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        <title><![CDATA[Davis Bertans is first NBA player to pull out of restart]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The first NBA player has decided to sit out the league&#8217;s restart.</p><p>Wizards sharpshooter Davis Bertans has decided he will not play in Disney World in the NBA&#8217;s bubble attempt to finish out the season, <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1275074936197885959">ESPN.com reported.</a> The league has continued forward with its plans despite <strong>Florida&#8217;s recent coronavirus spike</strong> and some black players&#8217; concerns — led by Nets star Kyrie Irving — that basketball would distract from <strong>their fight against racial injustice</strong> after George Floyd was killed by a white cop in Minneapolis.</p><p>ESPN&#8217;s Adrian Wojnarowski noted that Bertans, a 27-year-old Latvian, is scheduled to be a free agent coming off his best season and has had two ACL tears in his career. The NBA has previously said players would not be punished for skipping the restart.</p><figure id="attachment_15871580"  class="wp-caption alignleft"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/06/bertans.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/06/bertans.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/06/bertans.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>Davis Bertans</span><span class="credit">Getty Images</span></figcaption></figure><p>The 24-40 Wizards grabbed one of the final spots in Orlando and would participate in eight seeding games prior to the start of potential play-in games and then the playoffs. Their title chances land somewhere between none and none. This could be a trend as players weigh health risks against what their team could realistically accomplish in the sport&#8217;s return, which is scheduled for July 30.</p><p>The 6-foot-10 Bertans averaged 15 points per game on 42-percent 3-point shooting in his first season in Washington.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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