On December 24, Beijing time, the Nets sent good news, head coach Nash revealed that the team has met the minimum standards for 8 players to participate in the game, can play in the Christmas war and the Lakers. At the same time, Nash said that Harden, Millsap and Carter, who were previously suspended for triggering the league's health and safety agreement, have lifted the restriction and will officially return to the field. Recently, the NBA has had hundreds of players win the new crown, and the Nets are one of the hardest-hit teams, and the Nets have been postponed in the past three games because they cannot meet the minimum standard of 8 players.
However, it is worth mentioning that while harden's three people lift the restriction, the team's three rookies Thomas, Edwards and Duke will be suspended for triggering the league's health and safety agreement. Three in and three out, although from the number of points of view, the team has no substantial increase, but after all, Harden is one of the big three, Millsap and Carter are also players who can enter the rotation, and their return is also a shot in the arm for the Nets. The main thing is that the Nets have decided to play in the Christmas battle with the Lakers next, and with Harden as the core player, the Nets will be a lot more solid in their hearts.
However, Harden has lifted the restriction, and Durant, who triggered the suspension of the health agreement after Harden, has not yet lifted the restriction. Judging from the situation this season, Durant is the soul and foundation of the team, and in the case of Harden's poor state and the lack of manpower on the team, it is difficult for the single-core team to play the Lakers. But at the same time, there is also news that the NBA has reached a new agreement with the players' union, and the quarantine time for players that trigger the health and safety agreement has been reduced from 10 days to 6 days. As has been said before, in order to ensure that the league can last this season, the league has decided to take some urgent measures to deal with the current situation.
From the league's point of view, the principle of this season is "asking for money, not life", and it has been previously reported that the owners of the league's teams do not want to return to the park mode this season, let alone a shutdown. From the perspective of this agreement, the reduction of the quarantine time from 10 days to 6 days is actually not an effective solution at all, it is nothing more than "closing your eyes is dark". From this point of view, in order to ensure the ratings of the Christmas war, Durant is also likely to lift the restriction next, so as to play the Nets and Lakers' Christmas war.
From the player's point of view, their physical fitness is very good, Harden and Brown triggered the agreement this time are asymptomatic infected, and this time the league large-scale players recruited, more than 90% of the players did not have any discomfort. From this point of view, the players do not care about the impact of the epidemic on their physical health, as long as the league does not make a decision to stop, they will not resist playing.