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OG Anunoby Cleared To Return From COVID-19 Protocols
The Toronto Raptors are finally out of COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols.
After getting Fred VanVleet, Pascal Siakam, Malachi Flynn, and Patrick McCaw back on the court Wednesday night, the league has officially cleared OG Anunoby from COVID-19 protocols. The team has not listed anyone on its March 18 injury report ahead of Friday night's game against the Utah Jazz.
The 23-year-old Anunoby was the last remaining Raptors player still awaiting clearance to return. He has been our since at least March 2 when he first showed up on Toronto's injury report due to COVID-19 protocols.
While Anunoby was unable to play Wednesday night, he did travel with the team to Detroit and has been working out first 1-on-0.
"He looks like he's conditioned well during the time off," Raptors coach Nick Nurse said.
With a fully healthy team, Nurse said practice felt a lot like training camp. The team was able to have multiple groups run activities and three stations today for the first time in ages.
"We were just trying to get everybody back and it almost feels like we're going back to trying to build the foundational parts of the things," Nurse said. "It's nice to have everybody out there."
Neither VanVleet nor Siakam looked entirely themselves in their first game out of COVID-19 protocols and it's unlikely Anunoby comes back at 100% after almost three weeks away from the team.
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