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Josh Green Enters NBA's Covid Protocols; Mavs Postponements Imminent?

Dallas Mavericks' second-year player Josh Green becomes the second Maverick to enter the NBA's health and safety protocols over the last few days. Is it time to start worrying?
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Josh Green Enters NBA's Covid Protocols; Mavs Postponements Imminent?
Josh Green Enters NBA's Covid Protocols; Mavs Postponements Imminent?

As the Dallas Mavericks prepare to take on the Minnesota Timberwolves tonight in what is the first game of a mini two-game series between the two teams, second-year player Josh Green, who had previously been listed on the injury report as having an "illness," has become the second Mavs player to enter into the NBA's health and safety protocols. Reggie Bullock was placed on that list a few days ago.

Before having to hit the pause button on his season, Green was finding more consistent minutes in head coach Jason Kidd's rotation with Sterling Brown missing extended time due to a foot injury. In his last five games, Green was averaging nearly 13 minutes per game, with his best performance coming in a win at Oklahoma City, where he scored 8 points on 3-of-5 shooting to go with five rebounds, two assists and a steal in 18 minutes played.

Although the Mavs have only had two players enter into the NBA's health and safety protocols, a handful of other teams around the league are dealing with big Covid breakouts across their rosters, which has led to the NBA postponing games again. We will certainly hope for the best here, as we know the majority of the Mavs' roster and staff has been fully vaccinated, but as we've seen across the league so far, that might not seem to matter much with this new Covid variant.

As of right now, the Mavericks are down at least six players, and maybe seven, depending on Sterling Brown's foot. Luka Doncic (ankle soreness), Willie Cauley-Stein (personal reasons), Reggie Bullock (health and safety protocols), Josh Green (health and safety protocols), Frank Ntilikina (illness), and Eugene Omoruyi (right foot injury) are all out against the Wolves tonight.

Are postponed Mavs games imminent? We haven't reached that point yet, but we're trending in that direction, unfortunately. Let's see how the next 24-48 hours go.

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Dalton Trigg
DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.

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