Michael Beasley was the first of four players to sign with the Brooklyn Nets as a substitute player for the NBA’s restart at Disney World. Jamal Crawford and Donta Hall signed soon after Beasley, and Lance Thomas signed with the Nets on Tuesday.
Not long after Brooklyn announced Thomas was the newest member of the franchise, ESPN’s Malika Andrews and Tim Bontemps reported that Beasley has left the NBA bubble at Disney World.
According to the rules NBA laid out for the bubble, Beasley will be subject to extra COVID-19 testing and a 10-14 day quarantine period, given teams are still in the training camp phase of the restart.
Shams Charania of The Athletic is reporting Beasley has tested positive for COVID-19 and went home.
Nets forward Michael Beasley tested positive for coronavirus, returned home and his roster status is up in the air, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 14, 2020
Andrews and Bontemps are also reporting, “It remains unclear if Beasley will eventually rejoin the team inside the bubble.”
Beasley will also have to sit out his first five games with the Nets for violating the Anti-Drug policy last April, which happened when he was with the Los Angeles Lakers.