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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Head coach Michael Malone of the Denver Nuggets reacts after the sport in opposition to the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on December 04, 2021 in New York City. (Photo : Elsa/Getty Images)
COVID-19 continued to wreak havoc on the NBA’s schedule, with the league suspending Thursday’s sport between the Golden State Warriors and the Denver Nuggets. It is the eleventh postponed sport within the NBA this season, with COVID-19 outbreaks spreading like wildfire throughout the league.
Mike Malone and three Nuggets gamers take a look at constructive for COVID-19
The league determined simply hours earlier than tipoff, with the Nuggets unable to discipline the required eight gamers wanted to play the sport. Nuggets guard Bones Hyland and forwards Jeff Green and Zeke Nnaji examined constructive for COVID-19 and have been positioned on the league’s well being and security protocols.
The virus didn’t spare Denver’s teaching workers with head coach Michael Malone and two of his assistant coaches getting into the NBA’s COVID protocols as effectively on Thursday. Malone joins Frank Vogel (Los Angeles Lakers), Monty Williams (Phoenix Suns), Billy Donovan (Chicago Bulls), Chauncey Billups (Portland Trail Blazers), Doc Rivers (Philadelphia 76ers), and Mark Daigneault (Oklahoma City Thunder) as NBA coaches who’ve entered the league’s COVID-19 protocols.
What made the state of affairs much more tough for the Nuggets was that that they had a number of gamers coping with accidents. Aaron Gordon, Austin Rivers, Monte Morris, and Vlatko Cancar have been all listed as questionable forward of Thursday’s sport.
The league has mechanisms in place to assist groups survive a roster scarcity like this. Unfortunately for the Nuggets, they don’t have a G League group of their market. That denied them the chance to shore up their roster with new gamers by way of hardship offers on quick discover.
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Draymond Green livid with NBA’s determination to postpone sport
One man who was not pleased with the league’s determination to postpone the sport was Warriors ahead Draymond Green. He vented his frustrations on social media, tweeting, “How do you continue to cancel games when you’ve implemented rules to prevent this from happening? Is that not a competitive advantage for other teams?”
Green added that that they had a number of gamers lacking in Tuesday’s loss to the Denver Nuggets, however they nonetheless went on and performed the sport. Green’s predominant beef with the league is that once they face the Nuggets on a later date, Denver will now be at full energy. Green mentioned that’s unfair to them since they confronted the Nuggets with a participant drawback simply two days in the past.
To make issues worse for Golden State, the postponement would probably add a back-to-back to the Warriors’ schedule afterward, which in keeping with Green, can also be a bonus for Denver. Green and the Warriors have been already in Denver once they acquired the information of the postponement. They are scheduled to observe in Colorado on Friday earlier than touring to Utah to face the Jazz on Saturday.
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