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Many NBA players are hesitant to promote COVID-19 vaccines | First Take

Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman discuss how many of the NBA’s top players are expressing apprehension about accepting invitations to participate in league-sponsored public service announcements to bolster broader acceptance of the coronavirus vaccine. #FirstTake #NBA More on ESPN.com:

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  1. Allen Iverson

    February 18, 2021 at 1:38 pm

    Dislike this please

  2. Trap Montana

    February 18, 2021 at 1:42 pm

    You shouldn’t have to take it if you don’t want to

  3. buda1013

    February 18, 2021 at 1:53 pm

    At this point idk what the players want anymore…they was just complaining about playing an extra game in the ASG due to covid now they dont wanna talk/promote vaccinations which possibly could help the situation

  4. Bentley Fonsworth

    February 18, 2021 at 1:57 pm

    No vaccine and you can’t play. No vaccine and you can’t get on an airplane. You can’t open your businesses unless you comply with mask mandates. You can’t enter said business as a customer without complying with mask mandates. Stay 666 feet apart. OBEY AND ACCEPT THE MARK OF THE BEAST.

  5. Daniel Hussain

    February 18, 2021 at 2:02 pm

    Why are there so many dislikes?

    • Solomon's Tech

      February 18, 2021 at 3:55 pm

      Because their take is absolutely terrible. No one should take the vaccine if they don’t want to. Saying that players shouldn’t play if they don’t take the vaccine is forcing them to take it

    • Kenneth Segura

      February 18, 2021 at 9:17 pm

      Because chuds are mad

  6. Der CrysisBZ

    February 18, 2021 at 2:07 pm

    Why take a vaccine that can potentially kill you and overwrite your dna to the beast system?

  7. Mike From Bensonhurst

    February 18, 2021 at 2:23 pm

    “Low Quality information” “Misinformation” , is basically anything that is not the mainstream narrative lol

    • Johnny Adames

      February 18, 2021 at 5:22 pm

      Damm bruh, u prob a flat earther huh.

    • Kenneth Segura

      February 18, 2021 at 9:08 pm

      Lol what no! you can definitely listen to independent media that is not main stream and telling the truth. But there is definitely misinformation out there. Some even on mainstream media

    • Kenneth Segura

      February 18, 2021 at 9:10 pm

      @Solomon’s Tech Is your take unironically don’t trust the science… good luck with that one

    • JD 23

      February 18, 2021 at 9:28 pm

      @Johnny Adames bruh mainstream media is literally low quality information, they lie the most

    • Reginald Pippin

      February 18, 2021 at 9:56 pm

      That’s why no one should listen to the first thing they hear and run with it without questioning it.

  8. Krzysiek Stuttgart

    February 18, 2021 at 2:23 pm

    So even this subject is race related? ESPN is worse than CNN and to that, Max Kellerman has the advantage that he is heard being on widely spread TV, hence he may say such BS like: “anti-vaccine people are nonsense”, whereas he also claims players not wanting to be vaccinated shouldn’t play! Wow, that is dictatorship and a blackmail at once! Besides this is all an experiment on lively people which results are seen in Europe currently – where a lot of older people die or have severe side effects right after taking this poison. In % this vaccine kills more people than the virus itself!!! TVs agenda is being paid by its owners and these owners have their dirty hands in other places…. DON’T TAKE IT and never trust the media!

  9. whales312

    February 18, 2021 at 2:27 pm

    Nurse over here talking you should 100% take it. We have spent so much resource time money efforts into this vaccine with so many casualties along the way. Please educate yourself and be safe

  10. Jedi MiNd TrIcKs

    February 18, 2021 at 2:33 pm

    NBA players woke enough to figure vaccines are bad but get suckered right into promoting BLM 😂

  11. Gary Sidhu

    February 18, 2021 at 2:36 pm

    This was bad look for Max

    • Kenneth Segura

      February 18, 2021 at 9:16 pm

      Wat

  12. Way Of Yeshua

    February 18, 2021 at 2:37 pm

    Do not be deceived by the media this vaccine is the abomination/ mark of the beast DO NOT TAKE IT!!! Repent of your sins and turn to Jesus Christ before it is too late.

  13. GGX Gang HQ

    February 18, 2021 at 3:05 pm

    It’s going to be funny seeing all these people in the comments getting denied entry to different places if they refuse to take the vaccine. It’s only a matter of time you losers that everywhere is going to require the vaccine shot. Get ready lmao

  14. Remi Ntumazah-Charles

    February 18, 2021 at 3:10 pm

    Listen anyone who has concerns about the vaccines should talk to a trusted medical professional and ask as many questions as possible then make a decision on taking a vaccine once you have all the facts.

    • DrewHasit

      February 18, 2021 at 3:50 pm

      Not a single doctor will ever say “it’s probably not safe”. Take a look at the vaccine ingredients, have fun doing research and we’ll be here after your head is done spinning. You either trust it blindly or you dont. Its not possible to educate yourself on something that hasnt been tested for years. We are all lab rats on this one. Best of luck to both sides.

  15. Megahardcore566

    February 18, 2021 at 3:20 pm

    I’m black, I’m in the nursing field, I took both vaccines, no reaction to neither. I did it because I watched a lot of residents that I cared very deeply about get sick and couple of them did die. I took it because I don’t want to be a statistic. Our numbers are down significantly after our pts were vaccined. It’s a choice. Take it or don’t it’s that simple. But until we try something, this Virus will never go away. Our way of norm will NEVER be the same again ever!

  16. Flex Washington

    February 18, 2021 at 3:26 pm

    Thank God

  17. Solomon's Tech

    February 18, 2021 at 3:48 pm

    Someone ask Max how is anti vaccine nonsense when many die of the Covid vaccine

    • Johnny Adames

      February 18, 2021 at 5:18 pm

      No one has died from the vaccine. This is fake news

  18. uzahoe

    February 18, 2021 at 3:49 pm

    I think the nba should give extra pay to players, coaching staff, etc to take the shot so then they can sell out arenas again to full capacity

  19. RealTalk Barca

    February 18, 2021 at 3:52 pm

    Listen to whom is selling out the people.

  20. Ogie

    February 18, 2021 at 4:18 pm

    I’m taking it. Vaccines are supposed to prevent us from getting diseases/covid, NOT kill you. Why twist its purpose? A car’s purpose is to take you from point a to point b but we all know there are risks of accidents and yet we still drive everyday anyway. I dont see how vaccine is any different.

  21. G- Muzic

    February 18, 2021 at 4:29 pm

    My thing is can they tell you what’s in it ? What’s in it ? Why are they selling it to us to convince us so hard ?

    • Johnny Adames

      February 18, 2021 at 5:20 pm

      People like you are set in your ways. If they told you what was in it, you 1) wouldn’t know what the chemicals in it were, 2)wouldn’t believe that’s what was in it.

    • G- Muzic

      February 18, 2021 at 6:29 pm

      @Johnny Adames People like you think that your opinion matters try not to loose sleep .lol

  22. Celtic Bird

    February 18, 2021 at 5:05 pm

    My body, my rules. Remember that?

    • GTR0K

      February 18, 2021 at 8:50 pm

      Lol that was a dumb pro choice argument

  23. Jason Walter

    February 18, 2021 at 6:21 pm

    I couldn’t disagree with these guys more

  24. The Art of Raw

    February 18, 2021 at 6:34 pm

    Anyone pushing this everyone should Vax propaganda is a traitor to society on so many levels.

    • Kenneth Segura

      February 18, 2021 at 9:18 pm

      We should, deal with it!

  25. Fritz Alcindor Jr.

    February 18, 2021 at 8:26 pm

    You’re not putting a dead disease in your body. Max should read up before stating something like that.

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