Lou Williams will be required to go through a 10-day quarantine after visiting a strip club during his absence from the Walt Disney World campus, according to Sam Amick, Shams Charania and Joe Vardon of The Athletic. He will miss the Clippers‘ first two seeding games against the Lakers on Thursday and the Pelicans on Saturday.
More details have emerged about Williams’ trip to Magic City in Atlanta during an excused absence to attend a funeral. Sources tell the authors that Williams was part of a group, including rapper Jack Harlow, that went to the club for dinner Thursday after the funeral viewing. They didn’t stay long, sources add, and were there mainly for the food.
“Ask any of my teammates what’s my favorite restaurant in Atlanta,” Williams tweeted Saturday night. “Ain’t nobody partying. Chill out lol #Maskon #inandout.” He later added, “Magic City is my favorite restaurant in the world.”
The funeral for Williams’ friend took place Friday and he returned to the WDW campus Saturday.
Williams’ situation is one of many for the short-handed Clippers, who are just four days away from their opening game. Ivica Zubac is in quarantine after joining the team Friday, and Landry Shamet is reportedly headed to Orlando after testing positive for COVID-19 earlier this month. Patrick Beverley and Montrezl Harrell are both away from the team on excused absences.
Asked Saturday about whether he expected a full roster for Thursday’s game, coach Doc Rivers responded, “My guess is I would doubt it.”
I didn’t realize that Magic City had a Michelin Star.
Look at their signature sauces: Juju Rude Boy Jerk, Uncle Jeff Honey Jerk, and of course the Louwill Lemon Pepper BBQ.
Lou Williams should’ve known better, tbh.
Selfish and stupid….nice work Lou!
Hey some people grieve differently and if I die I want everyone out at the strip club celebrating my life and you gotta respect people’s wishes lol
If you play for a professional basketball club that relies on your talent to win crucial contests and need to avoid contracting a virus, attending a strip club is not only irresponsible but incredibly moronic. He knows better
If you sign a contract, you gotta follow the rules
What’s poppin? The NBA quarantine bubble
If you don’t want the players to leave the bubble, then add suspensions on top of quarantine time
It’s really not complicated IF you want to deter leaving
Well I think leaving for a funeral, as he did, is a very understandable reason.
His appearance at a strip club, however, is not.
If I were Commissioner, the strip club adventure would be the absolute end of Mr. Williams’ time in the bubble. We’ll see you next year.
Dumb move plain n simple. Considering Clippers are Favs. It’s real dumb.
He got away with it, I would have expelled him from the bubble all together, bye bye filth!
“Filth”? That’s a bit harsh for someone who simply went to a strip club. He was gonna get tested either way when coming back to the bubble so it’s not like he really hurt anyone physically.
I would expect this from one of the young’ns but not from a veteran of his experience. Really shows his commitment to the team is pretty weak.
Even attending funerals these days is risky these days, so many people are forgoing them. But to not have the common sense to keep from complicating matters even further is really a sign of how few NBA players have real discipline any more.