The basketball world is preparing for a wave of new COVID-19 cases as the omicron variant continues to grow across North American metropolitan areas. On Monday, the Toronto Raptors themselves begun preparations for the wave by cancelling team practices. Players instead have been encouraged to train with individuals of the coaching staff.
Josh Lewenberg reports that the team cancelled yesterday’s practice as well, indicating a seemingly well prepared front office in lieu of the encroaching virus threat.
The Raptors will hold individual workouts today but they won’t practice. They didn’t have a practice yesterday either, and Nick Nurse recently indicated that they’ll limit on/off court team gatherings to games only, at least for now, in order to mitigate risk of exposure.