It was broken by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that there are a significant amount of players in the NBA who are opposed to the league resuming play in light of all the social justice issues that are currently plaguing the country right now.
It’s reported that up to 200 players took part in a zoom call yesterday (June 18), and the majority of those players opposed going to Orlando to resume the season in the league proposed 22-team format.
Many others have spoken out saying they’re against the return of the NBA as well– Stephen Jackson strongly feels that it’s a distraction, and Shaq says to “scrap the season.”
Kyrie, on the other hand, is not going to be playing at all this season regardless of whether league play resumes or not, because of a season-ending shoulder injury.
It’s not to say keeping the NBA season paused will remedy these issues, but there are just so many other things that matter right now.
