On December 17, Beijing time, the Lakers officially announced bad news, Westbrook and Bradley two major starters triggered the health and safety agreement, the next game against the Timberwolves, Howard, Munch and Horton Tucker also could not play because of the trigger agreement, Ariza and Nunn continued to recuperate, the team as many as 7 players missed the Timberwolves, James (abdominal strain) and thick eyebrows (knee soreness) are listed as a high probability to play.
So far, the Lakers have five players who triggered the agreement to be quarantined, and all five of them are no longer on the team, including Westbrook and Bradley who did not fly from Dallas to Minnesota with the team; the Lakers worsened the epidemic, after some staff members were recruited on the team, and Lakers assistant coach Phil Handy has also been quarantined.
Lakers have also been the hardest hit areas of the epidemic.
Due to the lack of manpower, the Lakers have signed Thomas Jr. on a 10-day short contract, and the Little Assassins have returned to the Lakers, after making their debut in the G League, Thomas Jr. bombed 42 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds and 0 turnovers; in the offseason this year, he also almost joined the Lakers, and now he is finally back in the NBA.
As of now, 63 NBA players have entered the health and safety agreement this season, and 47 new players have been added in December alone, according to ESPN Fame Wonarowski. In addition, Pacers coach Carlisle and Kings coach Gentry, as well as Raptors general manager Ugerry have all been found positive to confirm the new crown; the Kings epidemic is rampant, in addition to Gentry, Bagley and Terrence Davis also shot, positive and symptomatic, the Kings immediately closed the stadium.
The NBA is rampant and there have been cases of the Omicron variant, but the NBA does not plan to shut down, according to Mike Vorkunov, the NBA is considering letting asymptomatic positive players continue to play, but the league has not yet made a final decision.
Recently, the NBA has more than a dozen teams have been hit by the epidemic, the Nets, Bucks, Lakers, Kings, Bulls, Hornets, Nuggets and other teams have players quarantined, Harden, Alphabet Brother and Westbrook are quarantined, they are likely not to be able to participate in the Christmas war, but if the NBA decides to let asymptomatic players continue to play, maybe they can all be released from isolation as soon as possible.