The Warriors lost another big man to the NBA’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols, as Kevon Looney now joins James Wiseman and Eric Paschall, and Looney will not play tonight against the Memphis Grizzlies, Marcus Thompson of The Athletic and Anthony Slater reported on Saturday morning citing league sources.
The Warriors would be left without an available center if Looney really couldn’t play, as Wiseman and Paschall entered the league’s health and safety protocols earlier this week and flew home after the team’s trip.
In fact, it would be the second time this season that the Warriors have been left without a healthy center, as Looney and Wiseman’s injuries in February caused the Warriors to drop off at Draymond Green at the age of five and put Juan Toscano-Anderson as the starting striker. .
Looney played 20 minutes in Friday night’s burst victory over the Grizzlies at the FedEx Forum, so his entry into the protocols may signal that some other players may have been exposed, but Slater reported that the game is expected to be played as programmed.
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The Warriors scored 5-5 in the February 10 games, in which no traditional centers were available.
Wiseman, Paschall and several technical assistants and the Warriors development team entered the protocol on the Wednesday before the Houston game against the Rockets, and were excluded for seven days, which means that the next game they can face is the showdown. next Thursday with Sacramento. Kings.
Steph Curry also missed Friday’s game after bruising his tailbone in Wednesday’s Houston victory, and it didn’t seem likely that he would play on Saturday.
Steve Kerr, again, will need to make a lot of adjustments to his lineup, while the Warriors try to complete the sweep of two games in Memphis.
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