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Jay Williams Checks NBA Players & Tells Them Not To Be ‘Tone-Deaf’ Following Their Complaints About The League’s Bubble

<p>By now&comma; many of you know the continuation of the NBA season is quickly approaching as teams have been arriving in Orlando&comma; where they will all remain at Disney’s ESPN World-Wide Sports Complex&period; As they make their arrivals into what has become known as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the bubble&comma;” they have been sharing what it has been like so far&comma; and there have been some complaints along the way&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Sunday&comma; former NBA player and current sports analyst&comma; Jay Williams had a quick message for some of the players following their complaints&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CCjLN3cnL8D&sol;">video<&sol;a><&sol;em> posted to his social media&comma; Jay said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;NBA players cannot be tone-deaf&period; My NBA brothers&comma; you cannot be tone-deaf right now in this current environment&period; We all know the life that NBA players live&comma; you are blessed&comma; get a chance to be on planes&comma; get a chance to have millions of dollars in your bank account&comma; you live a different level of life&period; But that is drastically different than what real everyday working Americans are going through right now&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He continued&comma; &&num;8220&semi;You’re in a billion-dollar bubble&period; f you want to complain about the anxieties you have from COVID-related issues&comma; I get it&comma; complain about that&period; We all have the right to complain about that&period; But when I hear NBA guys complaining about living facilities&comma; food that they have being delivered to them&comma; it is tone-deaf&period; It is tone-deaf&period; I want you to think about people who are everyday working people who are making minimum wage trying make ends meet&comma; that are going to factories&comma; that are going to really harsh working environments&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CCkMhtPhhCZ" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier in the week Trey Daniels from the Denver Nuggets and Chris Chiozza from the Brooklyn Nets shared their meals with their followers&comma; 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