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No high-fives with fans, only fist-bumps, NBA players told

Published March 3, 2020
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NBA players should fist-bump with fans instead of high-fiving them and avoid taking items to autograph, the league told teams in a memo listing short-term recommendations to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

“The coronavirus remains a situation with the potential to change rapidly,” the league told its 30 teams in the memo obtained by Reuters and first reported on by ESPN.

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