The Los Angeles Lakers player criticized that he had not been given a third test, after having a negative and a positive tes.
LeBron James, who returned to the court this Friday with the Los Angeles Lakers after his false positive for coronavirus, criticized the NBA for the “very poor” handling of this situation, which made him isolate himself for several days and miss the game against the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday.
“I knew they were going to take me out of the coronavirus protocol. I never, ever felt sick at all. I know you can be asymptomatic (…) but I just think this was handled in a very poor way, “he said at the press conference after the loss of the Lakers against their neighbors and rivals Los Angeles Clippers (115-119) .
The Lakers star entered the NBA’s coronavirus protocol on Tuesday and was low in the duel that day in which the purple and gold defeated the Sacramento Kings (92-117).
Most likely then, James would miss several games until he met the requirements to play again, But the NBA authorized his immediate return to the competition on Thursday after certifying that his positive for coronavirus was not such.
The NBA explained in a statement that the player tested negative in two tests conducted 24 hours apart, but the network ESPN He went further and claimed that James had tested negative for eight different coronavirus tests since he returned to Los Angeles from Sacramento.
In his first intervention before the media after what happened, LeBron James said Friday that this false positive incident made him feel “confused, frustrated and angry.”
Asked what exactly it was that angered him about how they handled his tests, James detailed his criticisms.
“My first test came back negative and then my second test came back positive. Normally, when you have a positive test, they do another test immediately to make sure. But there was no test right after my positive: they sent me straight to isolation, “he said.
“That’s the part that annoys me,” he added, explaining that he had to return from Sacramento without anyone accompanying him and that later he had to organize his entire family and staff so that they were not in contact with him for several days.
James clarified that the NBA has done “a great job” to combat the pandemic, but considered that in Sacramento and in his particular case things were done “a little differently” from what the protocol dictates.
The Lakers figure revealed in September that he had been vaccinated against the coronavirus.
This incident with the coronavirus protocol is one more stage of the convulsive start of the season that is having King James.
Regardless of the confrontation that he did not play against the Kings, James has missed ten more matches due to various physical problems and was suspended for one game after being sent off for punching the Detroit Pistons’ Isaiah Stewart in the face.
Against the Clippers, this Friday’s game, James had 23 points (9 of 23 shooting), 11 rebounds and 6 assists.
The Lakers have not started the course on the right foot and right now they are seventh in the Western Conference (12-12).
Those in purple and gold bet for the 2021-2022 season on a risky and very veteran project that has united LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook and Carmelo Anthony in the same squad. (D)
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