Just a day before the NBA is to resume its season inside a bio-secure bubble in Orlando, all 344 players who had been tested for COVID-19 returned negative tests, NBA’s Deputy League Commissioner and COO Mark Tatum announced on Thursday. “Playing in this campus under these protocols is the safest place you can be,” Tatum told journalists from around the world on Wednesday. Orlando, where the NBA teams are based, is in Florida, where cases of coronavirus have surged. Just two weeks ago, the state broke the American record for most cases in a day with over 15,000 people testing positive. On Wednesday, it reported over 200 deaths, in the process setting a record for the second consecutive day by a state since May. Tatum said that the negative tests of NBA players inside the bubble were proof that their extensive health and safety protocols were working. “I think when you’re trying to do business in a pandemic, it's all about the safety and health, first and foremost. Has to be abo