Despite being among the handful of NBA championship favorites playing on the LeBron James-led LA Lakers, guard Avery Bradley said he is opting out of playing the remainder of the NBA season when it resumes in Florida. He told ESPN it's for family reasons.
Despite being among the handful of NBA championship favorites playing on the LeBron James-led Los Angeles Lakers, guard Avery Bradley told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski that he is opting out of playing the remainder of the NBA season when it resumes play in Florida.
The guard told ESPN that he decided against joining the Lakers for family reasons.Bradley's 6-year-old son, Liam -- Bradley and his wife Ashley have three children -- has a history of struggling to recover from respiratory illnesses and would have unlikely been medically cleared to enter the NBA's bubble in Florida.
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