According to Ryan Slocum, and confirmed by Athletic’s Kendra Andrews, guard Monte Morris has been allowed to join the rest of the team in Orlando. Friday will fly over, then the mandatory quarantine upon arrival to the NBA bubble will begin.
Nuggets PG Monte Morris has finally passed 2 consecutive tests for Covid-19. He will join the Orlando team first thing on Friday morning.
He was asymptomatic and was training, and will be ready to go to 36-hour quarantine #NBABubble #NBA @NBA @nuggets #Denver @BigGameTae
– Ryan Slocum (@ Sloc12) July 24, 2020
Source: Monte Morris will travel to Orlando tomorrow. Keita Bates-Diop has arrived today.
– Kendra Andrews (@kendra__andrews) July 24, 2020
Note also that Keita Bates-Diop joined the team, arriving on Thursday.
Obviously, all of this is great news for the Nuggets, who will now have substantially the entire list in Orlando. With Michael Porter Jr.’s arrival on the bubble earlier this week and now the welcome additions of Morris and Bates-Diop, 15 of the 17 players on the roster will be there and presumably available when Denver resumes the regular season against Miami Heat on August 1. Only the reservations PJ Dozier and Vlatko Cancar have not yet been confirmed in Orlando.
Morris played a key role in the second unit, averaging 8.4 points and 3.5 assists this season. Bates-Diop only saw the court twice after joining the Nuggets through trade earlier this year and will try to make his way through the rotation.
