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NBA fines Kyrie Irving $50,000 for violating COVID rules; Nets star eligible to return Saturday

Irving could return for Saturday's game as long as he keeps testing negative. He will need to forfeit his salary for each game he missed due to violating the league's rules. He's already missed two, which means he has lost more than $900,000 of his $33.5 million salary.

Taking postponements in stride, Celtics return to practice

Just nine players were on the floor, including Kemba Walker, but their expectation is to resume play Friday.

Danny Ainge said Celtics talked to Rockets about James Harden, but ‘the price was really high for us’

Harden landed in Brooklyn with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving instead.

Celtics are expecting to return to play Friday vs. Magic, Danny Ainge says

Thursday's injury report listed just three players — Jayson Tatum, Robert Williams, and Carsen Edwards — as out.

A timeline of Kyrie Irving’s absence from the Nets ahead of James Harden trade
Coach Steve Nash hasn't "had an opportunity" to learn what is happening, he said.

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Nine stats you should know about the Celtics so far
Because of COVID-19 postponements, it's a small sample, but there are early trends, both troubling and encouraging.

Houston Rockets trade James Harden to Brooklyn Nets

The Nets will be sending over four first-round picks (including a first-round pick from Cleveland), plus Caris LeVert, Dante Exum, and Rodions Kurucs.

Seven thoughts on how the COVID-19 shutdown will affect the Celtics

Here is one potential benefit of the postponements: Kemba Walker should wind up playing more games.

NBA, union stiffen virus protocols after recent outbreak

Many of the new rules are similar to what existed in the NBA’s restart bubble at Walt Disney World in Central Florida last year.

NBA reportedly looking into videos of a mask-less Kyrie Irving

Irving was spotted, without a mask, dancing at his sister's birthday party.

Third Celtics game postponed as NBA calls off Boston-Orlando over COVID-19 roster issues

The Celtics still do not have eight eligible players available to play. Sunday and Tuesday's games were also postponed.

As postponements pile up, what’s next for the NBA? You guessed it: More intense restrictions on players

The NBA is facing the perils of being an indoor sport that is trying unsuccessfully to control the actions of its players off the floor.

Tuesday’s Celtics-Bulls game postponed as Boston grapples with positive COVID-19 tests, contact tracing

Seven players have been held out. The league requires eight on a roster, so this postponement indicates at least one more player has become ineligible.

COVID problems for Celtics, NBA teams? Get used to it

The Celtics-Heat postponement won't be the last as the league is just going to have to plow through a difficult situation.

Celtics’ home game Sunday night postponed because Miami Heat do not have enough players to field team

A Heat player had an inconclusive COVID-19 test, so they did not have the required eight players to play the game.

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NBA fines Kyrie Irving $50,000 for violating COVID rules; Nets star eligible to return Saturday

Irving could return for Saturday's game as long as he keeps testing negative. He will need to forfeit his salary for each game he missed due to violating the league's rules. He's already missed two, which means he has lost more than $900,000 of his $33.5 million salary. 1 hour ago

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