![]() ![]() What we know now might not be true 20 minutes from now. Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant was ordered to quarantine for seven days based on a contact-tracing exposure, even though he’d tested negative. Monday, the NBA announced that all players who are dressed to play must wear a face mask until they enter the game. The bad news is that COVID is raging as the vaccine rolls out. However, both Colorado and Nashville began camp with multiple players “unfit to practice.” The good news is the NBA’s positivity rate in its first round of training camp tests was close to 10 per cent, and has significantly dropped since. Some teams - particularly Montreal and Toronto at forward - have so many who could legitimately dress that you wonder how they are going to manoeuvre it all.įor the health of everyone involved, you hope COVID doesn’t wreak havoc on the players, coaches, executives, officials, arena workers … everyone. ![]() Players saw what the flat cap did to free agency. This year, with the same opponents, a baseball schedule, and a shortened season? It’ll be cooked up like mozzarella sticks in your air fryer. Sometimes, it’s hard to manufacture hate in the regular season. From 2005–06 to 2018–19, just nine of 59 teams four points out on Nov. The West is three heavyweights and who knows? The most unexpected playoff team in the NHL probably comes from there.Ī bad start is almost impossible to overcome in an 82-game season, never mind a 56-gamer. The Central looks tiered: the Stanley Cup Champion, the runner-up, two teams who won a play-in round, two that didn’t, suddenly reeling Chicago and picking-itself-off-the-mat Detroit. The North (Canadian) is exciting, full of talented but flawed teams - with Ottawa determined to show better than anticipated. ![]() The East Division is brutal, a street fight almost every night. There are teams that said, “There’s no point in spending any more than we have to, because, without fans in the arenas, it’s impossible to break even.” There are teams that said, “We’re going for it, because if we give up on this year, how will fans feel about buying tickets for next year?” ![]()
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