Oklahoma City Thunder escort George Hill has made recent adjustments to NBA COVID-19 protocols.
“We need to play the GameArray . . . but I don’t see safe rules,” Hill said Tuesday, through ESPN’s Royce Young. “We can sweat 48 minutes with a guy by our side for 48 minutes, but we can’t communicate with them later. It doesn’t make any sense. “
Players are told to “avoid prolonged socialization” in pre- and post-game interactions, limiting them to elbows or punches.
There are also restrictions on the amount of time players spend with their own teammates, adding no more than 10 minutes for pre-game meetings in the locker room.
The biggest adjustments to protocols come with what players can do outside of games.
Players were told to stay at home when they were at home or at the hotel on the road for essential activities. They are also not allowed to have visitors in hotel rooms that are not part of the team.
“I’m a grown man. I’m passing through to do what I have to do. If I need to stop by to see my family, I’ll stop by to see my family,” Hill, 34, said Tuesday. Don’t tell me I have to stay in a room 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If it’s that bad, then maybe we shouldn’t play. But that’s life; no one will be able to cancel their total life for that Game. “
Hill is in his first season with the Thunder after being redeemed to the Milwaukee Bucks in November. The team is ninth in the Western Conference with a 5-5 record and will face the Los Angeles Lakers at home on Wednesday.
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