Two months into the 2021-22 NBA season, the league is feeling the effects of the latest COVID-19 surge.
In the first six weeks of the season, 16 players were placed into the league’s COVID health and safety protocols, which sideline any player that tests positive for COVID-19 for a minimum of five days. The month of December has marked a major uptick.
MORE: Explaining the NBA’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols
As a result, more than 10 games have been postponed.
Per NBA rules, a game is only postponed when a team has fewer than eight available players, but that issue had largely been avoided due to the NBA’s hardship exemption, which grants teams temporary roster spots in the event of an outbreak or several serious injuries.
MORE: NBA’s hardship exemption, explained
Sporting News has the list of NBA players currently in the league’s protocols:
NBA players in COVID health and safety protocols
Boston Celtics (one player)
- Payton Pritchard
Charlotte Hornets (two players)
- Vernon Carey Jr.
- Kelly Oubre
Chicago Bulls (one player)
- Alex Caruso
Dallas Mavericks (one player, head coach)
- Jason Kidd
- Kristaps Porzingis
Denver Nuggets (one player)
- Will Barton
Detroit Pistons (one player)
- Frank Jackson
Houston Rockets (one player)
- Armoni Brooks
Indiana Pacers (four players)
- Justin Anderson
- Goga Bitadze
- Caris LeVert
- TJ Warren
LA Clippers (three players)
- Luke Kennard
- Justise Winslow
Memphis Grizzlies (one player, head coach)
- Steven Adams
- Taylor Jenkins
Miami Heat (one player)
- Markieff Morris
Milwaukee Bucks (two players, head coach)
- Grayson Allen
- Mike Budenholzer
- George Hill
Minnesota Timberwolves (one player)
- Leandro Bolmaro
Oklahoma City Thunder (one player, head coach)
- Mark Daigneault
- Isaiah Roby
- Kenrich Williams
Philadelphia 76ers (two players)
- Tyrese Maxey
- Paul Reed
Phoenix Suns (one player)
- Ish Wainright
Portland Trail Blazers (one player)
- Norman Powell
Sacramento Kings (two players)
- Richaun Holmes
- Damian Jones
San Antonio Spurs (six players)
- Keldon Johnson
- Tre Jones
- Doug McDermott
- Devin Vassell
- Derrick White
- Thaddeus Young
Utah Jazz (two players)
- Jared Butler
- Rudy Gay
- Rudy Gobert
- Elijah Hughes
Washington Wizards (one player)
- Bradley Beal