Kristaps Porzingis, of the Dallas Mavericks, was fined $ 50,000 for the NBA considering that his presence at a club in Los Angeles, last Sunday, violated the league’s covid-19 health and safety protocols.
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Quite the opposite of what happened with the star forward of the Lakers, LeBron James, who participated in an entire commercial promotion of a tequila brand and the NBA considered that he had not violated any protocol.
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Given the criticism that the NBA has received immediately through social networks considering that James has become an ‘untouchable’ as Michael Jordan was in his day, the commissioner’s office has had to offer its “version” of the decision that has not convinced anyone.
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The NBA rules prevent players from going to clubs, bars or lounges regardless of their vaccination status, without specifying whether it is about socializing on a personal level or it is about an image and commercial promotion in which James always moves. , regardless of the cause you defend.
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League protocols offer more freedom to vaccinated players, but they cannot go to clubs, bars or lounges regardless of vaccination status.
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According to the league, the Lakers star briefly attended an outdoor event related to an individual business activity where everyone had to get vaccinated or submit a negative covid-19 test.
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This is not the first time that Porzingis has broken the covid-19 rules. Last July, in the Orlando bubble, he did not play a playoff preparation game because he missed a covid-19 test, without his absence affecting the Mavericks.
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