There are only ten days until the start of the regular season, and every NBA team is looking to ramp up before the official resumption. But on the Boston side, COVID is once again disrupting the group. The All-Star Jaylen Brown has indeed just tested positive.
Among the teams that have seen their 2020-21 campaign greatly disrupted by COVID are the Celtics. So ask Jayson Tatum or our national Evan Fournier, they are in a good position to tell you about it. With vaccination, a new season which is soon about to begin, and an ambitious group, the Greens intended to look to the future but the virus has not finished disrupting their plans. Indeed, if we are to believe Shams Charania of The Athletic, Jaylen Brown has tested positive for COVID and is therefore in quarantine. The good news is that he would be asymptomatic according to NBA.com, but it’s a new setback for the one who finished last season in the infirmary with a wrist injury. Not great therefore, especially since Brown already seemed in good shape given his performance during his team’s first preseason match against the Magic (25 points in 26 minutes). This positive test officially marks the great return of health & safety protocols in Boston. Jaylen will indeed miss the preseason meeting against the Raptors this Saturday, and probably more. FYI, the Greens still have two games before returning to New York on October 20 for the start of the regular. Brown’s return date will depend in particular on his vaccination status. It is not known if Jaylen is vaccinated since the player was keen to remain discreet on the subject during the Media Day. We do know, however, that there are players in Boston who have not yet received the vaccine.
Celtics’ Jaylen Brown has tested positive for coronavirus, team says. Brown is in quarantine.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 8, 2021
Here, speaking of the Raptors and to remain always in this COVID context which has followed us for a year and seven months, know that the Dinos will be able to play in a full hall this season. We heard the news via ESPN. We already knew that the Raptors would return to Toronto after a one-season exodus from Tampa, but we now know that there will be no limit on the capacity of the Scotiabank Arena. The Toronto room can therefore find the atmosphere of great evenings, but it will be necessary to be vaccinated to hope to integrate the latter and support the Dinos. Good news for the latter, who will be able to find their home as in the world before 2020.
Between the COVID which continues to play the disruptive and rooms which reopen all of their doors, we are in a situation in the NBA which ultimately symbolizes the overall situation quite well. That of an epidemic relatively under control through vaccination, but still there.
Source texte : The Athletic / NBA.com / ESPN
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