The Case For Boycotting The NBA Season
The Lead
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🗓️ 15 June 2020
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Just over a week ago, the NBA announced its plan for restarting the season at the end of July. But now, a group of players is trying to prevent that from happening. The Athletic’s Shams Charania joins us to talk about a Friday night phone call involving a large group of NBA players, including several superstars, and why some of them don’t think they should be playing basketball right now.
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https://theathletic.com/1866845/2020/06/12/sources-reveal-details-of-call-among-80-nba-players-led-by-kyrie-irving/?source=theleadpodcast
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| 1:08.4 | Just over a week ago, the NBA announced its plan for restarting at the end of July. |
| 1:13.2 | But now, a group of players is trying to stop that from happening. |
| 1:17.1 | Players are already voted to give this thing a go in Orlando, |
| 1:20.7 | and now, after a massive phone call tonight, it's an impossibility. |
| 1:24.6 | July 30th is now in doubt. |
| 1:26.7 | Today, the athletic Sean's Chironia joins us to talk about a weekend phone call involving a |
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