Thomas joins the roster under the hardship exemption, which allows a team to exceed the 15-player maximum.
I will say if Russell didn’t play, we definitely intended to split up Russell’s minutes with Rondo and I.T.
Avery Bradley, Talen Horton-Tucker and Dwight Howard will miss Friday’s game as they remain in the league’s health and safety protocols.
“And the league takes each case, literally case-by-case and they measure in all the factors of the testing and all the medical factors.
“I think there’s just a sentiment around the world – especially in sports – if the symptoms aren’t that bad, why are we being held out? But obviously everybody understands why,” Vogel said.
already arranged for two-way players Chaundee Brown and Jay Huff to join the team on the road trip and announced Friday that Trevor Ariza, who has been out all season following ankle surgery in the preseason, has been upgraded to questionable for the Wolves game and will be in uniform.
Thomas, 32, last played in the NBA during the 2020-21 season while on a 10-day contract with the New Orleans Pelicans.
So, you just rip up your game plan in terms of your substitution pattern and whatnot and you redo it.