Here’s Virginia.edu reporting on Nets swingman Joe Harris, who says he suffered a serious sprained ankle just before NBA play was put on hold back in mid March due to the coronavirus pandemic:
Brooklyn’s final game last month was a road win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Harris, a 6-foot-6 swingman, scored 12 points in the Nets’ 104-102 victory, but severely sprained his left ankle at Staples Center that night.
“So I was going to be out a month, no matter what, and then [the NBA shutdown] went down literally the next day,” Harris said. “I wasn’t even with the team. I flew back to New York with one of our trainers, and we were supposed to play at Golden State [on March 12]. The rest of the team was in San Francisco, and they just had to pack up their stuff and leave from there.”
His ankle has healed, Harris said, but he still reports to the Nets’ practice facility to work on his mobility and stability.
“The only loophole that I have right now is that the NBA allowed guys that were in the midst of rehab go into the facility and work with the trainer, so I’ve been able to do that for the last few weeks,” Harris said. “But when I go in, I have to wear a mask and gloves the entire time, and only you and the trainer are allowed in there.”
The Nets were 30-34 this season, which may or may not resume. They’re 7th in the East. Sometime this month, more information on how 2019-20 may resolve should be known.
