Warriors cancel virtual camps as Oakland employee tests positive for COVID-19

The Warriors postponed on-line youth basketball camps Thursday morning after learning an employee at their Oakland training facility has the novel coronavirus.

The camp was run by staff members at the site and available on-line, enabling participants to watch and learn fundamentals and drills and enhance their skills within social distancing guidelines.

With the facility closed for a deep cleaning, all camps next week were postponed until a later date with staff unable to conduct the camps.

The release by the Warriors is as follows:

“We have been notified that an employee that works at our Oakland facility has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, also know as COVID-19. As a result, the facility will undergo a thorough sanitation immediately and will be temporarily closed. Do to this closure, our virtual summer basketball camps, which have been operated with only staff present at the facility (no campers) this summer, will be postponed next week.”