On December 17, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, but just today, there are large-scale players in the league who trigger safety and health agreements, of which the King is the most tragic.
According to Shams, there are a number of people in the Kings who tested positive for covid-19, including players and staff, and it has been confirmed that head coach Ginterley and player Marvin Bagley, in addition, Darlon Fox, Louis King, Alex Lane and others have also triggered safety and health agreements.
The news that there may be more COVID-19 positive infections in the Kings has also worried the players, and the Kings have cancelled today's training, closed the team training gym, and continue to test players and staff.
It is worth mentioning that the King's "sudden group annihilation" has also caused panic among the Wizards players, the two teams just had a game yesterday, it is reported that the Wizards players and staff have been tested for the new crown virus today, and there is no news of the test results.
Two Wizards players were worried about a positive result, and one player said: "There is no way we can't be positive, we just played against the Kings, we shouldn't play anymore, unbelievable." ”
It should be said that the Kings are not the first team to "die out", after the Bulls were infected with many people including DeRozan and LaVine, the team has applied to the league to postpone the game, and the league has also agreed to postpone its two games against the Raptors and Pistons.
A few days ago, including Harden, Aldridge, And Bruce Brown, the Nets suddenly triggered a safety and health agreement overnight with six people, but the Nets did not choose to postpone the game, just today, the Nets also defeated the 76ers, ushering in a four-game winning streak.
In addition to these three teams, other teams in the league have also had players quarantined for triggering safety and health agreements, and in the past 24 hours alone:
- The Lakers, Westbrook, Bradley
- Knight, Okoro
- Bucks, Portis
— Celtic, Jabari Parker
- Knicks, Knox
According to statistics, as of the end of yesterday, the league has had 60 players in the health and safety agreement this season, including 43 in the past two weeks, of which 13 were yesterday alone.
As you can tell, the situation is a bit bad.
The NBA and the players' unions have had to have more discussions because of the rising number of players triggering the health safety agreement, but the NBA's approach seems a bit crazy — the league is reportedly considering whether to allow positive but asymptomatic players to continue playing and avoid entering the safety agreement.
Former Timberwolves vice president Robby Sikka said: "In response to the new outbreak, the NBA has begun to take some steps, and every game day starting Friday, players who do not have injections of booster needles must undergo a covid-19 test, which is just one of the considerations. The league is considering whether to allow players who test positive for COVID-19 but are asymptomatic to continue playing, but it is not yet ready to implement. ”
One thing to say, whether it can be implemented in the end or not, this idea is a bit crazy, after all, positive asymptomatic is also contagious, and letting players play in this state is obviously irresponsible to other healthy players and fans present.
There is also a way to do it, but at present, the NBA seems to have no relevant discussion - the 2020 rematch park is actually a fairly successful example, but many players have expressed reluctance to experience it again after experiencing that year's park.
Judging from the current epidemic situation in the United States, the Kings will never be the last team to "die", and can only say that I hope that the players are healthy and that the game can be carried out normally.