Tatum out 10-14 Days per Covid Policy

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They just played last night. Doesn't that put the rest of the team on the list?
 

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That sucks, but it's hardly a "disaster" any more than if he had a minor injury that would keep him out for the same period of time. It is certainly going to hurt the team's W-L record over the next two weeks, but this is such a weird season that regular-season record matters even less than in a normal year.

It's much more serious if he actually has Covid since we've seen at least some athletes have some lingering effects from that well beyond when they are actually suffering symptoms. If he's just quarantining as a precaution, the silver lining here is that he gets 2ish weeks of rest that theoretically may benefit the team down the stretch or come playoff time.
 

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They just played last night. Doesn't that put the rest of the team on the list?
Yeah, I don't understand this. Timelord tested positive, and even if everyone else tested negative, it may have been too early for them to test positive, but they could still already have been infected.
 

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In what sense is it a disaster? They're clearly good enough that they'll make the playoffs, and every team is going to go through stuff like this.
Yeah, if he’s not positive, it’s whatever, but my mind jumped to a worst case scenario- our star player has a disease with potential long-term health consequences and was likely a close contact with everyone who’s not already out. Unlikely, but it’s been a shit year so its a Pavlovian response to bad news.
 

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Why didn’t the league do the bubble again? I didn’t really pay attention when they announced the season start.
 

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Why didn’t the league do the bubble again? I didn’t really pay attention when they announced the season start.
I'm guessing the players weren't open to a 6-7 month bubble add opposed to a 1-2 month one to finish the season and have the playoffs.
 

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It sucks but we all know this was a possibility. I hope nobody else tests positive, and if the Celtics drop some winnable games in January because Javonte Green had to play 36 minutes, so be it.
 

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Why don’t they play in masks? My girls do for their basketball leagues and yes it sucks – but it’s not impossible either.
 

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Be curious if 2 players fouled out/got ejected.
If you're down to 5 players left and someone fouls out that player stays in the game but any foul beyond the 6th on him is also a team technical. It happened maybe 5-10 years ago to some team that rested half its roster in a meaningless to them game 82.
 

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But seriously, isn't there a minimum a team has to dress in order for a game to take place? Six doesn't seem like enough.
Played six games in one day with six players once. Our team was only nine guys, and this tourney was up in Maine. Three guys couldn't get away for some reason or other. Never stretched so much in one day. Calf and hammies were toast for everyone.
 

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Even wearing masks wouldn’t guarantee it doesn’t spread.
Of course not. I’m just interested in knowing whether it was ever even discussed by the league and union. Personally I don’t think it’s impossible and it would def. lower the transmission rates.

Maybe the NFL “proved” you could have a semi-normal season but basketball seems harder to me. I just don’t see how this isn’t going to torpedo the season, esp. with more virulent strains emerging.
 

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It's only a disaster if you care about the regular season record, and we don't particularly. There's no home court advantage, we have to face the same teams eventually, who cares how many games we actually win this season.

Its an opportunity to give more opportunities to our bench especially on offense.
 

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It sucks but we all know this was a possibility. I hope nobody else tests positive, and if the Celtics drop some winnable games in January because Javonte Green had to play 36 minutes, so be it.
:eek: :eek: :eek:

Celtics will be fine, next man up
It's only a disaster if you care about the regular season record, and we don't particularly. There's no home court advantage, we have to face the same teams eventually, who cares how many games we actually win this season.

Its an opportunity to give more opportunities to our bench especially on offense.
Yepyepyep.
 

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I don’t think people realize how shitty living out of Disney World hotels is, even by non superwealthyathlete standards.
 

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At what point do they shut a team down? Obviously you can't play with fewer than five active players. Are the Sixers really down to six? How do you run teams out there with six players? Aren't you just increasingly the risk of injury, for one?
 

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Assuming he’s fine (overwhelmingly likely), losing 9 games still could cost him a seat at the All- NBA table. I think he’s still a good bet, but he was basically a shoo-in for at least 2nd team, with a shot at 1st, plus a shot at the All-Defense squad. As far as the team’s concerned, yeah, it’ll be ugly for the next 2 weeks (seriously, a bunch of people are about to learn how impactful JT is on both ends of the court), but not particularly meaningful this year. With his slow (relatively) start last year compared to how he finished, I suppose there’s a possibility he loses some of the momentum he was building in terms of building up his game during the regular season, but there’ll still be plenty of time for him to blow up once the playoffs come around.

JT with the Covid, JB with the remedy!



(assuming he, too, does not have Covid)
 

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It's only a disaster if you care about the regular season record, and we don't particularly. There's no home court advantage, we have to face the same teams eventually, who cares how many games we actually win this season.

Its an opportunity to give more opportunities to our bench especially on offense.
NBA teams are expecting to have fans in the playoffs, even the Celtics

Home court in playoffs may mean something
 

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Looking at this in a positive light - more meaningful minutes for players that need development
 

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Jaylen needs 25 shots / game these next 2 weeks. I want to see him go full Nique.
 

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Timelord and Tatum positive in the last few days. Would be pretty lucky for no one else to test positive in the coming week.
 

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lovegtm

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Assuming he’s fine (overwhelmingly likely), losing 9 games still could cost him a seat at the All- NBA table. I think he’s still a good bet, but he was basically a shoo-in for at least 2nd team, with a shot at 1st, plus a shot at the All-Defense squad. As far as the team’s concerned, yeah, it’ll be ugly for the next 2 weeks (seriously, a bunch of people are about to learn how impactful JT is on both ends of the court), but not particularly meaningful this year. With his slow (relatively) start last year compared to how he finished, I suppose there’s a possibility he loses some of the momentum he was building in terms of building up his game during the regular season, but there’ll still be plenty of time for him to blow up once the playoffs come around.

JT with the Covid, JB with the remedy!



(assuming he, too, does not have Covid)
Guessing the All-NBA voters will adjust for this, and other big names will miss significant time too.
 

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Has Tatum actually tested positive, or was he just around TL or others who may have been positive at the time?
My understanding is that it wouldn't be announced as 10-14 days if it wasn't a positive test, someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

Also, if it was just an issue of being around TL, he would have been out against Washington. I'm sure he hasn't been close to him since then.