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TORONTO – When you consider the current state of the NBA, it would be hard to fault any of its players for politely declining invitations from their respective national teams this summer.
Leonard will be the eighth different all-star to miss a playoff game this year, setting a new NBA record. Assuming Paul misses at least the start of his next series, he’ll be the ninth. It’s a statreferenced when basketball’s most influential player sounded off on Twitter later in the afternoon, connecting the league’s influx of injuries with its condensed schedule this season.
Coming off a shortened off-season following the restart in Orlando last fall, the 2020-21 campaign has squeezed 72 games and the playoffs into a span of six months, all of it amid a global pandemic. “I want to start by honouring our players that are sacrificing to be here,” said Rowan Barrett, general manager of the Canadian senior men’s basketball team, following the club’s first practice session on Wednesday. “I don’t use that word lightly, when you think about the condensed season our players have had to play in as a result of COVID [and] the historic rate of injuries.”
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