- December 19, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
NBA faces balancing act between business, COVID caution originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
The entries come in almost numbing fashion now. They land on team injury reports alongside knee sprains and hamstring soreness, their language so familiar in this third NBA season affected by the global pandemic.
“Health and safety protocols. Out”
At this point, as the Chicago Bulls’ COVID-19 situation is actually improving, it’s clear the NBA is going to push through its dramatically rising case numbers. Perhaps some more postponements are coming after the Bulls’ became the first two this past week; the Brooklyn Nets now have 10 players, including Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving, in the protocols.
Can the Nets’ high-profile matchup against the Lakers be flexed out of the league’s beloved slate of Christmas Day games?
That’s a bad attempt at light-heartedness for what could be extremely challenging upcoming…
