The Nets, who are already missing seven players on their list of 15 men this summer, are also currently without a guard Tyler Johnson, which was signed by the club during the transaction window in late June.
Director of networks Sean Marks He said today that Johnson did not accompany the team to the Walt Disney World campus for personal reasons, according to Brian Lewis of the New York Post (Twitter link). However, Marks added that Johnson will join the club in a few days.
When Johnson reports to the NBA campus in Orlando, he will have to go through a six-day quarantine period, testing the coronavirus negative several times before he is allowed to practice, Lewis adds a separate tweet. That longer quarantine period applies to any player who arrives after his team has already traveled to Disney and gone through his initial 36-hour quarantine period.
Here’s more from across the Atlantic:
- New Nets forward Michael Beasley, who will also have to quarantine for six days, is already in the team’s hotel in Florida, Lewis tweets. Marks confirmed today that Beasley will have to take out the first five Brooklyn games due to the 2019 drug suspension, which has yet to serve (Twitter link via Lewis). The attacker will be eligible to make his network debut on August 9 against the Clippers, as ESPN’s Bobby Marks notes (via Twitter).
- The Knicks“previously reported coaching interviews with Tom Thibodeau is Bulls assistant Chris Fleming it took place on Thursday, according to Adrian Wojnarowski and Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports ESPN (link Twitter). Thibodeau and Fleming are two of the 11 candidates for the position, as shown by our tracker.
- Raptors recruit Council of Hernandez, who had been sidelined since December due to severe ankle sprain, is with the Orlando team and will be healthy enough to play this summer, SLAM’s Austin Kent tweets. Hernandez is unlikely to play significant minutes, but will provide greater depth of field.
