Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks says the organization is committed to sending a group to Orlando, Florida to restart the NBA in late July, despite several players saying they won’t make the trip.
“We have work to do,” Marks said during a virtual press conference on Wednesday morning. “We have to bring a team to Orlando. We will bring a team to Orlando. We will go over there and compete. Here is our job here.”
The networks are expected to be without DeAndre Jordan, who tweeted that he would not travel after testing positive for the coronavirus last week. Wilson Chandler, who has decided to spend more time with the family, and Nic Claxton, who had end-of-season shoulder surgery on June 24, will also be missing.
Marks said Spencer Dinwiddie, who also tested positive for coronavirus, has not made a final decision on whether he will travel to Florida.
“It would be high,” said Marks. “Look, I hope these guys decide to go, but again, I hope they decide what’s best for them, for their health and family. So if they decide to go to Orlando, we know we will take the best possible care of them.” .
When the season broke on March 11th, Jordan, Chandler and Dinwiddie were all starting in Brooklyn.
Marks added that “he has no reason to believe at this point” that more Brooklyn players will elect not to join the team. By the end of Wednesday, teams must present a list of their traveling parts to the league.
However, a player can still choose not to play, even if his name is on the list. Marks said Dinwiddie is currently on the network’s travel list.
According to the NBA security protocol, if a player tests positive before going to the Walt Disney World Resort – as Dinwiddie did – he must quarantine, be asymptomatic and double-test the negative for coronavirus. If that player is medically eliminated and still chooses not to go to Orlando, he will likely face a wage reduction.
If Jordan were left on the admissible network register and did not provide services in Orlando after being medically authorized, he would face a wage cut of up to $ 1.2 million, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks. If Brooklyn signed a substitute player for Jordan, he would be acquitted of that financial penalty.
Injured network star players – Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant – will not be making the trip with the team, Sean Marks said. Marks, who said he saw both players during the break, said he talked to the punctual All-Star guard about the decision not to travel in the past two weeks.
“The best thing is that they don’t attend Orlando and get rehabilitated and continue that trial in Brooklyn or wherever they are right now,” Marks said.
The networks are scheduled to travel to Orlando on Tuesday.
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