Well, the Brooklyn Nets are on the back pages of the tabloids today, with the New York Post above the New York Daily News, at right, From the New York Post's Marc Berman
last night:
The Nets’ chances of missing the playoffs have increased as Spencer Dinwiddie and DeAndre Jordan have tested positive for COVID-19.
Jordan ruled himself out of the Orlando restart while Dinwiddie left the door open. It all leaves the Nets in shambles as they look to fly to Orlando on July 7.
If this sort of spread continues, it’s not too early to wonder whether the NBA’s elaborate Disney World-bubble plan will ever make it to the playoffs.
From NetsDaily, under the headline
NETS IN CRISIS: DEANDRE JORDAN BECOMES SECOND PLAYER TO TEST POSITIVE, OPTS OUT OF ‘BUBBLE’:
Under league rules, the Nets can add substitute players. After Wilson Chandler opted out of the “bubble” over the weekend, the Nets added Justin Anderson. Woj reported late Sunday, that sources told him the Nets plan to sign a substitute for Jordan, too.
However, the larger issue is how many other Nets players and staffers may test positive ... and whether the situation in Brooklyn will jeopardize the NBA’s plan to return to play, particularly with COVID-19 spreading fast in Florida.
ESPN reported 6/26/20 that 16 players of 302 tested tested positive, a 5.3% rate, which seems relatively high:
Commissioner Adam Silver said the numbers were roughly as expected and that none of the 16 were seriously ill.
"One thing we're learning with this virus is, so much is unpredictable," Silver said during Friday's conference call with National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts and NBPA president Chris Paul. "We're not saying full steam ahead no matter what happens. We all talk daily, and we're gonna see how this continues to play out. But we feel very comfortable right now with where we are."
Others are getting more nervous about the July 31 planned re-start, especially since Florida is gaining in cases.
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