The Canadian regulations against Covid-19 already have their first victim in the NBA. Matisse Thybulle has been designated as “unfit“to travel to Toronto and play the match against the Raptors, as reported by the Philadelphia 76ers.
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We recently talked about the player availability of the Eastern Conference facing a first round of playoffs in the NBA. So much Sixers What Celtics they had avoided confirming whether their templates were fully vaccinated.
Instead, Milwaukee Bucks y Miami Heat they did declare to have 100% inoculated in their locker room. Now, Thybulle It has been the first to fall off the list, even in the regular season.
The Sixers play one of their last games of the season in Toronto tomorrow and the list of players not available for the franchise includes Thybulle as “ineligible to play“, implying that his situation is due to the decision not to get vaccinated.
Playoff matchups are still undecided in the East and a lot can change between now and Sunday. However, it seems quite likely that both teams could cross paths in the first round of the post-season.
If this were the case, the Sixers would almost certainly stay. without Thybulle, his best perimeter defender and one of his great assets to stop the outside scorers of the Raptors.
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