Sports' coronavirus shutdown raises difficult questions for Kings and other NBA teams

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Our hearts go out to all those affected by the COVID-19 global pandemic. The health and safety of our fans, employees, players, partners and community has always been, and will always be, our top priority. Due to the suspension of the NBA season and in accordance with instruction provided by the league, all team activities have been suspended through Monday, March 16.

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See also: 7 ways the NHL can complete its coronavirus-paused season Pro sports teams employ a high number of game night staff who are paid an hourly wage. For example, the Golden State Warriors employee approximately 1,500 part-time employees for events at the Chase Center in San Francisco. When games don’t happen, they don’t get paid.

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After postponing Utah’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, the NBA postponed the Kings game against the Pelicans, too. In a span of about 90 minutes, the massive wheels that move the NBA machine every night came screeching to a halt. Why was it necessary?

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The Sacramento Kings have donated thousands of pounds of food this week to local organizations to help feed those in the community who have been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. The team announced Friday that all prepared and perishable food on hand on Golden 1 Center has been donated to the Sacramento County Office of Education and the Sacramento Food Bank.

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As the coronavirus continues to disrupts sports across the globe, athletes, coaches, and owners have joined together to help those affected by the pandemic. On Saturday, the Los Angeles Lakers, L.A. Clippers, and L.A. Kings, three teams that each call Staples Center in Downtown Los Angeles their home, have joined together to provide financial support for the myriad of employees that will be out of work for the foreseeable future.

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The Kings have suspended all team activities and asked players to stay home as much as possible over the next few days after the NBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced Thursday that games will be suspended for a minimum of 30 days after Utah Jazz players Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell tested positive for the coronavirus.

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The NBA and NHL seasons have been suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic. Each team has seven home games left. In a statement attributed to Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz and Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, the teams say their employees “are family, and we will navigate this unprecedented situation together.

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Players, coaches and executives aren’t the only ones impacted by the NBA’s coronavirus shutdown. As fans exited Golden 1 Center after the league postponed the Kings’ game against the New Orleans Pelicans and suspended the NBA season Wednesday, hundreds of arena workers met in groups to discuss their own uncertain futures. The confusion and concern was evident in their faces, but the Kings provided some clarity Friday when the team announced it would continue to pay employees through the end of M...

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Stephen Curry is making an assist off the court. In the wake of the closing of Oakland area schools due to the coronavirus pandemic, Curry and his Eat.Learn.Play. foundation are donating to the Alameda Food Bank to help over 18,000 students who rely on school meals each day.

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The coronavirus pandemic has had far-reaching effects on daily life that are unprecedented in the modern era. To help decrease the spread of the highly contagious virus, every major American sports league suspended operations, including the 2019-20 NBA season. While players and fans alike have been impacted by this, perhaps those facing the worst of it are arena employees.

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Four players from the Brooklyn Nets have tested positive for COVID-19 following a California road trip that was cut short before they came to Sacramento to play the Kings. The Nets released a statement Tuesday announcing four of their players have tested positive, bringing the number of known cases in the NBA to seven. The Nets said those unnamed players are currently isolated and under the care of team physicians.

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Melissa Rohlin Mar 14, 2020 The Lakers, Clippers, Kings and Staples Center have banded together to create a fund to help hourly event staff who are temporarily out of work because of event stoppages due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The NBA suspended its season Wednesday after Utah's Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19. NBA commissioner Adam Silver said the hiatus will last at least 30 days.

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In accordance with today’s directive from Sacramento County health officials to “stay at home” (except for essential functions), all basketball operations activities at the team’s practice facility have been suspended until further notice. During this time, Kings players, coaches and staff have been asked to stay at home and follow CDC guidelines to maintain health and safety. As noted on Friday, no players have experienced symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19).

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The Kings suspended basketball operations activities Tuesday night in response to a directive from county health officials, the latest development in the abrupt and increasingly complete shutdown of the NBA due to the coronavirus. The Kings issued a statement saying all basketball operations activities at the team’s practice facility have been suspended until further notice. The team noted that no Kings players have exhibited coronavirus symptoms.

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A player on the Ottawa Senators has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, the club said in a statement late Tuesday, the first NHL player known to have tested positive for the virus.

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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sacramento Kings have suspended all basketball operations activities at their practice facility. They have also instructed players, coaches and staff to stay at home, following the guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In addition, the Kings revealed that none of their players have experienced symptoms of COVID-19.

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