NBA Players React to Time Away From Sport

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All’s still quiet on the NBA front, with virtually all of sports on hiatus due to COVID-19. You think you’re bored? These NBA players are waiting around, wondering if they’ll get to finish the season –

CJ McCollum is ready to fill his days with binge-watching:

Please send me some new shows to watch on Netflix , Hulu and Hbo so I can make a list of shows to watch

— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) March 15, 2020

Teammate Damian Lillard thinks that sounds like a good idea to him:

Ditto https://t.co/wQXziu7mfT

— Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) March 15, 2020

Lillard could always hit the studio and drop a mixtape:

Very possible https://t.co/duYc2evsgN

— Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) March 15, 2020

Center Jusuf Nurkic was denied his long-awaited return from injury this week, but he took a second to recognize fans that wanted to chant his name anyway:

https://twitter.com/bosnianbeast27/status/1239306354826727425?s=20

Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young sums up what everyone is thinking:

Bored.

— Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) March 16, 2020

Meanwhile, Evan Turner is up to Evan Turner things:

Who remembers the legendary dance move jadakiss had in the “knock yourself out” video.
And the Louie fit was crazy!

— Evan Turner (@thekidet) March 16, 2020

Philadelphia 7ers star Joel Embiid is trying to fix FIFA20. Wonder if he’s an Xbox or PS4 guy:

Career mode is basically my life and it has so potential, so many ideas to make it fun. Might be too late but FIFA 21 is approaching. It’s been a while since we made adjustments so let’s do it BUT FIRST can we fix the problems now? Lol @EA @EASPORTSFIFA @EAHelp

— Joel “Do a 180” Embiid??? (@JoelEmbiid) March 14, 2020

LeBron looks like he’s trying to class things up during the hiatus:

https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1239424365621469184?s=20

Ja Morant had the Rookie of the Year award locked up. Now he’s going through withdrawals:

https://twitter.com/JaMorant/status/1239609902206771201?s=20

Sounds like the Nets’ Spencer Dinwiddie is too:

https://twitter.com/SDinwiddie_25/status/1239344405951270920?s=20

We’re all watching highlights to stave off withdrawals too. Everyone stay healthy and we can’t wait to have you back!