To say that this NBA season has been quite crazy could be an understatement. In fact, the players, teams, staff, and every single person involved in professional basketball would argue that they shouldnāt have rushed back to play after such a short offseason, especially considering that the pandemic is far from over. At least, Iām pretty sure that Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant would agree with that statement.
Durant has found out firsthand what Covid-19 looks like. He got it several months ago, made a full recovery, and then was forced to sit out several games again due to contact tracing. Then, last night, out of the blue and all of a sudden, he was pulled out again.
The league didnāt allow Durant to start the game vs. the Toronto Raptors due to health and safety protocols. He could come off the bench, though, just to be pulled out from it before the start of the second half due to an inconclusive test from a person he was in contact with. Yeah, that doesnāt make sense at all.
Kevin Durant Asks To Be Freed, Calls Out The NBA
Unsurprisingly, given his often outspoken and controversial nature, Durant didnāt take that incident lightly this time. In fact, he asked to be āfreedā and then put the world no notice by calling out the league and theirāwack PR tacticsā.
āYo@nba, your fans arenāt dumb!!!! You canāt fool em with your Wack ass PR tactics.. #FREE7,ā a clearly angry Durant wrote on Twitter.
In all honesty, this just doesnāt make sense at all. I mean, how could he play and put other players at risk ā assuming he should, indeed, be isolated ā and then pull it out of the game? Why didnāt they cancel the game then? Thatās exactly why some people think the league should pause for a couple of weeks while they get things straight.
