The NBA is placing a significant emphasis on team officials to monitor and decide discipline in cases of COVID-19 protocol violations among players and staff.
The memo from the leagues comes on the same day four members of the Chicago Bulls were ruled out of a game because of league health and safety protocols.
The NBA told teams that they must follow normal disciplinary processes in handing out punishments, including "determining the facts, providing the person alleged to have violated the protocols with an opportunity to be heard, and using principles of fairness, proportionality and progressivity in determining discipline."