nets on AT&T SportsNet. Then they will begin the NBA restart on Thursday, July 30 at 4:30 p.m. MDT versus the New Orleans Pelicans on TNT and AT&T SportsNet.