Chandler virus anger goes ‘viral’

COMMISSIONER Adam Silver and the NBA players’ union might consider attaching some of this NBA down time to encourage players to practice minimal public civility, prevail upon them to clean up their acts on behalf of the league, its fans and themselves.

Seems not a social media message is sent by a player that doesn’t include gratuitous vulgarities, often with a strong hint of semi-literacy.

Consider the F-word strewn, barely discernible tweet sent last week by 32-year-old Nets forward Wilson Chandler ,a DePaul man. He angrily complained to whomever read it about the inconvenience his building manager caused him over the coronavirus.

He cursed her out — “F--k that lady, man” — for doing her job as if he figured we all knew and hated her, and agreed that with four teammates infected he’s above prevention requirements. He sure won my respect!

Virus Miscellaneous: “Wuhan virus” is racist? Then what about West Nile Virus, Legionnaires disease, the German measles, Montezuma’s revenge, and, of course, the open-to-all Irish flu?

Sneaker partners Adidas and Reebok at first determined to stay open, with this soulful nonsense: “Closing down is easy, staying open in a healthy environment requires courage, persistence and focus.”

Not to mention recklessness, gall and the desire to profit from being the only shops open in their towns.

Perhaps caught in their own greedy transparency, the sibling companies then decided to close their stores, citing “the health and safety of our employees, consumers and partners” as their “No. 1 priority” — as if that wasn’t a previous consideration.

Well-reasoned scheduling solutions upon the return of MLB? Save them, brothers and sisters. The first and only considerations will be on behalf of national TV money.

Reader Mitch Cabot: NBA players have long been practicing six-foot “social distancing” rules — on defense.

Thanks for reading. Now go wash your hands.