Dennis Schröder also got it on Christmas Day: Shortly before the start of the Christmas Game on Saturday at the champions Milwaukee Bucks, the Boston Celtics announced that the German national basketball player had been included in the NBA’s corona protocol.
In total, the record champion was missing nine players because of Corona. Due to some injuries, the Celtics only had a rump squad with twelve players. Five Celtics players had already been removed from the team on Christmas Eve – including Center Enes Kanter Freedom.
At Milwaukee, however, superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo returned to the squad. The most valuable player of the last final series (MVP) had been condemned to watch by the corona protocol since December 14th.
The Celtics are among the most severely affected teams in the league, which was weakened by the Omikron wave in the USA. Before the game in Milwaukee, they provided Forward Al-Farouq Aminu and Center Norvel Pelle with ten-day contracts. They had previously signed ex-all star Joe Johnson.
Due to the Corona failures, the NBA is postponing the start of the G-League of the farm teams from December 27th to January 5th. The NBA teams are currently replenishing their roster with substitute players who are providing them with short-term contracts – many of them from the G-League.
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