![]() “I think it’s really a thing we don’t know much about,” Nurse said, speaking broadly about the virus and before the new attendance rule for Ontario was announced. The Raptors, along with the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators, had recently seen their attendance capped at 50% because of virus concerns. It is not clear how long that rule will be in place. Officials in Ontario said they are capping crowd sizes for indoor venues at 1,000 spectators or 50% capacity, whichever is less, in response to virus outbreaks. When VanVleet returns to the court in Toronto on Friday against the Los Angeles Clippers, only 1,000 fans will be allowed there to see him. I can’t speak for anybody else but it wasn’t too bad this time around.” Hopefully the worst is behind me, personally. “Obviously, it’ll probably take some time for me to work myself back, but it feels much more doable than it did last year. “This was different, different experience, different symptoms, different severity,” VanVleet said. Every NBA head coach is also fully vaccinated. The league believes that is at least in part because of most players, 97% at last count, choosing to have been vaccinated and 65% of players having received a booster shot. ![]() VanVleet’s tale this time wasn’t particularly different from many - not all, but many - players who have spoken about their virus experience in recent weeks, with the majority saying their symptoms weren’t particularly difficult to get through. Toronto guard Fred VanVleet was among the Raptors back on the floor, after recovering from COVID-19 for a second time. There’s all kinds of things that I try to do.” I stay in my office by myself all the time,” Raptors coach Nick Nurse said. Toronto, which has been decimated by the virus in recent weeks, had most of its players back for practice. “This is mentally exhausting,” said Portland assistant Scott Brooks, who is filling in for Billups during his protocols stint.įor some teams, there was progress Thursday. Rivers and Malone join the Los Angeles Lakers’ Frank Vogel, Chicago’s Billy Donovan, Phoenix’s Monty Williams, Portland’s Chauncey Billups and Oklahoma City’s Mark Daigneault as head coaches in the protocols.Īlso in the protocols: around 120 players, along with an untold number of other staffers from around the league - including assistant coaches, broadcasters, referees, media relations personnel, stat crew members, athletic trainers and more. The 76ers were using assistant coach Dan Burke in Rivers’ place for their game Thursday against Brooklyn. He went into the protocols on Thursday, as did Philadelphia’s Doc Rivers. ![]() Had they played, the Nuggets would have also been without head coach Michael Malone. Golden State’s game at Denver was postponed because the Nuggets - through a combination of injuries and a newly discovered outbreak of the virus - did not have the league-minimum eight players available to start the contest. ![]() The NBA postponed another game for virus-related reasons Thursday, raising the total to 11 pushed back so far this season while two more head coaches entered the league’s health and safety protocols. Doc Rivers and Michael Malone became the latest coaches placed in the NBA’s Health and Safety Protocols. ![]()
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