The Celtics were hoping Evan Fournier would make his debut with the team tonight, but he is listed on the injury report as being in the league’s health and safety protocols, writes Souichi Terada of MassLive.
Privacy regulations prevent the Celtics and the NBA from releasing any more information on Fournier, who was acquired from the Magic at Thursday’s trade deadline. Coach Brad Stevens told reporters Friday that Fournier was in Boston to take his physical.
There’s no way to know how long Fournier will be required to stay in the protocols, but players who are undergoing contact tracing typically return within seven days if they continue to test negative for COVID-19. Terada points out that the Celtics only have 27 games remaining and would face a limited time to get Fournier accustomed to his new teammates if he’s out for an extended period.
Boston is also listing Romeo Langford and Tristan Thompson out due to health and safety protocols, Terada adds. Langford has been in the protocols since the All-Star break, but there’s hope he can return next week. Thompson has missed the past seven games, and there’s no timetable for him to come back.
My friend says Celtics Kardashian tested positive on January 6
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Not Lakers kardashian
Ok…
What? Bro your takes get less coherent by the day
Damn I actually kinda feel bad for you
Brad Stevens was very cagey yesterday about whether Fournier would be in OKC tonight so I’ll bet he knew something was up.
If they play the way they did last night (minus Wagner…yikes!) they won’t need Fournier. Games like that are almost more frustrating than losses because they show you how good they are when they want to be.
I kind of agree with you… like if they played the style of basketball and with the intensity level they played last night they’d be one of the top seeds in the east. that they aren’t but then show flashes of the ability to be a top team… it just makes you scratch your head… like is it just effort that they aren’t putting in when they lose to sup .500 teams or what!?!
Isn’t there an age limit to use this comment section? I took a small break from HR and during that break it seems Mr. or Mrs. Sillivan let little Silli get access to the internet.
For all I know, if the site keeps track, Silli might rank as the #1 poster, for getting the most responses… which would include posting “shut up” or the like. Usually it is hard to even get his point!
He is not #1 or even top 3 get real that is rarified air reserved for the deserving. If I hadn’t gotten banned for 2 weeks I’d be in even better position.
You’re probably going by truth or logic or argumentation or wit or something like that. But would a website that themselves, seek hits, not consider hits in ranking posting? Look at all the comments that follow his messes.
I’m kidding nobody cares on average.
This is an unfortunate and sucky situation for the Celtics and Fournier… i mean who knows what the situation is BUT you’d have thought that Fournier would’ve been capable of traveling to meet up with Boston without putting himself at risk of covid or been extra cautious about not coming into contact with anyone who has covid
Please remember, it can take up to 14 days for it to show up after you’ve been exposed to it.
That’s true… I suppose I was kind of going off of the idea that he doesn’t actually have covid but that he’s in the protocols because of a “close contact” situation. But that really isn’t based on anything factual so you could totally be correct… for all I know he could have contracted covid a week ago while still playing for Orlando. Regardless… I hope for his and the teams sake that he gets back to basketball sooner rather than later.
How the hell long do these players stay out. It’s hilarious. They never play !!!