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LetMyPeopleVote

(144,919 posts) Mon Sep 27, 2021, 12:12 AM Sep 2021

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar demands that the NBA "remove all unvaccinated players and coaches"

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar demands that the NBA "remove all unvaccinated players and coaches" (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2021 OP

They don't call him a legend for nothing! calimary Sep 2021 #1

Anti-vaxx NBA players generating fallout for their teams and fans LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2021 #10

Now who can argue with that? BidenRocks Sep 2021 #2

He's a former pro basketball player too? A man of many talents! ffr Sep 2021 #3

Roger! Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2021 #5

What's our vector, Victor. BHDem53 Sep 2021 #6

Hall of Fame player. sarcasmo Sep 2021 #9

Thank you Kareem!! Can we get the rest of professional sports players, current and retired PortTack Sep 2021 #4

"do the necessary research" should be "educate themselves" Skittles Sep 2021 #7

NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar calls for unvaccinated players to be removed from teams LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2021 #8

LaBron is vaccinated LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2021 #11

Amusing jab at the NBA vax holdouts LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2021 #12

Michael Jordan endorses the NBA's handling of vaccine: 'I'm a firm believer in science' LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2021 #13

calimary

(81,110 posts)

1. They don't call him a legend for nothing!

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Mon Sep 27, 2021, 01:00 AM

Sep 2021

LetMyPeopleVote

(144,919 posts)

10. Anti-vaxx NBA players generating fallout for their teams and fans

Reply to calimary (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 28, 2021, 01:16 AM

Sep 2021

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BidenRocks

(826 posts)

2. Now who can argue with that?

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Mon Sep 27, 2021, 01:16 AM

Sep 2021

Revrun!
Like the anti-vaxxers, it's official cowboy gibberish!

ffr

(22,665 posts)

3. He's a former pro basketball player too? A man of many talents!

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Mon Sep 27, 2021, 01:25 AM

Sep 2021

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,311 posts)

5. Roger!

Reply to ffr (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 27, 2021, 01:35 AM

Sep 2021

Over!

BHDem53

(1,061 posts)

6. What's our vector, Victor.

Reply to Hassin Bin Sober (Reply #5)

Mon Sep 27, 2021, 02:19 AM

Sep 2021

sarcasmo

(23,968 posts)

9. Hall of Fame player.

Reply to ffr (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 28, 2021, 01:15 AM

Sep 2021

PortTack

(32,705 posts)

4. Thank you Kareem!! Can we get the rest of professional sports players, current and retired

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Mon Sep 27, 2021, 01:31 AM

Sep 2021

To chime in

Skittles

(153,113 posts)

7. "do the necessary research" should be "educate themselves"

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Mon Sep 27, 2021, 07:27 PM

Sep 2021

the necessary research has already been done

but KUDOS to Mr. Abdul-Jabbar for encouraging vaccination

LetMyPeopleVote

(144,919 posts)

8. NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar calls for unvaccinated players to be removed from teams

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Tue Sep 28, 2021, 01:13 AM

Sep 2021

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If NBA players are not vaccinated, they shouldn't be on the team, basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar told Rolling Stone.

"The NBA should insist that all players and staff are vaccinated or remove them from the team," said Abdul-Jabbar.

"There is no room for players who are willing to risk the health and lives of their teammates, the staff and the fans simply because they are unable to grasp the seriousness of the situation or do the necessary research."

Abdul-Jabbar elaborated on that point during an interview on Don Lemon Tonight Monday, saying, "I don't think that they are behaving like good teammates or good citizens. This is a war that we're involved in. And masks and vaccines -- they are the weapons that we use to fight this war."