Official NBA COVID Protocol thread (please read the OP)

Pointgod · Post #561 » by **Pointgod** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 4:18 am

Statlanta wrote:Indiana, Utah and Phoenix have all avoided COVID-19. Congrats to their medical staff.

Don’t jinx it.

kg01 · Post #562 » by **kg01** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 8:02 am

What determines which teams have to sign these has-beens and never-was's and which teams are allowed to postpone?

Technically no one ever "has" to be under the 8-player minimum. Yet some teams are forced to trot out these lineups they never intended to play and go be cannon fodder for other teams.

Meanwhile, other teams are allowed to take a break. What's the "rule"?

PlatinumState · Post #563 » by **PlatinumState** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 9:28 am

Statlanta wrote:Indiana, Utah and Phoenix have all avoided COVID-19. Congrats to their medical staff.

Literally has nothing to do with a teams medical staff. Its more on the players and what they do and who they congregate with in their private lives

Kingsway_fan · Post #564 » by **Kingsway_fan** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 1:57 pm

Has any nba player actually shown any signs of any sickness... just asking for a friend #OmniCold

Kingsway_fan · Post #565 » by **Kingsway_fan** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 2:01 pm

Week to week covid new DEATHS down 25 percent in usa.
Down 13 percent world wide.,

... but let's keep pumping cases.....

Worldometers.info stats

SpreeS · Post #566 » by **SpreeS** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 3:50 pm

Jayson Tatum has been placed in the league’s health and safety protocols

SpreeS · Post #567 » by **SpreeS** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 3:56 pm

Bridges, Collins, Crowder, Tatum, Green, Ball, Lowry, Murray - in last 2 days. I give one or max two weeks and we will have a break.

SpreeS · Post #568 » by **SpreeS** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 3:59 pm

Delon Wright becomes 11th ATL player placed in HASP

heatwillbeback · Post #569 » by **heatwillbeback** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 4:06 pm

I hope we don’t have a break. Simply because I really don’t think things will be improving anytime soon. If we take a break, I don’t think we will be coming back anytime soon.

I’d rather push through with the replacement players with the hope we get competitive basketball when it matters in 3-4 months.

DirtybirdGA · Post #570 » by **DirtybirdGA** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 4:26 pm

Good heavens!

kg01 · Post #571 » by **kg01** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 5:16 pm

SpreeS wrote:Delon Wright becomes 11th ATL player placed in HASP

Why are the Hawks still forced to sign guys to avoid postponements? None of this makes any sense.

Tukkerwolf · Post #572 » by **Tukkerwolf** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 5:31 pm

PlatinumState wrote:
Statlanta wrote:Indiana, Utah and Phoenix have all avoided COVID-19. Congrats to their medical staff.

Literally has nothing to do with a teams medical staff. Its more on the players and what they do and who they congregate with in their private lives

And maybe them playing sports together full of sweaty contact on a daily basis might have some impact as well?

DirtybirdGA · Post #573 » by **DirtybirdGA** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 5:33 pm

If I were Schlenk, I'd say you can fine us,, eff all that.

kg01 · Post #574 » by **kg01** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 5:40 pm

DirtybirdGA wrote:If I were Schlenk, I'd say you can fine us,, eff all that.

.
Exactly.

And how is it that these 10-day randos are cleared to play the day of games, but guys can't clear HASP until they return 18 negative tests in 7 consecutive days or w/e it is?

Post #575 » by **bisme37** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 5:54 pm

I hope my guy Tatum has a better experience with COVID than he did last season. Wasn't himself for quite a while after he came back and had to start using an inhaler.

JujitsuFlip · Post #576 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 6:04 pm

kg01 wrote:
SpreeS wrote:Delon Wright becomes 11th ATL player placed in HASP

Why are the Hawks still forced to sign guys to avoid postponements? None of this makes any sense.

It's the new system the NBA put in.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32907444/nba-nbpa-agree-allow-teams-short-handed-covid-19-sign-replacement-players-memo-says

"Under the agreement, a team will be allowed to sign a replacement player for each positive COVID-19 case that crops up across its roster. So, if a team has five positive cases of COVID-19, for example, it could sign five replacement players.

Meanwhile, teams will have to sign at least one replacement player if they have two positive COVID-19 cases; at least two if they have three positive COVID-19 cases; and at least three if they have four or more positive COVID-19 cases... Any replacement players who are signed also won't count toward a team's yearly salary and won't add to its potential luxury tax payment".

TinmanZBoy · Post #577 » by **TinmanZBoy** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 6:09 pm

seriously, i feel all nba players will be positive for at least twice or three times in 2 or 3 years span and after this it will be the end of covid era... for example, Colins was playing the last game and players he contacted were all subject to be infected ... and if some players in this cohort are still negative now, they will keep playing and infect others and just like a chain reaction, at the end, all nba players and staffs will be positive at least once

TinmanZBoy · Post #578 » by **TinmanZBoy** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 6:23 pm

can someone explain to me players like KD, Harden, Tatum who got covid before and got vaccinated, yet still got positive again...do they have any symptoms the second time around ?

MindState · Post #579 » by **MindState** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 6:25 pm

TinmanZBoy wrote:can someone explain to me players like KD, Harden, Tatum who got covid before and got vaccinated, yet still got positive again...do they have any symptoms the second time around ?

Pretty sure its Omicron. Omicron has an extremely high infection rate, even if vaccinated, even if youve gotten Covid before.

Basically, to put it bluntly. Likely every single person in this country is going to catch Omicron. Vaccinated or not.

Sothron · Post #580 » by **Sothron** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 7:04 pm

Hawks now have THIRTEEN PLAYERS out. This is laughable. We literally have zero point guards or power forwards able to play and that includes the fake scrub players they signed.