The NBA and the Players Association are recommending booster shots for players and personnel who received their Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 shots more than six months ago, Tim Reynolds of The Associated Press tweets. Those who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine more than two months ago should also get a booster shot, per the NBA and NBPA. The league is recommending that those who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine get either a Moderna or Pfizer booster.
We have more from the basketball world:
- Former NBA big man Miles Plumlee is close to signing with Guang Zhou Loong Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association, Sportando’s Emiliano Carchia reports. Plumlee has previously played in the CBA. He appeared in 19 games with Atlanta during the 2018/19 season, his most recent NBA stint.
- Former Timberwolves coach Ryan Saunders has found a new gig. He’ll be joining the University of Northwestern-St Paul faculty as an adjunct professor in the spring to teach a class on Sports Leadership, according to Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic (Twitter links). However, Saunders intends to return to coaching soon. He had several chances to get back into the league but chose to take this season off for family reasons, per Krawczynski.
- NBA agent Todd Ramasar believes the next Collective Bargaining Agreement will impose penalties on players who try to force trades shortly after signing long-term deals, as he told Ian Begley of SNY TV. “I do think there will be. Without getting into specifics, (I think it will be) similar to how the NBA probably adjusted fines for owners as it relates to tampering,” Ramasar said in an in-depth interview.
There used to be a morality involved in breaking contracts with more than a year left. Heck there used to be a morality for breaking at all. But Kyree Irving broke that. So now there has to be rules for it… the Simmons situation is impossible to resolve neatly.
Demonizing one of the vax makers may be the only way to get more compliance from hesitant citizens.
“They up and got rid of the ornery one. Dern it lets go to the pharmacy and get shot up”.
Mandatory boosters, twice a year from companies with horrible track records?
No thank you.
Where does it say mandatory? Recommended does not mean mandatory.
At least you’re not saying they are government vaxxes. A bigger bad track record
One must wonder why in the list of their acceptable vaxxes doesn’t appear the Astra Zeneca… really curios & strange! Also inexplicable!