By: EFE
By: EFE
The NBA announced this Thursday that LeBron James has left the coronavirus protocol after confirming that it was a false positive.
The star of the Lakers entered the NBA’s coronavirus protocol on Tuesday and was low in the duel that day in which the purple and gold beat the Sacramento Kings (92 – 117).
The most likely then was that James would miss several games until he met the requirements to return to the court, but the NBA today authorized his immediate return to the competition after certifying that his positive for coronavirus was not such.
The NBA explained in a statement that the player has tested negative in two tests performed with 24 hours apart.
“James was initiated Highly placed in the protocol after a series of tests that yielded conflicting results, including an initial positive test that was collected on 29 of November. Additional tests confirmed that he has not tested positive “, detailed the league.
Just in: Lakers star LeBron James has been cleared from health and safety protocols to return on Friday vs. Clippers, after testing positive but since registering multiple negative COVID – 19 tests, sources tell @ TheAthletic @ Stadium .
– Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania)
December 2, 2021
The ESPN network went beyond the official explanations of the NBA and assured that James has tested negative in eight different coronavirus tests since who returned to Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon.
James, who will meet 37 years on 30 of December , confirmed at the end of September that he had been vaccinated against the coronavirus.
This is great news for the Lakers, who will thus have their top figure to face their neighbors and rivals on Friday Los Angeles Clippers.
This brief step by LeBron through the coronavirus protocol is one more stage of the turbulent start of the season that “King James” is having.
On the sidelines of the game he did not play on Tuesday, James has missed ten more games due to various physical problems and was sanctioned with an off-court match after being sent off for hitting Isaiah in the face Stewart of the Detroit Pistons.
In the eleven games he has played so far he has achieved 25, 8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 6.8 assists on average per game.
The Lakers have not started the season on the right foot and are currently sixth in the Western Conference (12 – 06).
The angelina franchise bet for the season 2021 – 2021 for a risky and very veteran project that has brought together LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Russell in the same squad Westbrook and Carmelo Anthony.