Portland Trail Blazers center Deandre Ayton experienced a snow day against his will on Wednesday.
The big man was ruled out for the Blazers' home game agains the Brooklyn Nets due to not being able to get to the arena, head coach Chauncey Billips told reporters.
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Important details later came from Blazers in-house reporter Casey Holdahl, who disclosed that Ayton was trapped in his home due to a recent ice storm in the Portland area. Ayton reportedly tried for hours to get past the sheet of ice for hours while the Blazers sent people to help him, but with no luck.