WATCH: How should the Boston Celtics and NBA navigate the new COVID-19 surge?

With the arrival of the Omicron strain, huge numbers of players on the Celtics and around the league are out — is there a better way forward?

Even the most casual fans of the Boston Celtics are by now likely aware of the wave of players from rosters across the NBA now headed into or biding time in the league’s health and safety protocols after returning positive results for a COVID-19 test.

And with league commissioner Adam Silver relating that approximately 90% of the cases knocking players off of active rosters being the highly contagious Omicron variant, one has to wonder how many hardship exemption players it will require to keep the season moving forward with too many cancellations.

Perhaps more importantly, do we need to consider the wider state of the pandemic, public health, and the integrity of the season itself?

The hosts of the CLNS Media podcast “The A-List” A. Sherrod Blakeley and Kwani A. Lunis get into such concerns on the latest episode of their show.

Watch the clip embedded above to hear their views on this most critical of topics.

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