'I'll keep that a private thing': LeBron James avoids answering if he'll get the COVID-19 vaccine after NBA commissioner said he will NOT make it mandatory James, 36, avoided answering if he'll get the coronavirus vaccine in a lengthy interview ahead of the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday His comments come after NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced on Saturday that he would not make the vaccine mandatory 'That's a conversation that my family and I will have and I pretty much I'll keep that to a private thing,' King James said Silver said during a press conference on Saturday that he was not aware of any player in the league who had been vaccinated yet