The NBA is seeing setbacks from many of its top players over participating in league-sponsored public service announcements (PSAs) that promote the COVID-19 vaccine out of their own insecurity to take it, among other things, according to a report.
Sources told ESPN on Wednesday that the league hit a wall as they jerked to the agents of the NBA’s top players.
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Other reasons included not wanting to do the league any favors amid the drama surrounding the NBA All-Star Game, with which the league has moved forward despite the setback of most players.
According to the report, the players’ concerns about receiving the vaccine are also “consistent with those that also exist in black communities across the country.”
NBA commissioner Adam Silver spoke about the implications the pandemic had on the Black community last month as a result of the PSAs.
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‘In the African-American community there was a huge divergent impact of COVID … but now, somewhat perversely, there was a huge resistance [to vaccinations] in the African-American community for understandable historical reasons. “If the resistance continues, it will be a double whammy for the Black community, because the only way out of this pandemic is to be vaccinated,” he said via ESPN.
The league has long stated that it does not intend to give the vaccine to its players, but expects them to be available somewhere next month, but it is expected to be pushed back.
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The NBA held seminars with the teams, led by Dr. Leroy Sims, senior vice president of medical affairs, for erasing misinformation and teaching them about the vaccine.