Corona Sponsored: Joe Johnson signed for 10 days at the Boston Celtics

20 years later, the 40-year-old guard returned to the team that selected him in the draft due to the spread of the virus.

Another Brooklyn game canceled, Christmas cycle in jeopardy

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22/12/2021

Wednesday, December 22, 2021, 6:15 p.m.

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Danny Abdia after his season-high record against Utah (Wizards official website)

The spread of the corona began to give its signals also in the free players market segment.

Quite a few teams in the NBA need immediate reinforcement to appear on a proper roster for their games while the stars are in isolation, and so, after Isaiah Thomas recorded a brilliant comeback a few days ago, today it was the turn of another veteran star to return to the best league in the world: Joe Johnson Signed with the Boston Celtics on a 10-day contract.

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The 40-year-old guard, who has not appeared in the NBA since his eight games in the Houston Rockets uniform in 2018, is expected to take part already in the Celtics' game against Cleveland tonight.

Johnson was selected tenth in the 2001 draft (!) By the Celtics themselves in 10th place, and spent one season there.

He had the most successful period of his career in the Atlanta uniform, where he played from 2005-2012.

His best season in his career was 2006/7, in which he averaged 25 points per game.

Another Brooklyn Nets game postponed.

Blake Griffin (Photo: GettyImages, Sarah Stier)

Meanwhile, another Brooklyn Nets game has been postponed today, this time against the Portland Trail Blazers, as Steve Nash's team does not yet have eight qualified players.

This is the third game postponed for Brooklyn, whose ten players are in isolation, including three-star Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving, when in three days she is due to meet the Los Angeles Lakers as part of the traditional Christmas cycle, but naturally this intriguing game too Endangered.

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Commissioner Adam Silver was interviewed by ESPN yesterday and claimed that NBA teams will be forced to "learn to exist in Corona situations like the current one", but at the moment there is no consideration of stopping activity in the entire league as they did in the NHL, and a decision is made by Christmas At the latest.

The league will make every effort not to cancel the games between Milwaukee and Boston (21:30 Israel time), between Phoenix and Golden State (00:00) and between the Nets and the Lakers (3:00).

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