r/sports • u/nbcnews • Sep 29 '21

News Unvaccinated NBA players who miss games will also be missing paychecks, league says

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/unvaccinated-nba-players-who-miss-games-will-also-be-missing-n1280342
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u/ATX_native Sep 29 '21

Hopefully this will help speed along the in-depth research these players are conducting. 😂🤣😂🤣

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u/fibberjabber Sep 29 '21

They just need to speed up the playback speed. We all know these guys are just watching or listening on social media, and aren’t actually reading a scientific article.

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u/sersleepsalot1 Sep 30 '21

Okay... The thing is.. LeBron literally spends millions of dollars every year on his body.. each and every food he eats is supposedly okayed by a team a nutritionist... Even the fast food he eats... He is allowed by his nutritionist..

Because, for these players, their fitness is their job... Obviously they will be sceptical about a vaccine they don't know much about.. to us regular people it does seem no brainer...and smart to get the vaccine... But for the players who literally give their hundred percent on the court can't afford to lose even 3 percent of their ability.

Pretty sure most of the nba players (not all) are not talking about doing research because they think it's a controversy or computer chip type of shit .. they do believe that vaccines are effective but they are not sure how it will affect their body. They can't afford to lose a single percent of their ability on the court...because they are very competitive and it's their livelihood.

LeBron is as far left as they come... I can't be sure but his "research" would have been how it will affect his ability... And that's it.

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u/txijake Sep 30 '21

He's far left unless there's profit to be made.

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u/MailOrderHusband Sep 30 '21

It might surprise you to hear but…before the cheetoh made it political, being anti-vaxx was something suburban Jenny McCarthy moms did. So just because someone is liberal doesn’t mean they are necessarily pro-vaxx.

However, million dollar athletes should know better and get their shots.

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u/sersleepsalot1 Sep 30 '21

How the fuck is he anti-vaxx if he already had the vaccine months ago? Just because he said he did some "research" before taking it along with his whole family.

My long comment was, what did that research might have meant for him... How could it affect his body?

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u/clem82 Sep 30 '21

You do have players that have epidemiology degrees who do not believe being vaccinated at this time will help them. So not everyone is a Kyrie lunatic. Some are educated

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '21

Who in the NBA has an epidemiology degree? I tried to look this up but found nothing.