For the first time this season, the NBA’s health and safety protocols have come into play for the Raptors, with the league announcing that their game against the Chicago Bulls scheduled for Sunday night at Amalie Arena was postponed.
“That's obviously not our call, but we spoke to the NBA,” Raptors general manager Bobby Webster said Friday night before the Toronto played Houston. “One way to think about it is, we get tested twice in the morning, and so if those tests come back negative, that kind of gives you the clearance to participate in activities that day, and then you can even do some testing later in the day if you're concerned about it.
Typically, a player has to sit out a minimum of 10 days after a positive test result if he’s asymptomatic and train on his own for two days before returning to play or 10 days from having his symptoms subside with a two-day workout window to follow. Jrue Holiday of the Milwaukee Bucks, as an example, played Sunday after missing 10 games and sitting out 20 days due to the health and safety protocols.
michaelgrange On the bright side we didn’t have to endure pascal siaScam doing a spin move that ends up rimming out .
michaelgrange I think the Raptors should sit out all those games before All-Stars.