The NBA rescheduled four games in an effort to avoid a pile-up towards the second half of the season.
The rescheduled games include:
The league also pushed back the start times of 16 games to allow more time to process COVID-19 testing results.
Bradley Beal expressed his frustration following another loss for the Washington Wizards despite his 47 point effort. Washington lost 124-106 to the New Orleans Pelicans in the game.
Beal was asked if he's frustrated.
"Is the sky blue?" he said calmly.
Beal signed a two-year, $72 million extension with the Wizards in 2019.
"It's tough," Beal said. "I am not going to sit here and be naive. ... We want to win, and I want to win. This is why I stayed. I want to win. I figured this is the place I can get it done. It's tough. Last year was what it was. We had a lot of guys out. John [Wall] was out. It was just a rotten year. COVID hit."
With James Harden and Jrue Holiday traded and Giannis Antetokounmpo now on a supermax extension, Bradley Beal is the NBA's biggest star who could conceivably come to market in the near future given the continued struggles of the Washington Wizards. Beal can become a free agent after the 21-22 season, which could lead the Wizards to trade him.
"It's what everyone's talking about in the league," said Brian Windhorst on his podcast. "There are executives out there... I'm just telling you this, I talk to them... who are talking about moves they can make going into this trade deadline, or moves they can make now that potentially set themselves up to make an even better Bradley Beal offer when that moment happens. Whether it's in March, whether it's in August. Whatever.
"There are so many people watching this, even though he is, to my knowledge, has not made any requests for anything."
The Wizards have a 3-11 record on the season, but Beal has a positive plus/minus in the minutes he has played. Beal is also leading the NBA in scoring with 35.4 points per game.
Scott Brooks described the Washington Wizards season as "weird" following their 121-101 loss to the San Antonio Spurs.
The loss was the team's first game since January 11th due to the league's health and safety protocols.
"This whole season for us has been weird. Definitely, I don't think I will ever go through anything like this again. ... I think all of our guys are going to have to get back in NBA rhythm. It's been totally taken away from us," said Brooks following the game.
The Wizards, with six players still unavailable, had only returned to practice within the last three days.
"It's not normal. I just got done getting tested after the game, so it's not normal. We are doing a lot of things on the fly," added Bradley Beal.
The Washington Wizards will play their first game since January 11th on Sunday night against the San Antonio Spurs.
The Wizards have had six games postponed due to COVID-19. There have been 17 games postponed this season due to health and safety protocols.
The Wizards record currently stands at 3-8.
The Washington Wizards will sign Jordan Bell to a 10-day contract via the hardship provision, sources told Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
The Wizards also recently signed Alex Len for added frontcourt depth.
Alex Len has agreed to a one-year deal with the Washington Wizards.
Len was waived this week by Toronto Raptors.
The Wizards are in need of depth in the frontcourt.
The NBA postponed Friday night's game between the Washington Wizards and Milwaukee Bucks due to a lack of available Wizards players.
The Wizards now have had six consecutive games postponed.
A total of 17 games have been postponed this season.
The Washington Wizards had a seventh player test positive for COVID-19 on Monday.
The Wizards, however, hope to resume practicing as soon as Wednesday.
It is not yet clear if the Wizards will have eight available players for Friday's game against the Milwaukee Bucks.
Players testing positive for the coronavirus must isolate between 10 to 14 days, depending on individual recovery periods.
Washington is 3-8 so far this season.
The Washington Wizards have had six players text positive for COVID-19, with three more in protocol.
"If you follow our track really going back to when we played Chicago [Dec. 29 and 31], almost every team we've played, a player tested positive. The next day [and] the next day, multiple players at some places. It was inevitable," said Wizards GM Tommy Sheppard.
The Wizards, who last played on Monday, have had their next two games postponed.
The team is hoping that if there are no new cases on Saturday, then players who are not in quarantine will be able to return to the practice facility.
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