“It’s a superstar league” definitely applies here because it is a few of these dudes at the top (max players at least) who are making all these moves that will collectively affect how the owners enter negotiations the entire players association
I kind of understand the first part of your post but the fact remains that for whatever his personal reasons may be. He feels strongly enough that he is willing to forego his salary for that. There are many others in the country who make less that have done the same. As a fan, it sucks not having him out there but taking basketball away, it’s his decision and I have no choice but to respect it.
As for the bolded, that is a bit OD. As far as I am aware, I don’t think he ever denied that COVID was real. He is just refusing the vaccine which I feel are two different things.