This is legit pissing me off. Fuck Gobert and fuck him again for probably infecting the Raptors.
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This is legit pissing me off. Fuck Gobert and fuck him again for probably infecting the Raptors.
My job is basically saying they won't change operations until someone actually gets sick. Real brilliant shit going on.
If he was a scrub he might get pushed out of the league. He isn't though so he won't face any consequences.
He could be Kyrie Irving and get blacklisted for this. He's costing the league literally like, a billion dollars.
I hate how 1 person becomes the poster-child for something like this. Gobert was an idiot for downplaying and mocking the virus, but someone was bound to get it. LeBron said just last week he would refuse to play without fans in attendance. A lot of people didn't take it as seriously as they should have. Those calling for Gobert to be banned from the NBA for life is such a stupid and unjust overreaction.
They've been talking about playing in front of empty stands for a week. This was going to happen eventually regardless.
Yeah I don't like him but I really respected that, hopefully forces other owners to do the same (or at least they can't pretend like it never occurred to them)
Edit: btw the Kings-Pelicans game is still on and set to air on ESPN once this Nuggets-Mavs game ends, in case anyone wants to catch the last NBA game in 2 weeks or so (at least)
I heard people joking about Gobert catching corona right after he touched the mics, but it's surreal to see real life actually play out like that. I'm hoping the fall out is minimal and Gobert ends up okay, but once it's all said and done Gobert should probably face some type of suspension. I'm sorry but that was a grossly irresponsible thing of Gobert to do, and now look at the mess it's caused.
Those are games being played, aired on TV, these are cancelled games that they will not get back, that's TV money they lose forever.
Lol, trust Mark Cuban to actually do this.
He won't. No owners will, they don't give a fuck about stadium staff.
It's not like he knowingly infected anyone, nor can it be proven he was the primary vector. It was a stupid joke especially now that the optics make it look malicious. But it's Corona is costing the league millions, if not potentially billions, of dollars. Not Rudy Gobert.
True, but after the players, coaches, and refs are tested the league will probably go back to their original plan in a few weeks. They'll lose money for sure, but most of it was already baked in.
Mike Breen didn't know what to say when signing off - "...not sure if we'll be talking to you again this season..."
The Orlando Magic has the Devos Family. So I doubt it.
A doomsday scenario that would have elections to be cancelled is kind of fascinating to think about. Since Pelosi's (and every other Representative for that matter) term would end on January 3rd, but Trump and Pence's terms wouldn't come to an end until January 20th. It would then fall to each state's own procedures for sending emergency representatives to the capital. I would imagine most would send the incumbants back, but maybe not. And would they even have enough to hold a vote for a new speaker? If not, that would make our president on Janurary 21st.....(check's notes).........Chuck Grassley.
Fuck.
Maybe it can be a trail run for the MLB and they can cut out so many of the unnecessary games
Yeah, as much we all like to (rightfully) clown on him, people are taking it waaaaay too far. Remember, it wasn't a matter of IF somebody gets infected, it was a matter of WHEN.
LeBron entering load management for the next few weeks. The rest of the league is scared.
I'll forgive some hottakes in the moment when someone does something this stupid.
Mark Cuban probably will. I have not much faith in other team owners
Imo this is making it real and scary for me. Feels like the beginning of a scary sci-fi movie. That's a lot of money for the nba to let go of. Between this and Morey's tweets, which feels like a lifetime ago, it's been a rough season for NBA money
Nets should be awarded the NBA title since the Lakers beat the Bucks + Clippers and they were the most recent team to beat the Lakers.
I may be wrong but I think I read the person who said that revised it down
Yeah. Honestly he'd be fine if he just caught it randomly while following standard precautions like washing hands, keeping distance from people, etc.
He's getting roasted hard because his attitudes showed that he clearly didn't take league wide precautions anywhere close to serious. You don't pull the shit he did with the microphones if you weren't completely selfish. Coronavirus' problem is that it's so easy to spread, you want to do everything so it doesn't spread but apparently this was all a joke for Rudy.
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Someone was going to get it eventually, but he deserves to get called out over the mic thing and the banned stuff(which I disagree with) is coming from the people mad over that.
It's tapering because they have extreme quarantine measures in place. As soon as they relax those, the virus will come back.
This is really starting to hit me in regards to how bad this. Between the first reported case in Delaware (where I live), march madness being played without any fans in attendance, and now this. Just crazy, especially knowing how much more at risk people with pre-existing medical conditions are. I have asthma, so this is becoming all too real and scary now.
I feel like that's been an issue with so many people. Not taking it seriously. I'm not saying you gotta hunker down zombie apocalypse style but completely dismissing it off bat just sounds irresponsible and untactful.
