Woj: Some Players getting cold feet about playing in Orlando

Black Jack · Post #521 » by **Black Jack** » Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:09 am

Imagine how crazy it's gonna be...a virus raging in Florida, an ongoing police vs black lives matter movement battle, a freaking ELECTION with Florida as the key swing state. Trump will be barnstorming MAGA rallies all over Florida, the GOP convention will be in Jacksonville where it's very likely leftist protesters will be going wild vs MAGA brownshirts open carrying ARs, and here the NBA is going to be running some sort of crazy NBA bubble / potemkin village in Disney World :lol:

All we need is a major hurricane to devastate South Florida to make it truly epic. Maybe space aliens will land on South Beach and demand bottle service.

You just can't make this stuff up. We're truly living in a clown world.

Nate505 · Post #522 » by **Nate505** » Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:09 am

TheSheriff wrote:
TheNewEra wrote:
thebigbird wrote:I truly do not understand the idea of sitting out because of "social justice." They can draw more attention to the cause if they're playing in the games than they would showing up to protests.

The eyes will be on the sports rather than the issue even the counter arguments. Even Dave Chappelle trending special said Kobe going for 60 took his mind away for the time from killings. At a some point even with the platform people will either turn off the players wait for the next game or tell them to protest on their own time or shut up and dribble

At the end of the day people are going to find things to take their mind off the world’s problems. If it’s not the NBA, it’ll be the NHL or golf or something else.

No kidding. I've been watching the Bundesliga this past month. I've never watched a full German club league soccer game in my life before this.

iLLmatic860 · Post #523 » by **iLLmatic860** » Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:10 am

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Fencer reregistered · Post #524 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:12 am

My first two thoughts were:

-- Players aren't slaves. They have the right to not go to work, with the main negative consequence being that they don't get paid.
-- Kyrie is the GOAT at finding reasons not to play.

Sir-Swish-A-Lot · Post #525 » by **Sir-Swish-A-Lot** » Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:15 am

The NBA is scheduled to be in Florida during hurricane season...wow. Silver isn't thinking this through properly.

Each year hurricane season begins on June 1st and lasts 5 months, with storms typically peaking in August and September.

Fencer reregistered · Post #526 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:15 am

levon wrote:For readers of my post, please try to read the following by at least briefly suspending the "well they're millionaires, they should suck it up and do their jobs" thoughts and give it a chance.

A bunch of predominantly black men being restricted to staying in Disney World to play basketball amidst the state of the nation and the world sounds absurd. What's even more absurd is an employer restricting pay of employees if they decide to leave a confined area, or suspending them. And if you want to leave, you'll be subject to all sorts of questioning by your employer. Do employers have the right to do this, is not an illegitimate question to ask.

I know that all jobs are different, and some work agreements call for extreme conditions. But NBA players didn't sign up for this in their contracts. This is a revision that they either have to agree to or lose money, so the fact that there's significant concern here isn't surprising.

If it was up to me, I'd love basketball to be back and I'd want everyone to be safe on their own accord, not by mandate from the league, but we know that's too idealistic. There's just a lot of subtleties involved here, and more of them keep popping up the more you think about it.

The general process here is fine. The league, in consultation with the players, is figuring out circumstances under which they can resume play. The players are then considering whether they want to work at all under those conditions.

One thing that can't happen -- in a world where stadium crowds aren't permitted, players can't quite have all the same fun and money they got from their jobs before.

Fencer reregistered · Post #527 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:18 am

Sir-Swish-A-Lot wrote:The NBA is scheduled to be in Florida during hurricane season...wow. Silver isn't thinking this through properly.

Each year hurricane season begins on June 1st and lasts 5 months, with storms typically peaking in August and September.

How often does Orlando get blasted? I think it's happened, but I also think it's pretty rare.

SpreeChokeJob · Post #528 » by **SpreeChokeJob** » Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:27 am

Fencer reregistered wrote:
Sir-Swish-A-Lot wrote:The NBA is scheduled to be in Florida during hurricane season...wow. Silver isn't thinking this through properly.

Each year hurricane season begins on June 1st and lasts 5 months, with storms typically peaking in August and September.

How often does Orlando get blasted? I think it's happened, but I also think it's pretty rare.

It's 2020. 3 out of 4 horsemen of the apocalypse have come out. The last one is wild beasts and death. Hurricanes will drive the alligators into the streets.

Post #529 » by **K For Three** » Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:36 am

Black Jack wrote:Imagine how crazy it's gonna be...a virus raging in Florida, an ongoing police vs black lives matter movement battle, a freaking ELECTION with Florida as the key swing state. Trump will be barnstorming MAGA rallies all over Florida, the GOP convention will be in Jacksonville where it's very likely leftist protesters will be going wild vs MAGA brownshirts open carrying ARs, and here the NBA is going to be running some sort of crazy NBA bubble / potemkin village in Disney World

All we need is a major hurricane to devastate South Florida to make it truly epic. Maybe space aliens will land on South Beach and demand bottle service.

You just can't make this stuff up. We're truly living in a clown world.

Black Jack · Post #530 » by **Black Jack** » Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:37 am

Not just hurricane folks...the freaking 2020 election and Florida is THE election trainwreck state! Trump and the MAGA army vs likely massive waves of BLM protesters!

Virus raging. Trump. GOP convention. Black Lives Matter protests. Hurricanes. Botched election procedures by shady GOP state officials. Maybe locusts.

It. Will. Be. Insane.

rasta_marley · Post #531 » by **rasta_marley** » Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:51 am

gabri3l3 wrote:
Mikistan wrote:
gabri3l3 wrote:
what risk? Young healthy individuals have absolutely nothing to fear there. I dont think he's bringing his granny to Orlando. he's terribly misinformed or he just wants to cash his check while sitting his ass on the couch.

Have you been tested positive for corona?
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Hes also stuck there for months, who cares if its. A resort as I'm sure you would point that out. I would probably feel similar to lillard if I was in his shoes.

ratul · Post #532 » by **ratul** » Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:56 am

Lol is the nba trying to slander a black player during an uprising about civil rights? So they can force black people to play in a cesspool in Florida? Insane.

rasta_marley · Post #533 » by **rasta_marley** » Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:59 am

NBAFan93 wrote:
rasta_marley wrote:
Optms wrote:Still more understandable than players like Lillard not suiting up because the games are "meaningless"

If they don't want to play, they don't get paid. Simple. And if they are sitting out for stupid reasons like Lillard, fine em. That or give us fans the ability to not pay either and consume NBA content for free.

I think what lillard means is if hes not competing for a chip them the risk to health and family isnt worth it to him. I mean fair enough.

Yeah right. We know he really means it’s not worth his precious diva superstar time. All this stuff w/ him not wanting to play unless he gets his way is just another example of how double standards apply to him cause he’s like-able. I can only imagine if one of the more polarizing players even hinted to this.

Like anyone would “risk their health and family” for the opportunity to get the 8 seed. Not like Portland are contenders. Most he wants to get out of any of this is to prove he can make the playoffs, but if that’s not an easy enough road for him he wants to quit.

I feel like your reasoning is a bit flawed and to be honest I'm not getting it. He is also stuck there for months. I really dont blame him.

If they told me to do this and i was in lillard shoes I would definitely want it to be a chance at the chip, even then maybe I wouldn't do it. Otherwise I'm not wasting my time with this crap. Being stuck somewhere for months **** that. I dont care howngreat of a place it is. On top of that theres alot going on in the world right now. I mean I'm sorry you might not get the entertainment you want?
I mean if you dont get that I'm curious as to why you dont.

Sicnarf · Post #534 » by **Sicnarf** » Sat Jun 13, 2020 7:03 am

Ohhh.. Soccer seasons are already resuming in Europe without issues (for the moment), basketball will next weekend here in Spain either... but wait, these divas are afraid to do their job while others are doing their job so they can buy food, drinks, medicines... be treated in hospitals... I don’t buy it.

Dan Z · Post #535 » by **Dan Z** » Sat Jun 13, 2020 7:15 am

Black Jack wrote:Not just hurricane folks...the freaking 2020 election and Florida is THE election trainwreck state! Trump and the MAGA army vs likely massive waves of BLM protesters!

Virus raging. Trump. GOP convention. Black Lives Matter protests. Hurricanes. Botched election procedures by shady GOP state officials. Maybe locusts.

It. Will. Be. Insane.

Why did the NBA pick Orlando? There won't be any fans so couldn't it be any place that has a stadium? Why not in an area that has less going on?

Commodor · Post #536 » by **Commodor** » Sat Jun 13, 2020 7:27 am

Lol man... although I agree with him... I hate it’s the flat-earther that is leading this anti-start protest.

Rainwater · Post #537 » by **Rainwater** » Sat Jun 13, 2020 7:38 am

Sir-Swish-A-Lot wrote:The NBA is scheduled to be in Florida during hurricane season...wow. Silver isn't thinking this through properly.

Each year hurricane season begins on June 1st and lasts 5 months, with storms typically peaking in August and September.

I've lived in Orlando, there have been bad years but I think things will be fine.

ShotCreator · Post #538 » by **ShotCreator** » Sat Jun 13, 2020 8:03 am

Fencer reregistered wrote:My first two thoughts were:

-- Players aren't slaves. They have the right to not go to work, with the main negative consequence being that they don't get paid.
-- Kyrie is the GOAT at finding reasons not to play.

Everyone is a slave to money itself though. They’ll play.

Mister Ze · Post #539 » by **Mister Ze** » Sat Jun 13, 2020 8:05 am

Bunch of Einstein’s approving a hurricane hot-bed as the place to resume the season

WHITE_HOT_HEAT · Post #540 » by **WHITE_HOT_HEAT** » Sat Jun 13, 2020 8:22 am

Kyrie, the attention whoring clown... It's the little guys that are affected for years if seasons are cancelled. All the associated jobs.
How risky is it for guys who are in peak physical shape with the best private medical care available to them. I'm far from that and I've started risking it about a month ago.
Pissed me off watching this ultra privileged douche trying to sabotage a season and make it all about himself..

I mean.. he's a (Please Use More Appropriate Word) flat-earther for GODSAKE!
I bet he has no idea about the basics of virology, statistics or anything to analyse the situation properly. On top of that, he isn't playing. Giant **** douche. FOH