DETROIT – The Detroit Pistons acquired veteran center DeAndre Jordan in a multiplayer trade with the Brooklyn Nets, AP reported.
The Pistons also received four second-round picks and cash considerations from the Nets in exchange for forward Sekou Doumbouya and center Jahlil Okafor.
The 33-year-old Jordan signed a free-agent deal with Brooklyn on July 6, 2019, part of a big summer for the Nets that also included Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving joining the team.
Jordan averaged 7.5 points and 7.5 rebounds in 57 games last season. He made 43 starts, but he had dropped out of the rotation by the end of the year.
The 6-foot-11 Jordan made his NBA debut in 2008 and spent his first 10 seasons with the Los Angeles Clippers.
He also has played for Dallas and the New York Knicks, averaging 9.4 points and 10.6 rebounds over 932 career games.
Jordan’s departure comes one day after LaMarcus Aldridge rejoined the Nets five months after having to retire because of an irregular heartbeat.
Aldridge, 36, is a seven-time All-Star who has averaged 19.4 points in a career that began when he was the No. 2 pick in the 2006 draft.
The NBA is looking to put forward some strong and effective safeguards against the looming coronavirus pandemic heading into the upcoming 2021-22 regular season.
The NBA is looking to avoid any recurrence of another league-wide lockdown like the initial shutdown that forced the 2019-20 season to conclude in Orlando, Florida.
It is now attempting to institute strict Covid-19 prevention protocols aimed at the unvaccinated.
If you’re an unvaccinated player in the NBA, be prepared to have your locker set as far away from teammates as possible, as well as dining and traveling in separate areas from those that are inoculated from the virus.
The National Basketball Players Association, the union representing players, hasn’t yet agreed to the proposed regulations presented in the memo.
Under the new guidelines, an unvaccinated player would take a Covid test on game days and scheduled practice days. They are also subject to a mandatory seven-day quarantine if they are considered a close contact to someone who has tested positive.
The athletes will also have to follow social distancing guidelines such as the common six-feet apart requirement, as well as potentially traveling to and from locations within a playing site on a completely separate bus, apart from the rest of the team.
By contrast, while the NFL has its own strict policies, they haven’t gone as far as instituting specific travel guidelines for unvaccinated players. However, they do have a daily testing protocol in place for those without the vaccine, for example.
