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Kyle O’Quinn Can’t Play Tonight Because He Missed His COVID Test
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How does this happen?
76ers' Kyle O'Quinn missed his coronavirus test on Sunday and is not eligible to play today vs. San Antonio, team official confirms to @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. O'Quinn was tested today and will rejoin the team upon negative result.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 3, 2020
You are in a bubble. Literally all you have to do is eat, sleep, and play basketball. You get your COVID test on a regular basis and life continues in the hotel.
This is more fuel for the people who think Brett Brown doesn’t hold his players accountable, and maybe that’s legit or maybe not, but bottom line here is that KOQ is a veteran and a grown man and shouldn’t have any issues following the rules without somebody holding his hand.
Unless there’s some weird explanation we are not privy to, this is just another bad look for a Sixers team that got off to a bad (re)start on Saturday night.
Wait, here’s an explanation:
Such a simple thing to do it slipped my mind! https://t.co/kVO9gAitAb
— Kyle O'Quinn (@Kyle_OQuinn) August 3, 2020
“It slipped my mind.”
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com