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Better to deal with this now rather than in the middle of the season, I suppose. Just establish that herd immunity before the season is underway.

I'm only partially joking.

Hope the positive tests are asymptomatic.
 
I trust the organization to put players first and follow through with back testing, tracing, etc....I think we'll get through it ok but the league should take a look at their game plan moving ahead
 
illmatic99 said:
Better to deal with this now rather than in the middle of the season, I suppose. Just establish that herd immunity before the season is underway.

I'm only partially joking.

Hope the positive tests are asymptomatic.
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I don't think you are too far off. Based on the NFL and college football, most of these athletes and coaches are only missing two weeks at the most.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
It could be a very scary season. Providence medical facilities have canceled all elective and non-emergency surgeries and procedures in the Portland area.

If a player gets hurt badly enough to require surgery, see Nurk and Collins for example, there could be a delay in getting the necessary treatment and that could cause further damage.
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Zach probably, Nurk definitely not. Nurk had a compound fracture of his tibia and fibula... that surgery and hospitalization would go down ASAP that P might seem like it could be later but it wouldn't because the Blazers would find whatever hospital had an ER, get the necessary (in this case limb saving) surgery done and then if needed get him to a private rehab facility where team employees could monitor his recovery. The good thing in this sport is that I don't think an NBA basketball related injury has ever needed an ICU bed (Rudy Tomjanovich may have had to go to an ICU but that was due to assault on the court) that means although an injury like Nurk's may need emergency surgery most if not all of those injuries could be recovered from at a facility that wouldn't be effected by all of the beds taken up by COVID patients.
 
Orion Bailey said:
id share your sentiment, but i had to eat crow on my, “Not gonna happen” comments...
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The thing is, I'm on your side this time my friend. When you see the amount of games postponed in the NFL (an outdoor sport) where the games take place a week apart and then look at this compact, travel filled schedule in the NBA (an indoor sport). "Not gonna happen" the way the NBA plans is almost a certainty. This schedule doesn't allow for postponements... that's obviously why the second half hasn't been scheduled yet. So I guess I may be naive to presume that this schedule is the NBA's actual plan, maybe it's just their very ambitious and very tentative Plan A. They probably have a very very different and possibly (even in their opinion) more likely plan B. The bubble showed that the league office is not naive and is very shrewd when it comes to this stuff so we'll just have to buckle up and see what happens.
 
There have been many that got covid that missed some work and went right back to work. NBA player's can d0 the same.
 
I really hope Nurk is ok....he's been in Bosnia and the rona is rampant over there.
 
blazerkor said:
The thing is, I'm on your side this time my friend. When you see the amount of games postponed in the NFL (an outdoor sport) where the games take place a week apart and then look at this compact, travel filled schedule in the NBA (an indoor sport). "Not gonna happen" the way the NBA plans is almost a certainty. This schedule doesn't allow for postponements... that's obviously why the second half hasn't been scheduled yet. So I guess I may be naive to presume that this schedule is the NBA's actual plan, maybe it's just their very ambitious and very tentative Plan A. They probably have a very very different and possibly (even in their opinion) more likely plan B. The bubble showed that the league office is not naive and is very shrewd when it comes to this stuff so we'll just have to buckle up and see what happens.
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It wouldn't be crazy to see a 2020-21-22 season as these delays will compound. Another bubble for the playoffs at the very least. Either way, still excited to watch some live NBA again.
 
Hoopguru said:
There have been many that got covid that missed some work and went right back to work. NBA player's can d0 the same.
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I think you're right but it's important to take a deeper dive into what "some work" means. Right now the CDC says a positive test needs at the very least 10 days of quarantine. So far on sports teams positive tests among athletes have often been coming in small bunches of like 4-5. That would be enough to PPD games. Then you have to look at how many games. On average in the NBA this upcoming season, 10 days would mean 6 games. For positive tests in the NFL, teammates who are at risk because of close contact but test negative have to quarantine for at least 3 days with several additional negative tests. So if the NBA is the same a single positive test could still end up with 2 PPD games easily. It's going to be hard to keep this train on it's tracks.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
It could be a very scary season. Providence medical facilities have canceled all elective and non-emergency surgeries and procedures in the Portland area.

If a player gets hurt badly enough to require surgery, see Nurk and Collins for example, there could be a delay in getting the necessary treatment and that could cause further damage.
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Money talks. Athletes probably get priority
 
This is disappointing to see all the other teams starting up and we are closed up. Was this just bad luck or a failure in management?
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
This is disappointing to see all the other teams starting up and we are closed up. Was this just bad luck or a failure in management?
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is the PF still closed? All the news say it was closed that first day. I wouldn't blame management-- it's just rampant.
 
illmatic99 said:
is the PF still closed? All the news say it was closed that first day. I wouldn't blame management-- it's just rampant.
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Agreed. You can't blame management for this. We don't even know who tested positive and if the tests were even accurate. Based on other sports the initial "positive" testing seems to be higher when players first show up to camp. Let's wait to see who it is first.
 
We should sign Rona to a 10 day contract.
 
e_blazer said:
Defence? You a Canadian dog?
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Only 3-4 positive tests? Is Mrs HCP taking a break or something?
 
SlyPokerDog said:
It could be a very scary season. Providence medical facilities have canceled all elective and non-emergency surgeries and procedures in the Portland area.

If a player gets hurt badly enough to require surgery, see Nurk and Collins for example, there could be a delay in getting the necessary treatment and that could cause further damage.
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I think they would be considered emergency surgeries.
 
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