Already deprived of eight franchises, Disney hotels could well ring even a little more hollow with the voluntary absences of certain players. Davis Bertans and Trevor Ariza are the first to cancel their plane ticket for Mickey, open the floodgates.
On June 17, the NBA announced specific measures for players resistant to resumption for any reason. No sporting sanction, but a reduction in salary of 1% per missed match. If the franchises have until tomorrow to provide a list of absent and present, we already know that Trevor Ariza And Davis Bertan will not join their little comrades in Orlando, for very different reasons, however. If the former does not want to take any risk for his family and stay with his son, the Latvian sniper has other motivations. The big Bertans delivered his best season this year with 15.2 points (42.7% of the parking lot) and 4.5 rebounds, enough to be a candidate for the MIP, but despite the progression of Bertans the Wizards are ninth, at 3 , 5 Magic games. A gap not insurmountable with eight regular season games to play and a potential tournament play-in, and the Wizards will therefore have to push to snatch the spot … but without their elite shooter. And the reason is clear as water from Alain Roche: already injured twice in the cruciate ligaments in his career, Davis Bertans has no desire to play so big for so little, as Adrian Wojnarowski and Tim Bontemps explain to us for ESPN.
Because in addition to his heavy medical past, the strong winger of the Wizards will be a free agent “this summer”. And since the boy is not the simple-minded type, he knows his annual salary ($ 7 million) is set to rise despite the global health crisis. Unlike boys like Fred VanVleet or Montrezl Harrell looking for a big raise but who might be forced to sit on a few wads, Davis is blessed because Washington’s finances should not plunge with a few more greenbacks promised. au rouquemoute. In the end, the cocktail risk of injury with a zest of money loss was swallowed by Davis Bertans… and has the potential to pave the way for others. Everyone knows the formula, everything can go very quickly in the NBA. If Trevor Ariza mentioned family reasons, some players are campaigning for the non-recovery due to the explosive context in the United States, linked to the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 and the movement that followed. If the number of potential absentees remains unknown, this unknown will be lifted within 24 hours and it could have a real impact on the end of the season. The Nets without Kyrie Irving, or the Lakers without Avery Bradley and Dwight Howard obviously change plans and rotations, to the delight of opponents.
Trevor Ariza and Davis Bertans are therefore the first to voluntarily sit on the recovery. Spoiler, the day should be peppered with new information from absent players. But we’re not going to lie to each other, it’s not the kind of Woj Bomb we like to see this time of year.
Text source: ESPN
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