Being isolated from one’s team for an extended period of time is not necessarily high on any NBA players’ list of recommendations. Just ask Dallas Mavericks’ guard Jalen Brunson.
On Jan. 7, Brunson came off the bench to score seven points and help the Mavs to a 124-117 road victory over the Denver Nuggets in overtime. The next day when the Mavs flew home from Denver, Brunson discovered that he and teammates Dorian Finney-Smith and Josh Richardson all had to remain in Denver due to the NBA’s health and safety protocols.
Finally, after spending seven days locked up and isolated in his hotel room, on the eighth day – Jan.