{"id":151191,"date":"2021-01-10T10:54:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T07:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ignorance-part-of-nbas-covid-19-issues\/"},"modified":"2021-01-10T10:54:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T07:54:05","slug":"ignorance-part-of-nbas-covid-19-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ignorance-part-of-nbas-covid-19-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u2018Ignorance\u2019 part of NBA&#8217;s COVID-19 issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#\u2018Ignorance\u2019 part of NBA&#8217;s COVID-19 issues<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Knicks_Hawks_Basketball-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Knicks have made it through nine <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s this season without COVID-19 throwing a wrench into their plans, but the pandemic is causing problems elsewhere around the league.<\/p>\n<p>The Nuggets will arrive at the Garden on Sunday having played their last two games against the 76ers \u2014 who played with eight active players Saturday because of health and safety protocols stemming from Seth Curry\u2019s positive test \u2014 and the Mavericks, who have quarantined three players after one tested positive following Thursday\u2019s game in Denver.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just gotta do our part individually,\u201d Knicks guard Austin Rivers said Saturday. \u201cIt\u2019s tough, though. It is everywhere. Unfortunately in our country, people don\u2019t wear masks all the time. You have ignorance displayed every day, which is causing this to be more delayed and more serious. \u2026 It\u2019s frustrating to see people mess around with that stuff. We just control what we control and do our part. The Knicks have done a great job of keeping us in line with that stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fight against the pandemic hit home recently for Rivers, who said he lost an old AAU coach to COVID-19 on Friday. Rivers\u2019 father, Doc, meanwhile, was forced to make do with a shorthanded 76ers team Saturday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-megaphone\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=ADL6474573100&amp;light=true\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>But with cases popping up around the NBA \u2014 including Celtics star Jayson Tatum, according to reports \u2014 Rivers believes the Knicks can gain an advantage if they continue to follow protocols, knowing there\u2019s also some luck involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number one skill is availability,\u201d Rivers said. \u201cIf we do our job and remain available, it gives us a chance to win every night. It gives us an advantage because you see a lot of teams having star players \u2014 I just saw Tatum today with Boston go down, so you get to play some of these teams missing some of their guys, if we\u2019re fully loaded, it just gives us another advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>Sunday will bring two former Knicks assistants together. Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau and Nuggets coach Mike Malone were on the same staff from 2001-2004.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve known Mike since he was a young kid,\u201d Thibodeau said. \u201cHe comes from a great basketball family. Of course his dad [Brendan Malone] is an all-time great coach. So Mike\u2019s been around a long time, he\u2019s done an unbelievable job in Denver. His teams have always played really well on both sides of the ball. He\u2019s done a terrific job there. 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