With the opening of the season already postponed earlier this week, the Houston Rockets face a new line of COVID-19 contacts following Saturday’s game against Portland due to a positive test from a team member.
The latest round of contract tracking involves Eric Gordon and others, John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins facing quarantine for seven days, according to The Athletic.
Wednesday’s Rockets game against Oklahoma City was postponed because the team did not have at least eight players required to play. The NBA announced that three Rockets players tested positive or inconclusive for coronavirus, and another four were quarantined due to the league’s health and safety protocols.
Ben McLemore and Kenyon debutant Martin Jr. were among the Houston players who tested positive on Wednesday, according to ESPN.
James Harden was also ineligible to play due to a breach of the league’s health and safety protocols, earning a $ 50,000 fine after a video appeared on social media without a mask at a party Monday night. . Harden’s four-day quarantine expires on Friday, so he would be eligible to face the Trail Blazers if Saturday’s game is played.
The verists seemed upset by the last round of trouble, tweeting “Maneuver among the bulls – t” with a red emoji with an angry face on Thursday night.