Coach Steve Nash told the media that Kevin Durant will be able to rejoin the Nets on Friday, tweets Malika Andrews of ESPN. Durant is sidelined due to contact tracing after being with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus.
That person is a team employee who Durant was with yesterday, sources tell Andrews (Twitter link). They were together for drives to and from testing and to the arena for last night’s game and didn’t appear to be wearing masks.
Although Durant has continued to test negative, the decision was made that he should quarantine for seven days due to his contact with the employee (Twitter link). All other Nets players and staff have tested negative, including tests conducted after the game (Twitter link).
Nash stated that the person Durant was in contact with isn’t the same one who caused his last quarantine, per Brian Lewis of The New York Post (Twitter link). Nash added that he trusts Durant’s judgment, along with all of his players, in matters involving the virus.
Durant will miss three games this week, starting with tonight’s contest in Philadelphia. Brooklyn also plays Tuesday at Detroit before returning home Wednesday against Indiana. If he continues to test negative, Durant’s next game will be his return to Golden State next Saturday.
The Nets are angry over how the NBA handled Durant’s situation, Lewis writes in a full story. The league ruled that Durant had to be scratched from the starting lineup, but then permitted him to play in the first quarter before deciding that he had to leave the game during the third quarter.
“We get tested every single day. He’s been negative, so I don’t understand what the problem is,” James Harden said. “If that was the case, the game should’ve been postponed. If we’re talking about contact tracing, he was around all of us, so I don’t understand why he was wasn’t allowed to play then was able to play and then taken back off.”
If they need some depth for now i’m down to go back to Brooklyn. I really enjoyed my time there.
they don’t want u, you not all that good man, sorry.
He should have followed the protocols. That’s on him, and of course the nets need 3 stars always, so now he has cost his team…
2nd time in a month.. it must be him not giving a crap about the protocols or his teammates or the safety of his fellow players
Now you’re going to get the sensitive guy all riled up again.
Hahaha
When I first saw the name I thought the guy was being facetious. I had no idea it was meant as a warning.
Oh cry me a river. Nobody outside of Brooklyn’s fanbase has an ounce of sympathy for them (did they even have fans before getting KD & Kyrie). Maybe Harden needs to get on KD for what appears to be a less than serious commitment on his part in regards to league mandated health protocols.
Spot on, spot on.
the nba totally blew it, but you’re also totally right brother.
Harden makes a good point. This covid stuff is wild west. At least we have basketball. Imagine 12 months of free agency rumors!
I would like to apologize to James Harden as I thought he would be the team leader in Covid violations.
The Big Noise in Bklyn ….. why aren’t we talking about Sixers. Best team in East. Nets should try playing defense. It will help in playoffs. Knicks can take Dinwiddie off their hands. Noel n Bullock let’s do it
It can take up to 3 days between contracting the virus before it’s detectable by a test. If he’s testing negative it doesn’t mean he doesn’t have it. The situation is bad for the Nets but the reason he’s out is the same reason the rest of the team is allowed to play