The Nationwide Basketball Affiliation despatched a memo to groups on Friday night time, urging officers to arrange recreation contingency plans ought to the coronavirus proceed to unfold.

The NBA mentioned groups ought to determine "actions required if it have been to turn out to be essential to play a recreation with solely important workers current" with out followers or media, in accordance with a replica of the memo obtained by CNBC.

The memo mentioned groups also needs to "put together for the potential of implementing temperature checks on gamers, staff workers, referees, and anybody else who is important to conducting such a recreation within the staff's area."

Groups have been additionally suggested to contemplate payroll and profit implications for "non-essential workers" who...