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don’t worry Melo, it will be fair for a few games

It’s no secret that the end of the 2020 season will be very, very special. So special that many players wonder if they are really going to travel to Orlando to participate in the recovery. Among them, we notably have Carmelo Anthony.

We were talking about it yesterday, there are a certain number of players who wonder about this resumption at Mickey. Is it really a good idea to resume under these conditions? Given the current context, it is obviously legitimate to have doubts or even concerns in terms of health. Suddenly, players who prefer to stay at home should not be sanctioned and obviously, Carmelo Anthony could be part of the lot. In a call with Ernie Johnson available on the NBA Twitter account, Melo did indicate that he was still thinking about his participation (via New York Post).

“Regarding going to Orlando and playing, I don’t know yet because we don’t have all the details. We don’t have a lot of information and until we have it, it’s hard to commit 100%. “

The Blazer player is one of those who still need to be convinced. No way to go headlong in Orlando, he wants to make a decision once the terms of recovery are truly known. In any case, Melo evolves within a team which will have a blow to play for the qualification in Playoffs since the Blazers are ninths of the West to 3.5 matches of the eighth, Memphis. Portland is currently in a position to play a play-in tournament to enter the Top 16 to get kicked by the Lakers, and the band to Damian Lillard will need Anthony to hope to do something with Mickey. But if we believe Carmelo’s words, the sporting issue will not take precedence over the rest.

As said above, these feelings are shared by several players. And this was confirmed this Friday by Malcolm Brogdon, leader of the Pacers and incidentally one of the vice-presidents of the players’ union. During an exchange with JJ Redick and Tommy Alter for The Ringer, Brogdon did highlight the fears of some of his peers.

“I spoke to a few guys who were very interested in not playing. I spoke to Chris Paul (president of the players’ union, ed.) The other day and he said, ‘This is an individual decision that everyone will have to make for themselves’. And I think that’s really it. It depends on your perspective. “

An individual decision, and above all a decision which will have to be respected, even if certain teams risk being weakened by the absence of one or more players. Depending on the level of the guys who will not want to come to Orlando, the competition may be distorted, which could further challenge the legitimacy of the future champion. We are talking a lot about an asterisk at the moment, and it was notably a subject of Apéro, well there we are right in the middle. But let’s wait before drawing conclusions because for the moment, we don’t know who will really want to stay at home.

Carmelo Anthony doesn’t say he won’t be coming to Orlando, just he’s waiting for more info to say Let’s Go. We imagine that several players are today in the same frame of mind as Melo, because there is still a lot of uncertainty around the recovery methods.

Source texte : Twitter NBA – #NBATogether (New York Post) / The Ringer

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