Charlotte Hornets have four players, including LaMelo Ball and Terry Rozier, enter COVID-19 protocols

The Charlotte Hornets have had four players enter into the NBA's health and safety protocols.

Sources told Adrian Wojnarowski that the Hornets have sent players and staff home from their practice facility because of the possibility of more positive COVID-19 tests.

The NBA requires a minimum of 10 days of isolation away from his team if a player has a positive test. A player needs to undergo a cardiac screening and reconditioning in order to return to the court. A player who tests positive can clear protocol by returning two negative pheeler chain reaction tests within 24 hours.

The Atlanta Hawks are one of the teams the Hornets will play over the next week.

The 20-year-old Ball leads the Hornets in scoring with 20.0 points per game, and he also leads the team with 7.7 points per game.

Rozier and Plumlee are both scoring more than 17 points per game and Plumlee is blocking more than 1.0 per game.

In 15 minutes per game, he is averaging 5.5 points and 3.3 rebound.