Toward the end of April, some states revealed their plans to reopen at the end of the month or early in May. In response, the NBA made sure to set guidelines for players in those states regarding their training routine.
Given New York’s current state, these rules won’t have an impact on the Brooklyn Nets soon — even though the curve has flattened.
But the Nets’ HSS Training Center hasn’t been vacant during the NBA’s hiatus. In fact, there’s been at least one player going there regularly. Joe Harris.
Though, it wasn’t so the Nets sharpshooter could work on his game. Harris was rehabbing his left ankle, which he sprained in Brooklyn’s last game before the hiatus, and the league is allowing injured players to continue their rehab with trainers.
He explained the situation to Jeff White of UVA Today:
So I was going to be out a month, no matter what, and then [the NBA shutdown] went down literally the next day. I wasn’t even with the team. I flew back to New York with one of our trainers, and we were supposed to play at Golden State [on March 12]. The rest of the team was in San Francisco, and they just had to pack up their stuff and leave from there.
Still, Harris and the team trainer he works with have to take the proper precautions:
When I go in, I have to wear a mask and gloves the entire time, and only you and the trainer are allowed in there.
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