02-10-2021, 03:51 PM
(02-09-2021, 10:48 PM)mavsluvr Wrote: I think the whole COVID experience has been underreported.
On one of the pods (maybe MMB?), they were talking about an in-depth interview one of the media outlets had with WCS about it. He got into how nobody realizes how very sick the players were, and then how quickly they were returned to play, and how the games just kept coming relentlessly, so that there was never a chance for anyone to catch his breath. It was described as a thoroughly miserable experience for all concerned.
It would also be instructive to know how they caught the disease, although we may never learn that. I'm not saying it was anyone's fault, but they have kept it very quiet, and tbh, a certain laxity about the rules has been known to occur in the NBA context.
At any rate, different individuals suffer long-term effects of one sort or another, and we don't know to what extent that is going on. It seems that the Mavs and the league are eager to brush the virus off and just move on, but I agree that it was a much bigger impact event than they want to admit.
No doubt its not being talked about much by league and league Media in comparision to the effect its having on different teams in the league and therefore on the season.
Mavs especially are having a different season than they would have if it were just based on the current roster talent. Arguably it's been devastating to their season standing though far.
If course its understandable that the league and Media doesn't want to talk it up after all they made their decision to play through it this way and there's not a lot they can do about it short of drastic season altering measures.
The post Covid-19 effects, being different from person to person, is a story that only leaks out when reporters and ask some players or coaches that choose to talk about it are willing to really answer.
Some players aren't talking about it but former Mav Seth Curry was really on fire having career best season before getting the virus.
Now he explains the tough recovery process he's still in as a player.
Quote:Curry doesn't look the same way he did before catching COVID. Perhaps, the strong aftereffects of the virus have something to do with that.
“It’s been tough,” Curry admitted on Tuesday following practice. “[I've had] little nagging injuries here and there, I’ve been banged up a little bit. Some of the big remnants are also just trying to get my energy all the way back. Some days I feel good; some days, I’m just sluggish, and it’s like I got to take a nap all day, so it’s weird, but I’m grateful to be able to get up and get on the court every day and play.”