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ReasonablySober wrote:I don't really get what you guys are saying. You guys just not gonna ever wear the shirt you bought?

MartyConlonOnTheRun wrote:God damn Giannis a class act.

So nice to see teams and players going/not going to the white house not being a political statement. These are a once in a lifetime moment for these guys and felt there was too much pressure for them to make a statement in the past.

theFireBlanket wrote:

MartyConlonOnTheRun wrote:God damn Giannis a class act.

So nice to see teams and players going/not going to the white house not being a political statement. These are a once in a lifetime moment for these guys and felt there was too much pressure for them to make a statement in the past.

I don't think they'd have gone under the previous administration, just a sneaking suspicion.

ReasonablySober wrote:

Read on Twitter

Uhhh

A former Bucks employee, who is unvaccinated, spoke to Rolling Stone on the condition of anonymity for fear of losing future work in the basketball industry. Last spring, the person believed themself to be the only unvaccinated employee in the Bucks’ basketball-operations staff. “There were a couple times when I was like, ‘Maybe I should just go get the shot,’” the person tells RS. “You know how bad I would have felt if I would have came into the office and tested positive and then it spreads to, like, Giannis getting sick?” The former employee says they were locked out of the Bucks’ practice facility, cut off from interaction with players, and banned from the lower bowl of the arena. “But you could do all the right things and still get it.”

EastSideBucksFan wrote:Thanasis was covid positive

Real weird that Giannis was not even contact traced

Very plausible that some strings were pulled and protocols bypassed to keep Giannis in the lineup

All season long, the Bucks had been almost fanatical in adhering to the league’s draconian virus protocols. The franchise had not permitted such passengers to join players on the road during the first three rounds of the playoffs, as they hunkered down with a long-standing mantra: Stay locked in.

The temptation of Milwaukee’s first NBA title in 50 years, however, opened the Delta floodgates.

“Of course we’re bringing our families,” three people remember head coach Mike Budenholzer telling the team. “It’s the Finals!”

The Bucks’ coaching staff and leadership of the franchise signed off on the plan to relax their own Covid restrictions, despite caution from the league office. There would be two games, two team planes, and two family dinners in Phoenix, including indoors at a clubby steakhouse.