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NBA Games being Postponed Due To COVID...Another NBA Shutdown-Pause Looming?
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HoopsRumors https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2021/01/nba-postpones-wednesdays-wizardshornets-game.html
The Wizards‘ coronavirus outbreak continues to force postponements, with the NBA announcing today that Wednesday’s game in Charlotte between the Wizards and Hornets won’t take place as scheduled. It’s the fifth consecutive Washington game that has been postponed.
General manager Tommy Sheppard confirmed over the weekend that the Wizards have had six players test positive for the coronavirus, with three more players tied up in the NBA’s health and safety protocols for contact tracing purposes.
It’s not clear whether or not Anžejs Pasečņiks – who has since been waived – was one of the affected players. Either way though, with Thomas Bryant out for the season due to a torn ACL, Washington doesn’t have the league-required minimum of eight players available for games.
The team hasn’t played since last Monday, when it recorded a 128-107 win over Phoenix. The next game on the Wizards’ schedule is a Friday contest in Milwaukee — we’ll have to wait to see if it can be played as scheduled.
The NBA has now had to postpone 15 games on this season’s schedule. The full list can be found right here https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2021/01/202021-nba-game-postponement-tracker.html . -
Adam Silver thinks he's being slick. He wants NBA players to set an example for getting the COVID vaccine so that his League can continue on throughout the pandemic. A lot of African Americans haven't forgotten the Tuskegee Experiment and people in society by large are aware of how the powers that be use unsuspecting citizens, military members as Guinea Pigs for experiments under the guise of scientific lies.
We have no real idea concerning the potential health side effects of the various COVID vaccines currently being promoted by the government because there hasn't been enough clinical trials testing done on them. This is akin to a fast food vaccine and fast food isn't a healthy diet for many people.
Many regular people don't blindly follow celebrities (athletes, actors, sings, etc) because critical thinking people recognize that they are just controlled puppets of the societal power elite playing a role with no soul. Celebrity, the newest drug in America- gotta habit? Everyone has to make up their own mind, make their own personal choice.
ESPN https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30742821/nba-talking-vaccinating-players-psa
NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday the league has discussed having players receive COVID-19 vaccines to educate and influence the public regarding their safety and effectiveness.
"There have been discussions. It's something we're particularly focused on," Silver said at a virtual conference hosted by Sportico.
"In the African American community, there's been enormously disparate impact from COVID ... but now, somewhat perversely, there's been enormous resistance [to vaccinations] in the African American community for understandable historical reasons. ... If that resistance continues, it would be very much a double whammy to the Black community, because the only way out of this pandemic is to get vaccinated."
Some public health experts, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institutes of Health, have said that leaders with large platforms such as ministers, entertainers and athletes can set an example by getting the vaccine.
"Several public health officials -- and this is operating state by state right now -- have suggested there would be a real public health benefit to getting some very high-profile African Americans vaccinated to demonstrate to the larger community that it is safe and effective," Silver said.
"At the appropriate time, whenever that is and whether that's directed federally by NIH or CDC or ultimately state-by-state programs, we think there's real value in our players demonstrating to a broader community how important it is to get vaccinated."
Michele Roberts, the executive director of the National Basketball Players Association, has indicated that discussions with players have shown that many are hesitant about getting the vaccine. She herself is hesitant.
"I've heard they want Black influencers to step up, convince the Black community to do this," Roberts said in an interview with Yahoo Sports last month. "I'm just waiting on the tap on the shoulder to say, 'Michele, will the players do this?' I know it's coming.
"But I haven't made up my mind. I'm eager to be convinced that these are safe. I'm hopeful I'll be convinced that they're safe. But I'm not a cheerleader."
Last week Kareem Abdul-Jabbar received his first dose of the vaccine and is now spreading support for it. On Monday, the NBA released a public service announcement featuring Abdul-Jabbar's action during its Martin Luther King Day slate of games. Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron also has received the vaccine and hopes to spread the message.
Silver said last month that "there's no way we'd ever jump the line in any form whatsoever," and he emphasized that the NBA would not attempt to get the vaccine for players without the support of public health officials.
The NBA is currently dealing with an outbreak of the virus, as 15 games have been postponed already this season, including 14 since Jan. 10.
"Anything we will do will be fully transparent and in conjunction with public health authorities, so there's no sense whatsoever that there's some favoritism going on here," Silver said. "Only be done if public health officials determine on balance it was the right time to vaccinate our players." -
Two more NBA Games Cancelled https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2021/01/202021-nba-game-postponement-tracker.html
Memphis Grizzlies at Portland Trail Blazers
Original date: January 20, 2021
Reason for postponement: The Grizzlies didn’t have the required minimum of eight players available.
New date: TBD
Washington Wizards at Milwaukee Bucks
Original date: January 22, 2021
Reason for postponement: The Wizards were short on players and hadn’t been able to practice for a week.
New date: TBD -
RealGM https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/261263/Grizzlies-Next-Three-Games-Postponed-By-NBA
The NBA has postponed the next three games for the Memphis Grizzlies.
The games are scheduled for Friday, January 22nd and Sunday, January 24th at Portland, as well as a game on Monday, January 25th against the Kings.
The Grizzlies will not have a minimum of eight players due to positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing. -
RealGM https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/261258/NBA-Tasks-Team-Security-With-Preventing-Hugs-Handshakes
The NBA will task team security with dissuading players from opposing teams to hug and shake hands on game nights.
Some players have disregarded new league rules against unnecessary contact.
High-fives, hugs and handshakes aren't allowed, nor are extended postgame conversations.
The league has postponed 16 dates due to COVID-19 outbreaks and contact tracing. -
The NBA could just do us a favor and shut it down
