8:45 PM: The Kings have signed Robinson to a 10-day deal using the hardship exception and he will be available to play Friday night, according to Jason Anderson of the Sacramento Bee (Twitter links).
4:01 PM: The Kings have placed guard Davion Mitchell in the health and safety protocols, according to Sean Cunningham of ABC 10 Sacramento (Twitter link). Mitchell was initially listed as questionable for Friday’s game vs. Memphis – perhaps in the hopes that his COVID-19 test was a false positive – but he has now been ruled out, tweets Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
Even if a player registers a false positive, he needs to return consecutive negative tests at least 24 hours apart in order to exit the protocols, so a negative result today wouldn’t have cleared Mitchell, assuming he tested positive earlier in the day.
Sacramento also has five other players in the health and safety protocols and is missing Richaun Holmes due to a right eye injury. On top of that, Tyrese Haliburton (back) and Chimezie Metu (knee) are listed as questionable for Friday’s game. If Haliburton and Metu are ruled out, the club would be down to eight available players, as Jason Anderson of The Sacramento Bee notes (via Twitter).
According to Wojnarowski (Twitter link), the Kings may sign free agent guard Justin Robinson before tonight’s contest to provide further reinforcements, assuming the game takes place as scheduled. Robinson would receive a 10-day contract via a hardship exception in that scenario.
Robinson began the season on a two-way contract with Milwaukee and appeared in 17 games for the team, averaging 2.8 PPG and 1.2 APG on .316/.270/1.000 shooting in 11.6 minutes per contest. However, he was waived at the end of November when the Bucks opted to replace him on the roster with Javonte Smart.
Oooh nooo not another one! Robinson won’t be anywhere near a replacement – he averaged 2.8 pts for the Bucks! This just keeps on getting worse!
Settle down, man!!!
The Bubble beckons. Do it, Adam.
But do the players go for it yet again? They didn’t love it the first time around.
Of course, when the choice is between game checks or no game checks, whether they like it or not may not really matter.
I bet the bubble would help the Bucks beat the Heat again.
Not sure if you remember but the NBA shutting down was kind of a huge domino in the entire country going into lockdown. Be careful what you wish for
Look how many fewer cases and deaths there were during lockdown than in any time after states rolled them back in May 2020.
If you had a bubble it’s not like guys wouldn’t be focused on the games. Like you won’t see anyone at strip clubs…