Scheduling is already proving a headache for league officials in a season not even two weeks old, with last weekend's home clash for the Capitals against Sydney Uni Flames yet to be rescheduled, and the Perth Lynx not able to play a single game until early in the new year.

And while the Capitals have emerged from an enforced seven-day lockdown ahead of Sunday's home clash with Adelaide, after a member of the squad tested positive for the virus last week, Goriss predicted COVID would continue to wreak havoc on the competition throughout the summer.

"It's the way of the world and we've got to live to some extent knowing that there's going to be COVID around," Goriss said.

"We're not the only team that's had someone, or a group [who has] had to isolate, and I'm sure it's going to happen at some stage again during the season, you can just see the flare up that's happened in Newcastle in the community.

"The inevitable is that COVID is around, and we have to manage and deal with it and do what we can and make the most of this season as quickly as we can."

The WNBL has returned to a regular home-and-away season, ditching last summer's Queensland bubble in a bid to return to normality.

It allows teams to play in front of their home fans, which the Capitals will do for the first time in 656 days against Adelaide on Sunday at the National Convention Centre, but significantly increases potential COVID exposure every time a team is required to travel interstate.

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Such problems have besieged the American basketball scene this year. Just a day ago the NBA was forced to postpone two Chicago Bulls games, with 10 players plus additional staff unavailable due to COVID health and safety protocols.

WNBL health and safety protocols meant the Capitals were sent into a week-long lockdown after a squad member tested positive to the virus after attending a training session last Tuesday.

Players and staff have subsequently returned negative tests, although the positive squad member remains in isolation.

Goriss utilised Zoom workouts and online meetings to keep his side engaged through isolation.

"Everyone's been through enough quarantines and isolations to know what to do," Goriss said.

"I guess we had some support in around everyone with Zoom fitness sessions, group sessions that we had, team meetings. It's the norm we've got to go through but I think the girls handled it extremely well.

"There's no manual to deal with this, so what we've done is do what we would normally do during an isolation or lockdown period.

"It's great to be back on court and getting excited and ready for a game on Sunday at home, getting back to seeing everyone and getting back to practice. It's like getting back into preseason 2.0."

The enforced layoff has allowed Goriss to trawl through plenty of Adelaide footage ahead of Sunday's clash.

"Adelaide have got a very good group I think, their starting unit has got some firepower, Steph Talbot was the MVP last year and had a great season," Goriss said.

"They were down by a lot against Townsville on the weekend and had a huge comeback. They're a dangerous team that can put points on the board really quickly."