Hawks president Dorry Kordahi said the club is "progressing as normal" for a planned return of the National Basketball League to the WIN Entertainment Centre on Wednesday night.
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The Hawks are scheduled to play their first Wollongong game of the NBL season at the WEC on Wednesday night against the undefeated Melbourne United.
However a positive COVID-19 case in Wollongong has caused concern and the Hawks and NBL will meet to discuss the situation in Melbourne this morning.
The Hawks were still in Melbourne after sustaining their first loss of the season to the South East Melbourne Phoenix on Sunday.
The team was scheduled to fly out this morning but has delayed the flight until this afternoon as a precaution.
"We're progressing as normal and are confident this is a low risk case as has been reported this morning," Mr Kordahi said from Melbourne this morning.
"We're awaiting further advice from the NBL and health authorities, but the NSW Government in the past has always been very calm in their approach and we'd expect that would be the case here."Sign up for breaking news emails below ...
The Hawks had already been working on a restricted attendance for Wednesday's game in accordance with NSW public health orders.
It will be the one and only opportunity for local fans in the Illawarra with the Hawks then headed to Melbourne for an extended stay with the NBL Cup, which brings all of the league's teams together in Melbourne for tournament-style event.
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Julian O'Brien
Editor of the Illawarra Mercury and former editor of The Advocate (North-West Tasmania). Journalism is simply about telling good stories well and we do so now across a broader platform than ever before. Our role as a regional masthead is to not only share the stories our readers care about but to be a passionate torch bearers for community at every opportunity. We are stronger together.
Editor of the Illawarra Mercury and former editor of The Advocate (North-West Tasmania). Journalism is simply about telling good stories well and we do so now across a broader platform than ever before. Our role as a regional masthead is to not only share the stories our readers care about but to be a passionate torch bearers for community at every opportunity. We are stronger together.
