Atlanta Hawks add two additional players to wellbeing and security conventions, sign Lance Stephenson to 10-day bargain
Lou Williams and Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot were added to the group's conventions list, joining Trae Young, Clint Capela and Danilo Gallinari, who had been added beforehand.
The Hawks moved to support their list by marking advances Stephenson and Malcolm Hill to 10-day contracts.
The Hawks likewise will sign free-specialist forward Wes Iwundu to a 10-day difficulty bargain, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Iwundu, who has played for the Orlando Magic, Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Pelicans more than five NBA seasons, will sign Thursday in Philadelphia before Atlanta's down against the 76ers, the sources said.
Stephenson had been playing for the Grand Rapids Gold, the Denver Nuggets' G League member. He was averaging 19.8 focuses, 8.0 bounce back and 4.3 aids 12 games.
A nine-year NBA veteran, Stephenson has midpoints of 8.6 places, 4.2 bounce back and 2.9 aids 508 games, having played for a very long time, including the Indiana Pacers, who drafted him in the second round of the 2010 NBA draft.
Slope had been playing for the Birmingham Squadron, the Pelicans' G League partner and was averaging 16.9 focuses and 6.1 bounce back in 12 games.
Atlanta Hawks add two additional players to wellbeing and security conventions, ink Lance Stephenson to 10-day bargain
The Atlanta Hawks added two additional players to the NBA's wellbeing and security conventions Wednesday and marked Lance Stephenson in the midst of the COVID-19 flood that has affected programs around the association.
Lou Williams and Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot were added to the group's conventions list, joining Trae Young, Clint Capela and Danilo Gallinari, who had been recently added to the rundown.
The Hawks moved to support their program by marking advances Stephenson and Malcolm Hill to 10-day contracts.
The Hawks additionally will sign free-specialist forward Wes Iwundu to a 10-day difficulty bargain, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Iwundu, who has played for the Orlando Magic, Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Pelicans north of five NBA seasons, will sign Thursday in Philadelphia before Atlanta's down against the 76ers, the sources said.
Stephenson had been playing for the Grand Rapids Gold, the Denver Nuggets' G League member. He was averaging 19.8 focuses, 8.0 bounce back and 4.3 aids 12 games.
A nine-year NBA veteran, Stephenson has midpoints of 8.6 places, 4.2 bounce back and 2.9 aids 508 games, for quite some time, including the Indiana Pacers, who drafted him in the second round of the 2010 NBA draft.
Slope had been playing for the Birmingham Squadron, the Pelicans' G League offshoot and was averaging 16.9 focuses and 6.1 bounce back in 12 games.
Nets-Trail Blazers, Raptors-Bulls NBA games deferred over player deficiencies
Wednesday's Raptors at Bulls game and Thursday's Nets at Trail Blazers challenge have been deferred, as the NBA reported that Covid struck Brooklyn and Toronto don't have the necessary eight players accessible for their games.
Raptors forward OG Anunoby has entered the NBA's wellbeing and security conventions, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, placing Toronto at eight players in the conventions. Toronto additionally had its game against the Orlando Magic deferred recently.
The Bulls have had three games delayed this season, including two against the Raptors. Five Bulls players have cleared the association's conventions this week, yet Devon Dotson was added before Wednesday's deferment.
There had been six games on Wednesday's timetable, including Raptors-Bulls. For those games alone, somewhere around 48 players were precluded in view of infection related issues.
This is the third consecutive Nets game that has been delayed over the previous week. Games against the Denver Nuggets on Sunday and Washington Wizards on Tuesday additionally were canceled.
The Nets had 10 players in the association's wellbeing and security conventions as of Tuesday, including stars Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving. That is the most noteworthy known figure for any group in the association.
Nine games altogether have been delayed, yet the NBA has no designs to stop the season, chief Adam Silver said recently.
Brooklyn's next planned game is Christmas Day against the Los Angeles Lakers (8 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN), albeit the NBA has let groups know that moving some game occasions is an opportunities for the day's arranged five-game record if Covid related issues power changes to the setup.
Nets-Trail Blazers, Raptors-Bulls games deferred over player deficiencies
Raptors forward OG Anunoby has entered the NBA's wellbeing and security conventions, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, placing Toronto at eight players in the conventions. Toronto additionally had its game against the Orlando Magic delayed recently.
This is the third consecutive Nets game that has been delayed over the previous week. Games against the Denver Nuggets on Sunday and Washington Wizards on Tuesday additionally were canceled.
The Nets had 10 players in the association's wellbeing and security conventions as of Tuesday, including stars Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving. That is the most elevated known figure for any group in the association.
Nine games altogether have been deferred, however the NBA has no designs to stop the season, official Adam Silver said recently.
Brooklyn's next booked game is Christmas Day against the Los Angeles Lakers (8 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN), albeit the NBA has let groups know that moving some game occasions is an opportunities for the day's arranged five-game record if Covid related issues power changes to the setup.
NFLPA president JC Tretter says NFL almost dropped 3 games that were rescheduled because of COVID-19 episodes
BEREA, Ohio - - NFLPA president JC Tretter said the NFL was near dropping three games this previous end of the week directly following numerous COVID-19 flare-ups among groups.
The association rather moved Saturday's down between the Las Vegas Raiders and Browns in Cleveland to Monday, and rescheduled two Sunday games - - Washington at the Philadelphia Eagles and Seattle Seahawks at Los Angeles Rams - - to Tuesday.
Tretter, additionally Cleveland's beginning place, was gotten some information about analysis he got from Raiders players, outstandingly by linebacker K.J. Wright and cornerback Casey Hayward Jr., for pushing to get the game rescheduled. On Friday, Hayward tweeted, "I'm certain the NFLPA president playing for the Browns didn't have any impact on these dealings."
"I figure what individuals didn't comprehend was I was battling for exactly the same thing for the Browns players as I was for the Raiders players, which was to get compensated. ... I don't think everyone was completely mindful of exactly how close those games were to being dropped," Tretter said. "Also I don't think everyone was completely mindful that, whenever dropped, they weren't going to get compensated. The two groups weren't going to get compensated."
The Browns played Monday's down against Las Vegas with 22 players on the COVID-19/hold list, including 10 starters. The Raiders, who were generally unaffected by COVID-19 going into the game, won 16-14.
Tretter said it was up to the association whether to consider a dropped game a relinquish. In any case, he said he and the NFLPA were centered around ensuring the players were paid for the week.
"I don't stress over standings, I don't stress over record, I don't stress over those things as president," Tretter said. "I stress over ensuring our folks are paid, and that was my anxiety."
The NFL declined remark on Tretter's comments when reached by ESPN.
