The updated policy includes an amendment about pregame and postgame interactions with players should be limited to elbow or fist bumps, extended socializing should be avoided and 6 feet of separation should be maintained whenever possible. So for the time being, no more dapping up your friends from opposing teams. In the NBA’s last round of testing, 16 new positive coronavirus tests popped up amongst players. It’s been forced to postpone a number of games, with teams unable to dress enough players thanks to positive tests and subsequent contact tracing.Īs a result, the league decided to tighten up its health and safety protocols in hopes it won’t have to pause the season. The NBA is dealing with a spike in COVID-19 cases. Our community guidelines apply which should remind everyone to be cool, avoid personal attacks, do not troll and watch the language.DeMarcus Cousins, Rudy Gay Find Creative Way To Dap Up With NBA's New Protocols. This is the Spurs community, your Spurs community. Join in the conversation, start your own discussion, and share your thoughts. The surgery wasn’t prompted by any sort of injury, instead it was meant to clean up things that have been plaguing Gay for a while now. In June, Gay had surgery on his right heel and is still recovering from that procedure. It would also solidify Gregg Popovich’s stellar career among the best coaches of all time, for any athletic endeavor. Once Utah Jazz forward Rudy Gay is cleared to play again, he expects he’ll be feeling better than ever. That would be the most in any of the major sports. If the season does not pick back up, there will be no postseason play and the Spurs will have one more season to surpass the Philadelphia 76ers by making an unprecedented twenty-three season playoff run. “I was hoping, and then usually we do, just go and straighten it out before the playoffs.”- Rudy Gay Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert and guard Donovan Mitchell both confirmed they were. The disruption could just be what the Spurs need to realign the pieces and make a final push toward the playoffs. The first two NBA players to test positive for the new coronavirus have been cleared of it.
The Spurs historic twenty-two consecutive postseason run was in jeopardy when the coronavirus abruptly halted the NBA season, and life as we know it. “I knew we were going to go on one of those streaks where it would happen, and we would be there, I always felt, the whole time.”- Rudy Gay Jeff Garcia reports that Rudy Gay has decisively predicted that were the season not halted, the San Antonio Spurs were due for a comeback. Pounders are certainly taking the opportunity with the break in action to gaze longingly into the looking glass.Īnd it isn’t just the fans that are getting in the action. I’ve also seen some tweets sharing outcomes to games that were unable to be played. The season may be on hiatus, but in our Pretend Power Rankings, the Spurs are picking up ground on this final stretch toward the postseason. Gay is in the league's health and safety protocols and will not be available for Wednesday's game against the Thunder, Spurs play-by-play man Dan Weiss reports.