Fair call he got his cash already so no need to work anymore.

I hope this isn't going to be the excuse when LeBum .... Oh I mean the Lakers lose

Bertans is being soft as not like he has a weak immune child to look after like Bradley.

Bertans might work for Dan Andrews so perhaps wants it to be at zero before talking face to face with anyone again.

Bertans has been out with BLM causes thou so perhaps the BLM immunity wears off when you aren't at there events/riots

Bertans has a history of knee injuries and is likely to get a new fat contract after the season. He just doesn't want to risk a serious injury for an unlikely playoff run. You can disagree with his stance. No need to peddle some racist crap though

#310 and #311 are morons. Or a single moron, posting in support of himself.

So he is holding out?

Surely the CBA won't allow this?

310 and 311 when you've finished talking to yourself maybe you can stop and have a think about how stupid you sound.

Well the nba isn't a business, no one ever gets cut and everyone just plays for the love of the game.

Lakers were 13-1 without Bradley so this is not the end of the world. Respect to Bradley for putting family first. Caruso will have to get his minutes.

Bradley holds offensive players to their worst shooting % in the NBA when guarded but Caruso is #4 on that list so he's no slouch at the defensive end either.

Being isolated we can only imagine what the situation is in America. People are freaking out about the clusters in Victoria, thousands are dying daily over there. So to be beating a drum about selfishness is a bit rich. It's not a good place to be, even if you are a millionaire athlete.

The NBA players have to much power as when you start sitting out when under contract and uninjured it starts to make a mockery of the league.

No wonder the league is loosing viewership as the resting/sitting thing start with the stars of the league now guys like Bertans are sitting as well its a joke.

Lets not forget he is due to be paid $1M USD to play so even if he did a knee he ain't exactly begging for his next meal.

This is why fans shake there head are the self entitlement and self centered attitude of Us pro sports players.

That was pure drivel.

So players (Bertans) is breaking contract by not playing despite permission it being ok with the Wiz?
If he does re-sign with the Wiz you think they are happy?

You sign a contract to play bball and negotiation a wage/benefits to undertake it and sign onto fulfil the contract.

Players blatantly breaking the contract doesn't bode well for the league.

So players sitting doesn't help reinforce that regular season games are meaningless?

Agree with your point on social media and the way the game is played they kind of cooked there own goose to a degree plus plenty of players are treating the regularly season with disdain doesn't help.

Who would have thought sitting players and free twitter clips won't generate increased revenue for the league, they are pretty lucky that the regime in China pay the money they do or they'd be stuffed.

How do the increase in numbers matter.

ITs out there so its a matter of managing it as anyone hoping for a vaccine will be waiting a while so gotta get back to business.

#445 the increase matters because going into lockdown was meant to flatten the curve to buy time to allow for things like the vaccine and other treatments, and to take pressure off the hospitals. America half-arsed their lockdown and their now at pre-lockdown numbers, so it's basically been a waste of four months. That means they'll either need to go back into lockdown to flatten the curve again, or risk their death rate sky-rocketing again.

Understand if these guys want to sit due to COVID but they sitting next year as well? Or they sitting forever cause it ain't going away?

The NBA effectively rely on that China Money now with the US shutdown and reducing revenues stateside.

It is ironic that the players overwhelmingly support BLM but take that China cash when we all know what happens in the "Peoples Republic" its pretty ironic and hypocritical really but hey everyone has a price.

J Bags no NBA player is coming to Australia for $150,000 AUD.