Robert Williams has tested positive for COVID-19, according to Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe (Twitter link), who hears from a source that the Celtics big man has been asymptomatic since testing positive.
Williams is the only Celtics player to have tested positive, per Himmelsbach, and will be required to quarantine until he returns multiple negative tests and is medically cleared. However, two other Boston big men will be required to self-isolate for the next week, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic, who tweets that Tristan Thompson and Grant Williams face a minimum quarantine period of seven days.
Carsen Edwards, who was initially listed as questionable for Friday’s game vs. Washington due to the NBA’s health and safety protocols, won’t be required to quarantine for contact tracing purposes and will be available, Charania notes.
While Edwards’ availability will help a little, the Celtics will still find themselves extremely shorthanded in the frontcourt in the short term. The team figures to lean heavily on Daniel Theis and Semi Ojeleye, with two-way player Tacko Fall potentially entering the mix as well. Brad Stevens also figures to use more small-ball lineups, with wings like Jayson Tatum or Jaylen Brown playing the four.
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Each team can build it up as a small bubble
How can you build a bubble when you have to travel to play games? A bubble is useless if you are only using it for at most a few days.
The only way bubbles work is if all the teams are in one location.
Don’t encourage him
They are all suppose to be in their own team bubble. If they follow protocol and more. It should work. They need to get strict and start fining players. If it’s their fault breaking protocol. It’s just another 5 moths before playoffs. Let’s do this.
Celtics will struggle without Thompson and Williams