[EricaLubarsky]

J Rich is practicing and with team but probably still a few days or a week away from coming back. He hasn’t practiced in two weeks and will take some time to get back in the rhythm. That’s tough for a guy who is also just trying to learn to be a Mav. He will not play tomorrow according to Brad, but may play one of the Utah games or maybe right after. Maybe 1-5 games until he returns.

DFS and Powell are probably going to get cleared to practice this week and can maybe start playing early Feb. Both are asymptomatic and just need some negative tests and then some time to work their way back. We're talking maybe 4-10 games until they can play.

Sounds like Kleber got absolutely clobbered by Covid. Everyone I’m hearing is saying that he may be even longer. Apparently he’s still got symptoms and is still sick in bed. That really sucks as he’s our 2nd best defender, one of our best rebounders, and our best three-point shooter. I'd be thrilled if he came back by mid-Feb. Poor guy is really sick.

This isn’t going to be a short absence. All these guys haven’t played in almost three weeks and Some will take 3-5 more weeks to get back in live games.