On December 20th, as the number of people who triggered the health and safety agreement for several consecutive days increased by double digits, a new round of shutdown crisis has arrived! Although the league is still working hard to formulate some remedial measures, hoping to avoid the delay or suspension of the game, as more than one person triggers the agreement today and 3 teams cannot gather 8 players, the league has to announce more urgently. The game is postponed. If the number of people who trigger the health and safety agreement cannot be controlled, it is inevitable that the league will enter a new round of lockout.
In the past few days, the number of people who have triggered the health and safety agreement has soared. So far, the number of new players has exceeded double digits for 4 consecutive days. In the past 6 days, 64 players have triggered the agreement, accounting for 13% of the number of players in the league! Today’s new personnel include Eagles star Tre Young, Lakers Vogel, Baezmore, Philadelphia’s Drummond, Milton; Cavaliers’ Jarrett Allen, Wendler, Valentine, Stevens, Nembhard. As the number of people triggering health and safety agreements continues to increase, and some teams have suffered injuries, there are already 3 teams, including the Nets, who have been forced to postpone the game due to a lack of 8 players and unable to meet the requirements of the game. NBA official It was urgently announced that 5 games would be delayed. They are:
December 20: Nuggets VS Nets, Cavaliers VS Eagles, Pelicans VS Philadelphia;
December 21: Magic VS Raptors;
December 22: Nets VS Wizards;
The Nets, including Irving, who was preparing to return to the team, had as many as 10 people triggering the health and safety agreement. In the last game against the Magic, including 3 newly signed firefighters, they barely made up 8 people to participate. There was another game against the Nuggets, but because Griffin suffered a knee injury and was unable to play, the Nets had only 7 players left to play, and they could not make up 8 people. So the league had to announce the Nets vs. Nuggets game. At the same time, the game against the Wizards on December 22 will also be delayed.
The Philadelphia team triggered a health and safety agreement because of the addition of two new players, and Embiid, Green, and Maxi were suspected of being injured in the game. Only Harris, Seth Curry, Sebul, and Isaiah Joe were left on the team. , Bessie is sure to play, it is difficult for the team to get 8 people, so the Philadelphia game against the Pelicans has also been announced to be delayed.
After the Cavaliers triggered the agreement due to the addition of 5 people, including injuries, they also couldn’t make up 8 people to participate. The Magic originally had many people triggering the agreement and getting injured. A total of 12 people on the team were included in the injury list and could not play, while 5 of the Raptors were unable to play.
Since the beginning of last season, the league has issued many measures to ensure that the game can be played in a safer environment. However, after the multi-player vaccination this season, because of some relaxation in consciousness, there is a sign that the game is out of control. Unable to curb the development of this trend, the NBA has entered a new round of lockout, I am afraid it is already inevitable.
Post time: Dec-20-2021