Another Clippers player has returned to the NBA’s Walt Disney World campus, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, who reports (via Twitter) that veteran guard Patrick Beverley is back in Orlando after leaving for an emergency personal matter on Tuesday.
As of Friday, Beverley, Lou Williams, and Montrezl Harrell were all away the Disney campus for personal matters, while Ivica Zubac and Landry Shamet still hadn’t reported. However, Zubac and Shamet were said to be arriving this weekend, and Williams returned on Saturday as well. Once Harrell gets back to Disney and everyone clears quarantine, the Clippers should be at full strength.
Williams will be subject to a 10-day quarantine period after the NBA reviewed his activities while away from the campus. However, there’s no indication at this point that Beverley will have to remain quarantined for longer than the four-day minimum required for any player who leaves Orlando. We’ll provide an update if that changes.
It remains to be seen whether Beverley will be available for the Clippers’ first seeding game on Thursday night against the Lakers. Even if he clears quarantine before that game tips off, it will be well over a week since he has practiced, so the club may play it safe with one of its key backcourt contributors.
They already lost Sweet Lou for the first two seeding games. Losing Beverley for a game or two as well might cause them to slip in the standings with Denver, Houston, Utah, and OKC close behind (all within 4 games of them).
There was a Sweet Lou (Hudson) for the Hawks in the seventies, six time allstar, who would have killed it at the 3pt line.
The current Lou is less sweet, and less crucial. How about Buckets Lou!
Quite true, Williams is only a 35% career shooter from 3-point range. People always criticize Harden for shooting just 36.3% during his illustrious career, but considering the sheer number of threes he takes (more than any player in NBA history) it’s still a pretty decent percentage.
There was also Sweet Lou Dunbar with the Harlem Globetrotters.