NBA vs. Covid-19, with Dr. Robby Sikka
The Crossover NBA Show
SI NBA
4.6 • 641 Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2021
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
On the Friday edition, Howard Beck welcomes Dr. Robby Sikka, former VP of basketball ops and player wellness for the Minnesota Timberwolves, and founder of the Covid Sports and Society Workgroup, to discuss the new wave of Covid-19 cases and what it means for the league. What’s driving the sudden surge? Should the NBA pause the season? Should they reduce arena capacity? And how should we all approach this holiday season with cases on the rise?
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| 0:45.4 | What up? |
| 0:46.2 | It's the crossover pod Friday edition. |
| 0:48.9 | I'm Howard Beck, Senior Writer for Sports Illustrated. |
| 0:52.1 | It has been a rough week. Contin continues to be a rough week for the |
| 0:56.0 | NBA with regard to COVID and appears to only be getting worse. As I record this Thursday |
| 1:02.0 | afternoon, late Thursday afternoon, there just been reports that Russell Westbrook and Avery |
| 1:06.4 | Bradley of the Lakers have gone into health and safety protocols. Isaac O'Coro of the Cavaliers, same thing. |
| 1:12.4 | There were reports a few hours ago of an outbreak with the Sacramento Kings. |
| 1:15.8 | Details on that still emerging. |
| 1:18.1 | We saw the Bulls have two games postponed this week for lack of available players. |
| 1:21.8 | Those are the first two games postponed this season for COVID reasons. |
| 1:25.6 | Janus is in health and safety protocols. |
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