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LeBron James Changes His Tune About Not Playing Games Without Fans—“You Got To Listen To The People”

<p>&num;Roommates&comma; you may remember a few days ago when <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;lebron-james-i-promise-childrens-book-to-be-published-this-summer&sol;">LeBron James<&sol;a> said that he would not be playing games if there were no fans in attendance&comma; which was a proposed idea to keep the spread of coronavirus down&period; Well&comma; apparently Bron has had a change of heart&comma; as his current outlook on the situation has changed drastically&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&commat;ESPN reports&comma; LeBron James now says that although he would be disappointed if the NBA plays games without fans&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;espn&period;com&sol;nba&sol;story&sol;&lowbar;&sol;id&sol;28878573&sol;lebron-james-says-listen-nba-bars-fans-coronavirus">he will listen<&sol;a> to whatever the NBA decides is the safest thing to do for both the players and the fans amid the rising coronavirus cases in the U&period;S&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>LeBron explained his new outlook on the situation like this&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Well it&&num;8217&semi;s funny&comma; because when I was asked the question of would you play without no fans&comma; I had no idea that there was actually a conversation going behind closed doors about the particular virus&period; Obviously&comma; I would be very disappointed not having the fans&comma; because that is what I play for &&num;8212&semi; I play for my family&comma; I play for my fans&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He elaborated&comma; adding&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They say no one could actually come to the game if they decide to go to that point&comma; so I would be disappointed in that&period; But at the same time&comma; you got to listen to the people that&&num;8217&semi;s keeping a track on what&&num;8217&semi;s going on&period; If they feel like it&&num;8217&semi;s best for the safety of the players&comma; the safety of the franchise&comma; the safety of the league to mandate that&comma; then we all listen to it&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This week also marked the first time that major league sports teams were abiding by the new pre- and postgame health safety measures instituted by the NBA&comma; MLB&comma; NHL and MLS to have all team locker rooms and clubhouses closed off to the media and nonessential team employees&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; what are your thoughts on this&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"58039" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;lebron-james-changes-his-tune-about-not-playing-games-without-fans-you-got-to-listen-to-the-people&sol;" data-secure&equals;"a5508e3f4d"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;font-size&colon; 25px&semi;font-weight&colon; 600&semi;">What Do You Think Roomies&quest;<&sol;div> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions wpra-static-emojis size-medium" style&equals;"border-color&colon; 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