Recently, the NBA league has ushered in the darkest period of the season so far, with dozens of players recruiting the new crown quarantined + many games forced to postpone, whether the league can continue as usual has become a problem. And the team that has the toughest time to mention is the Nets, the no. 1 in the East. As of now, the Nets have a total of 10 players who have been suspended in quarantine after triggering the league's health and safety agreement, in addition to three players who are in the injury list and unable to play. This also made it impossible for the Nets to assemble enough manpower to play the game despite the fact that the Nets had added players from several development league teams to the team and signed three temporary short-term players.
In this case, espn reported that the Nets' game against the Nuggets today has been postponed, and Wednesday's game against the Wizards is also confirmed to be postponed. The current situation of the Nets can be described by the word tragic, but after the news of the postponement of these two games, the Nets were blessed. Why? First of all, the Nets players can get plenty of rest time.
So far this season, Durant has averaged second-best in the league in 37 minutes per game and averaged more than 40 minutes per game in the period before being quarantined. The long, high-intensity combat made his ankle sore, and then he triggered the league's health and safety agreement after missing the Magic's game due to injury. Triggering the league's health and safety protocol means that the player tests positive for the new crown or becomes a close contact, and Durant will be absent for at least 7-10 days or so, even if ideally. Perhaps for the sake of the team's performance, Durant will choose to play with an injury in the case of a small physical injury, but after triggering the health and safety agreement, Durant can only isolate, and he can also use this time to get enough rest.
The second point of the blessing is that after the Nets' game is postponed, the team's previous good record will not be wasted. At present, the Nets are ranked first in the East, which is what durant and Harden and others have fought back with long playing hours and excellent performances with others. The Nets had enough to make up for the Game against the Magic, but the team had no choice but to lose the game, and if the Nets main force still could not return in the next game, the team was likely to suffer a losing streak. However, if the official direct postponement of the game, the team will not face this situation, although the team is absent from a large area, but there is no need to worry about the record.
So from these two perspectives, the Nets' large-scale personnel absence + game postponement is not a good thing. Assuming that the Nets personnel meet the conditions of the game in each game, but the main personnel are not even, some players play too high aside, and the team's record is likely to decline. So from the current situation, Durant can be relieved for the time being, he can get rest time, and he does not have to worry about the decline in the team's record. After the postponement of the next few games, most of the Nets players will be able to end the quarantine return game, when the Nets will be able to meet future games with a more complete lineup.