The Official NBA Regular Season Thread—-21/22 Edition

[oldgoldy97]

He could play the religious card like Wiggins. It worked for him...

[Spartyon]

Originally Posted by asujbl

Why can’t they?

They absolutely should if he isn’t available

They shouldn’t dock his pay for a corrupt government mandate


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[oldgoldy97]

Governments

These countries and territories are among the dozens of destinations now allowing vaccinated U.S. travelers to visit:

Anguilla
Armenia
Aruba
Austria
Bahamas
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Botswana
British Virgin Islands
Canada
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic (Czechia)
Denmark
Dominica
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Finland
France
French Polynesia (Tahiti)
Republic of Georgia
Germany
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Kenya
Lebanon
Lithuania
Mexico
Montenegro
Morocco
Nepal
The Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Seychelles
Slovenia
Spain
St. Bart’s
St. Lucia
Switzerland
Tanzania
United Kingdom

[drobfan8]

Originally Posted by oldgoldy97

He could play the religious card like Wiggins. It worked for him...

I thought Wiggins was knocked back?

[oshmeehan]

Originally Posted by drobfan8

I thought Wiggins was knocked back?

Fairly positive he was being sarcastic....

[EDMTunesCollect]

Originally Posted by drobfan8

I thought Wiggins was knocked back?

You didn't understand the sarcasm? lol

[EDMTunesCollect]

Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

I don’t think they can take away pay for not being vaccinated, nor should they.

You think that he should be paid his full salary if he only plays in the 41 road games this season? L m a o

[ninjacookies]

Kyrie's a certified nut.

The gubment could do a 180 tomorrow and make vaxes illegal, and he'd be the first one in line with his sleeves rolled up trying to get his fix on the black market.

Hotep truther supreme.

[NeedChapmans]

"In some instances, vaccinated staffers say they're concerned about the health risks of being exposed to unvaccinated players. In others, staffers say they're upset that players aren't facing the same vaccine requirements as most team staff and referees. In others, there's animosity toward the league itself for not imposing such a mandate."

Without a shadow of a doubt, this take is going to be one of the dumbest. In five years, pretty sure close to 99%+ of all Americans will have had COVID and it will have had nothing to do with whether or not you had the vaccine. When it's your turn, it will be your turn. Protect yourself or don't, but the staffers believing that other people can protect them is LOL.

[rhigh2390]

Originally Posted by NeedChapmans

"In some instances, vaccinated staffers say they're concerned about the health risks of being exposed to unvaccinated players. In others, staffers say they're upset that players aren't facing the same vaccine requirements as most team staff and referees. In others, there's animosity toward the league itself for not imposing such a mandate."

Without a shadow of a doubt, this take is going to be one of the dumbest. In five years, pretty sure close to 99%+ of all Americans will have had COVID and it will have had nothing to do with whether or not you had the vaccine. When it's your turn, it will be your turn. Protect yourself or don't, but the staffers believing that other people can protect them is LOL.

Preach.

[bpc3qh]

Get Bradley Beal the hell out of D.C. Dude missed out on his gold medal and is still spewing this B.S. It's pathetic and infuriating and insulting all at the same time. Trade him to Sacramento or some other hellhole if he's gonna be this stupid.

[daeve]

Originally Posted by EDMTunesCollect

You think that he should be paid his full salary if he only plays in the 41 road games this season? L m a o

gonna be more than 41 games as NY isn't the only state with a mandate

[NeedChapmans]

Originally Posted by daeve

gonna be more than 41 games as NY isn't the only state with a mandate

League was all-in for Kyrie mental health month. Gonna be LOL when they force him to take an injection of something he doesn't want.

[RogerGodahell]

I don't think anyone's going to force Kyrie to do something he doesn't want to do. He's already said he's fine with walking away and retiring early. He's lucky in that regard because he's already beyond wealthy, unlike millions of ordinary people in the same situation who are not so fortunate.

[drobfan8]

Originally Posted by oshmeehan

Fairly positive he was being sarcastic....

Originally Posted by EDMTunesCollect

You didn't understand the sarcasm? lol

Ah right.

Hilarious.

[KhalDrogo]

Originally Posted by EDMTunesCollect

You think that he should be paid his full salary if he only plays in the 41 road games this season? L m a o

I think he shouldn’t be docked pay for not being willing to take a vaccine that the league and NBPA doesn’t say he has to. I know this take is hard to understand when everyone in this country is trying to shove a vaccine down your throat.

Booster mandates will be right around the corner. And guess what? The CDC says anyone who is overweight (BMI > 25) should get one. They really backdoored that one to give the WH what they wanted. Will be interesting to see what it means for the professional sports leagues where most everyone is going to have a BMI > 25.

[KhalDrogo]

Originally Posted by daeve

gonna be more than 41 games as NY isn't the only state with a mandate

Only applies to state residents. I believe that is the case for all states.

[Boo]

Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

Only applies to state residents. I believe that is the case for all states.

They said he couldn't play in SF or Toronto either. Neither venue will allow unvaccinated people in the arena.

[KhalDrogo]

Originally Posted by Boo

They said he couldn't play in SF or Toronto either. Neither venue will allow unvaccinated people in the arena.

Might just be NY if that’s the case then. I also could be wrong!

[2010GBPackers]

After reading through another thread where the issue of COVID takes over, I am reminded that....

a) America has always been like this under the surface.

or

b) This is what America has become.

Either way, I can't believe this is our current reality.

[Boo]

Originally Posted by 2010GBPackers

After reading through another thread where the issue of COVID takes over, I am reminded that....

a) America has always been like this under the surface.

or

b) This is what America has become.

Either way, I can't believe this is our current reality.

Reality is different for everyone.

"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."

'Merica

[KhalDrogo]

Originally Posted by Boo

Reality is different for everyone.

"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."

'Merica

Only thing that surprises me about this is that IG hasn’t censored posts like that already.

[NeedChapmans]

It's not just Irving though. If you want to listen to man who remains unvaccinated tell you why in a respectful, kind, intelligent way ... here you go.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1442809449039769601

I presume at the end of the day, Jonathan Isaac is not in a position to "threaten" to walk away like Kyrie, but you're not going to get a better answer to this question from an NBA player than this one.

[Erikthredd]

Originally Posted by Boo

Reality is different for everyone.

"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."

'Merica

LOL sounds like the plot for the The First Purge movie.

[tennelson55]

In other news i'll be slamming the nets ML opening day. Time to toss some more dolla's off the edge of this flat planet.