Veteran Los Angeles Lakers combo guard Avery Bradley cleared COVID-19 protocols earlier today, along with Malik Monk.
Unfortunately, that doesn't quite mean he's ready to suit up tonight for the injury-strapped Lakers' home game against the visiting Brooklyn Nets, LA's first in the newly-anointed Crypto.com Arena.
Kyle Goon of the Orange County Register announced the news:
So we can infer from this that Bradley will need to work on his conditioning ahead of his return to the court.
The 31-year-old Bradley, a former two-time All-Defensive Teamer, has proven to be a surprisingly important perimeter piece for the Lakers on both sides of the ball. The 6'2" guard remains a reliable long-range shooter (he's connecting on 40% of his 3.3 three-point looks a night) and one of the better defenders on the team.
His relatively pedestrian averages of 5.8 points, 2.5 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 0.8 steals across 23 minutes of action belie his true value to a 16-17 Lakers club that could use all the role player help it can get.
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