Lthe havoc that covid is causing on computers has brought a new reality to the NBA: that of the 10-day contracts in order to have enough players to play. The NBA does not want to stop, for now, and teams have to resort to the exprs hiring of players to form a sufficient staff to face the loaded calendar.
That is just what happens with Boston Celtics. Faced with the proliferation of positive cases, the ‘greens’ rescued Joe JohnsonThey convinced him and signed a 10-day contract.
The direct consequence is that Johnson He has starred in something unique in the NBA. No player before him had prolonged his return to his first league team so many years. And is that Joe NBA debut for the Celtics in the 2001-02 season. And after 19 years and 308 days, he has again made his debut in the season in the team that chose him as number 10 of the 2001 Draft.
In his 40s and after spending almost his entire career, brilliant by the way, in the Phoenix Suns first (three and a half years) and Atlanta Hawks after (seven seasons), Johnson I had not played since 2018. His two minutes of action against the Cavs were his first in more than three years.
And how could it be otherwise, Boston remembered him with great affection and so did know the garden with a huge ovation when he came out to play against the Cavs:
His debut for the season came with the game decided and at the end, even so in the only shot he tried he made sure he entered the most celebrated basket by the Garden:
Jalen Brown, the protagonist of the game with his 34 points, had words for Johnson at the end of the clash. This is how she felt when she saw him enter the court: “Suddenly the memories were crowding“said Brown.” I saw him play many times growing up in Atlanta. Lots of Playoff memories and stellar moments. “
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