Lakers guard Avery Bradley says he will opt out of NBA's Disney World reboot

dbrown4 wrote:Having a hard time with this one as well.  Again, someone with a lot of money and nothing to lose to sit out initially for the cause, pivot to this under the reason of taking care of his child, which is fine if this is all he does, and telling the majority of the league making considerably less than that and have much more to lose to sit out the season and support the cause.  

Kinda looks exactly the same trek as our poster boy Kyrie.  Caveat Emptor.  Henry the 8th via Ghost.  Please don't get your hopes up for change when you use the same approach hoping for a different outcome.  Definition of Insanity.  Use your head.        

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dboss wrote:LAL will miss him.

wideclyde wrote:It certainly appears that Mr. Bradley cares more about his family than he does about money.

Good move on his part, and he should be commended.

cowens/oldschool wrote:

dboss wrote:LAL will miss him.

They won’t lose much as JR Smith is a bigger version of Avery with a similar game. The possible loss of Howard could be bigger as he was fairly good in his Perk role, letting AD go all over the floor. They were the last of a dying breed with a traditional big 4-5 combo, not a 3 playing the 4 like most of the NBA. Which means a lot more dirty work for Lebron and AD, so sure this rest was good for them.

tjmakz wrote:

wideclyde wrote:It certainly appears that Mr. Bradley cares more about his family than he does about money.

Good move on his part, and he should be commended.

I am not sure why Avery couldn't have played in Orlando while his family stayed home, thus, not bringing home anything potentially harmful to his son.
How much of Avery's decision to skip Orlando was to focus on BLM concerns or because of the health of his son?
We don't know.

dbrown4 wrote:jrlleftfoot,

Let's let this one play out.  If I'm wrong, I'll admit it.  Just didn't pass the smell test for me in light of his and Kyrie's initial comments, that's all.

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dbrown4 wrote:No problem jrleftfoot.  No harm, no foul.  His son may very well be chronically sick.  Avery can afford the best medical care above and beyond standard medical coverage, in the bubble or out.  

I'm not saying he can't do both, take care of his kid and support the BLM's cause.  

It was the sequencing and his delivery of things I had question with.  First, he takes a Kyrie stand about pulling out of the restart in protest to the league for a variety of reasons.  Then he says he's sitting out because of his son.  Which is fine.  I don't know the degree of his son's illness but we will just have to trust him on this.  

Then he says he will "use this time away to focus on projects that will help strengthen my communities."  

Not sure what that will involved but you can't do much of that isolated at home as recent marches, rallies and rioting have proven.  That would seem to contradict what he has now made as his ultimate goal which is focusing on his son.  Probably putting his son in more danger by getting involved politically on the side as the recent spike in COVID has shown.  It may not matter as the league is probably going to have to reassess one more time within a couple of weeks if numbers don't get better and probably cancel the season as there are just too many variables to control in the bubble.  

The bubble is a great idea on paper.  But the NBA needs to step up and admit they've made a mistake, cut bait and run.  

If his son was the reason he was going to exit the rest of the season then just say that first.  That's all.  Again, let's just watch this play out.

tjmakz, you and I are looking at the same seesaw.  How much of which point of focus?  It just came out odd that's all.  It a financial, career, medical and family issue/decision all wrapped up into one.    
+1
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dbrown4 wrote:Here's an even more interesting question.  If/When the Lakers win the title, does AB get a ring?

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