When its a family matter of medical issues and maybe even death, all other things can take a back seat, no championship, no rings, no games would ever get you the minutes back with the family member that has any illness, there is a chance you may never see them again. You can lose tens of millions of dollars and if you invest wisely and promote it yourself and basically all around work for it, you can make that money back eventually but you will never get the chance to be with that family member if anything happens to them.

 Plus I feel like if any player just straight up doesn't want to be there, should have the chance to reject it and they do, nobody should say anything to players who decline to be with the team, its a scary issue to be in a bubble far away from everyone, even if you do not think that you would get covid, its still scary just because it might feel like jail to people, I personally couldn't handle being in a hotel room for that long and just go watch games let alone play them, I would want to get out and thats why I wouldn't get in to begin with.

No one is rushing him since this is a medical family matter.
But, he also know that if he consumes over 7 days outside then he will be quarantined for 10 days.
Which could also mean he may not play for the 1st and 2nd game out of 8.
If I am in the position of Zioon and I still have the goal of making the playoffs, I won't waste that.
So, expect he will be back soon just like the other players.

How about Melo losing some fats too.
Carmelo Anthony talks about how he became ‘Skinny Melo’ | NBA on ESPN

Yes, it is about to start.

But, I say that don't treat any team as a 'small team'. Each of them have greatness although some may be treated as underdogs. I treat all of them to be big teams despite the roster, with or without superstars and young talents.

It's labeled as skinny, just like what we previously saw with Jokic, looks like it's the current trend now.
His body look like Durant's body.. who will agree with me? lol...

Anyway, that's not important, what's important if we are going to see them play soon and we will see if that diet they made which resulted to their look is effective. Meanwhile here's the 10 Bold Predictions for NBA's Regular-Season Conclusion, (https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2900353-10-bold-predictions-for-nbas-regular-season-conclusion)

Which one would likely happen based on your prediction?

I'll make one prediction only, I think the number 5 "Russell Westbrook Will Outperform James Harden". lol.
They will be in the playoffs and they need to win so I think it's time for Russell Westbrook to take over the team and I think Harden are aware of that already since during the regular season, I have seen games here Russell Westbrook lead the team and Harden's production gone down.

Didn't see the harden news, maybe he will be faster too. I read somewhere that fat people are prone to corona virus, maybe they are making it sure they will not get infected, they are playing very safe so they reduce some weight. lol.


No one predicted the number 4, I think this could be possible as they are just playing in the same court, there's no home court anymore so the weakest team might not win a single game, so 0-8 for somebody.

https://www.foxsports.com/watch/undisputed/video/1743420995913
That was May 28 2020 news.
I don't know if he gained some weight again.
Yeah! That is also a good addition. If they have a healthier body then corona won't eat anything from it.
They can prevent to be infected in a longer period.
That is all the more reason into why it is not possible.
The weaker teams or we call it at the lower seeds needs all the win they could get.
It is because they will have a chance to battle for the 8th spot.  

Interestingly, I think none of that would happen. Raptors are decent already, they will be decent and they will get eliminated as decents, boston already has star wing player, I don't know which one you talking about but both of them are pretty well, Zion can't do that, he is not even a proper rookie, 0-8 is unlikely, could happen but unlikely, Westbrook would probably be the support cast to Hardens main hero, Nuggets are just too good for allowing that, combined 12 or less for sure but 8 is a bit stretch, maaaybe 8 might happen but it is still doubtful, Damian doesn't care enough to average 40 from here on out, he didn't even want to play for a while, and lastly Sixers who could improve a lot if they can set things aside but if not that could be the one that happens.

Holy crap!

https://www.nba.com/article/2020/07/19/lebron-james-rookie-card-sold-18m-auction

How about that?! We are in pandemic and he is still alive.  
Lebron's autographs price is going to be expensive in 20 more years.
How about his rookie shoes? Where are they? Gotta find it!