While COVID-19 disrupts rosters across the league, the Bulls are starting to get healthier, writes Rob Schaefer of NBC Sports. Coby White, DeMar DeRozan and Javonte Green all cleared protocols this week and are expected to play Sunday against the Lakers. Derrick Jones Jr. left the protocols on Saturday, and Matt Thomas is getting close, although he remains doubtful for Sunday.
White and DeRozan both said their symptoms were mild and agreed that their main issue was “boredom” while being away from the Bulls. White, who was the first Chicago player to enter the protocols on Dec. 1, said his experience was no worse than strep throat, and the symptoms went away in two to three days. DeRozan tested positive five days after White, learning the news after a morning shootaround.
“It was one of those things, mixture of everything,” DeRozan said. “Frustration of not being able to go out there and play, trying to figure out why I don’t feel nothing, nothing’s wrong, how long I’m going to be out. Just a mixture of a lot of emotions. But at the end of the day, I just was like, ‘I’ve got to deal with it, something I’ve got to deal with,’ and went from there.”
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