In December, NBA commissioner Adam Silver was unequivocal when speaking to ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith: The league would not jump the line to get COVID-19 vaccines.
After all, NBA players are as young and as healthy — generally speaking — as the American workplace gets. Without a comorbidity (such as asthma), NBA players would presumably be near the back of the line for vaccines, and Silver said he had no intention of moving them up.
“We will very likely be part of some public service campaigns, we already talked to the CDC and other federal agencies about that, encouraging people to get vaccinated when it is appropriate,” Silver said.