The San Antonio Spurs announced their first official injury report after four positive coronavirus tests postponed four games and kept the team in quarantine for almost one week in Charlotte.
DeMar DeRozan is not with the team, and the four-time All-Star will not be available for San Antonio’s clash with the Oklahoma City Thunder after the death of his father last Friday.
Rudy Gay, Keldon Johnson, Devin Vassell, Derrick White and Quinndary Weatherspoon will also not be available on Wednesday according to the league’s health and safety protocols.
LaMarcus Aldridge took part in training today after missing the previous six games with a right hip flexion injury, and the Spurs will update their status tomorrow.
The Silver and Black must play eight players to be eligible to play, and they recalled Luka Samanic and Tre Jones of the G-League on Sunday in an apparent attempt to score.
Even if LaMarcus does not succeed, Patty Mills, Dejounte Murray, Jakob Poeltl, Lonnie Walker IV, Trey Lyles, Drew Eubanks, Luka Samanic, Tre Jones and Keita Bates-Diop give their nine active players.
The Spurs were in the middle of the best basketball of the season before this sudden break, so it will be fascinating to see how coach Popovich handles rotations in their return to action.