2021 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD: Media Day...SHENANIGANS

[Platinum State]

As Black Americans continue to get vaccinated at a slower rate than any other race or ethnicity measured by the CDC, Abdul-Jabbar says that players who remain silent about the vaccine are no longer legitimate role models.

“They are failing to live up to the responsibilities that come with celebrity. Athletes are under no obligation to be spokespersons for the government, but this is a matter of public health,” the Hall-of-Famer writes Rolling Stone in an e-mail. Abdul-Jabbar is especially disappointed in athletes of color: “By not encouraging their people to get the vaccine, they’re contributing to these deaths. I’m also concerned about how this perpetuates the stereotype of dumb jocks who are unable to look at verified scientific evidence and reach a rational conclusion.”

All this vaccine talk I read Abdul Jabbar as Abdul Jabber and for a second got me asking who is Abdul Jabber?

 

[OTG]

i blame all the analysts that ever fed into Kyrie being a cerebral "deep brother" to assuage him before picking apart the bull he spews. Dude is first year psych deep.

that man been went full ******. saying he has room temp iq would be a compliment.

 

[WASHED KING]

Steph talks to Bron all the time though?

 

[EZMONEY SERVANT]

That Rolling Stones article was....interesting.

Gonna be interesting to see how this plays out this season.

VERY interesting
IF all true kyrie is a f'in disrespectful idiot, cats are DYING
aint no backtracking gonna get him outta this one


TRADE HIS *** KD, b 4 he really mess things up

 

[EZMONEY SERVANT]

Irving, who serves as a vice president on the executive committee of the players’ union, recently started following and liking Instagram posts from a conspiracy theorist who claims that “secret societies” are implanting vaccines in a plot to connect Black people to a master computer for “a plan of Satan.” This Moderna microchip misinformation campaign has spread across multiple NBA locker rooms and group chats, according to several of the dozen-plus current players, Hall-of-Famers, league executives, arena workers and virologists interviewed for this story over the past week.





satan ONLY COMES/GETS IN IF YOU LET OR INVITE HIM, fool ***

everyone have a blessed dai, even tha fools

 

[antidope]

First season of the league was fire. Til they made Nacho a “thing” and introduced one dude Wife as the voice of reason/winner etc

This show was hilarious man. It fell off when it became less about fantasy football and by the end it wasn't about fantasy at all. It was all just gags.

 

[Zo gif]

 

[rolaholic]

Not sure why the league should cave in to the anti-vaxx crowd when 90% of the league is already vaccinated which would include bigger names.

They should call the bluff of guys like Kyrie, if he doesn't play it wouldn't be any different then when he's been out injured or taking time off all the time the last few years.

League will be fine regardless, Kareem was spot on in his comments per usual

 

[amitt5504]

Not sure if posted but this doesn’t help his case. Getting cooked by 40 YO Joe Johnson

 

[antidope]

Not sure if posted but this doesn’t help his case. Getting cooked by 40 YO Joe Johnson

 

[amitt5504]

First time actually see full videos including the misses. Yea man it ain’t looking good.

Wall still got it. Just gotta stay healthy. JB prob the best player in that 2016 draft

 

[blastercombo]

Kyrie dumb as ****. No further explanation needed

 

[Public Enemy]

stolen from reddit

 

[WASHED KING]

League should not let Kyrie play unless he gets the jab.

My opinion has nothing to do with the Lebrons pursuit of ring #7.

 

[pmatic]

 

[jab step]

He even tweets like Kai.

 

[getback]

Monday is gonna be insane

Kai about to get there saying dumb **** just to retract it 48 hours later

 

[nick.]

stolen from reddit

firstclass tomorrow

 

[ballinsam23]

Brainwashed

 

[don ramon]

these anti vaxxers in the nba are replaceable

 

[jab step]

Remember a few years ago when Isaac invited his entire team to come see his first sermon at a church or something and it was a big deal for him and no one showed up. Everyone chastised the team for it.

I can see why they passed on it now

 

[getback]

Kyrie definitely has a MAGA hat lying around somewhere. Probably a secret santa gift from Hayward.

 

[nick.]

Remember a few years ago when Isaac invited his entire team to come see his first sermon at a church or something and it was a big deal for him and no one showed up. Everyone chastised the team for it.

I can see why they passed on it now

a separate team group text was made that day

 

[EZMONEY SERVANT]

PRACTICE at Brooklyn Bridge park soon, non vaxxed stai the F awai, why put others lives in jeopardy, RIGHT ?
just like the idiot who shows up at your job feelin sick and all,ends up testing positive....... pitiful

 

[blastercombo]

I don’t care is they don’t want vaccination. Just shut up about the super uber deep haikus you got from an Xbox halo 2 chat you claim is the reason you won’t, mixed in with misinformation