Yet in real time, sadly, marquee names …

Yet in real time, sadly, marquee names continue to be sidelined at a worrisome and dispiriting rate. Team executives and medical experts have been quietly voicing concerns for months about the short- and long-term impacts of the NBA staging three consecutive seasons infiltrated by the coronavirus and separated by shorter-than-ever turnarounds, fearful that player health could suffer as part of the tradeoff for playing through the pandemic to keep the business going.