When it comes to player-days lost to COVID-related absences the Boston Celtics have a commanding lead and it isn’t even close, so you should forgive recently-acquired veteran shooting guard Evan Fournier a pass for wanting to get back into the thick of things with his new team.
Sidelined by the league’s health and safety protocols before he even had a chance to play for the Celtics, Fournier found himself out against with a positive COVID case not long after being cleared to play with the team in yet another example of the worst luck of that sort in the NBA.
At the time of this writing, Boston is “ahead” of the next-closest team in player-days lost to COVID by 44 days total — 162 total to the Dallas Mavericks’ 118, per Fansure’s COVID-19 dashboard — with Fournier coming in second on the team for days lost to tie Romeo Langford.
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— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) April 24, 2021
