NBA Thread 2019-20

[Jockey]

George Hill was not on the active roster that was handed in before the game - so as I said earlier, I think he was the driving force for this entire boycott.

[YaBlueIt]

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1298721753103966214/pu/vid/1284x692/hKTm8KUYc9QjRbrw.mp4?tag=10

Worth a watch. Zora Stephenson nails it.

Thanks for sharing. Very well put.

[GooooMarquette]

Players meeting in the bubble tonight to decide their next steps.

I won't be shocked if the bubble bursts.

A society that can't treat all of its citizens humanely doesn't deserve entertainment.

[Johnny B]

if only this would acutally do somthing. we arent getting substinative change from drump or biden when it comes to police reform. the people that are watching the nba right are overwhelmingly on board with the message anyways. i dont think this does much but if the players think so go for it. where do we go from here though.? the games say they are rescheduled. to when lol? they gonna start it up friday? monday? what the hell is the point then not playing a few days??? if there gonna do it just cancel the whole thing. taking a few days or weeks off.does nothing and is pointless

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

if only this would acutally do somthing. we arent getting substinative change from drump or biden when it comes to police reform. the people that are watching the nba right are overwhelmingly on board with the message anyways. i dont think this does much but if the players think so go for it. where do we go from here though.? the games say they are rescheduled. to when lol? they gonna start it up friday? monday? what the hell is the point then not playing a few days??? if there gonna do it just cancel the whole thing. taking a few days or weeks off.does nothing and is pointless

It does more than nothing. Continuing to call attention to injustice isn’t nothing.

[wadesworld]

if only this would acutally do somthing. we arent getting substinative change from drump or biden when it comes to police reform. the people that are watching the nba right are overwhelmingly on board with the message anyways. i dont think this does much but if the players think so go for it. where do we go from here though.? the games say they are rescheduled. to when lol? they gonna start it up friday? monday? what the hell is the point then not playing a few days??? if there gonna do it just cancel the whole thing. taking a few days or weeks off.does nothing and is pointless

Are the people watching the NBA "overwhelmingly on board with the message?"  I mean, we have a number of posters here who are "threatening" not to renew their season tickets, not to watch Marquette or Big East games, losing interest in Marquette basketball because they are going to put a BLM patch on their uniforms.  And that's coming from alumnis of an urban Jesuit institution.  You don't think there are a large number of NBA fans who don't have the same feelings?  I'd venture to guess that, sadly, there are plenty who feel similarly.

[Johnny B]

It does more than nothing. Continuing to call attention to injustice isn’t nothing.

yeah my point is the people watching the nba already agree. the ones who dont dont care

[MU82]

One of the investing sites I write for has an article about how these NBA boycotts might affect companies such as Disney (ESPN) and DraftKings. Within minutes of the article being posted, the comment stream was filled with vile, hate-filled, racist remarks.

Just another effen day in the U.S. of A. ... and it kind of helps make the players' point.

[GB Warrior]

One of the investing sites I write for has an article about how these NBA boycotts might affect companies such as Disney (ESPN) and DraftKings. Within minutes of the article being posted, the comment stream was filled with vile, hate-filled, racist remarks.

Just another effen day in the U.S. of A. ... and it kind of helps make the players' point.

Won't change until there is some joint skin in the game. Now they have it. I am all for the players demonstrating that they - and not the owners or the league - make up this game and exerting their power to force people to the table.

If the Bucks choose not to play another game, they are sacrificing what is likely their best chance at a championship to be there with their community in pain and in defense of who they are as men and as humans. Nothing but respect for all who stand with them.

Edit: Players get it https://twitter.com/victorjacobo_/status/1298766270381395969?s=19 

[Hards Alumni]

Is the NBA still okay with Chinese internment camps and organ harvesting?



Sorry I had to be the one 

Don't be sorry.

[Jockey]

Edit: Players get it https://twitter.com/victorjacobo_/status/1298766270381395969?s=19 

If players think the Wisconsin legislature is going to do something about this, they don't get it.

But I think they are smarter than to think that would be the case.

[GB Warrior]

If players think the Wisconsin legislature is going to do something about this, they don't get it.

But I think they are smarter than to think that would be the case.

My point is they get who the roadblock to action is

[Pakuni]

The bots are out in force tonight


@jdubbsimms: Weird. So many bots saying the same thing #NBA https://twitter.com/jdubbsimms/status/1298731698725814280/photo/1

[CreightonWarrior]

The bots are out in force tonight


@jdubbsimms: Weird. So many bots saying the same thing #NBA https://twitter.com/jdubbsimms/status/1298731698725814280/photo/1

https://twitter.com/masonginsberg/status/1298797826709880833?s=21

[MU82]

Racists hate the NBA.

Rich, intelligent Black guys who aren’t afraid to take stances on social issues.

And now the racists are REALLY reacting.

[Pakuni]

@ShamsCharania: Sources: The Lakers and Clippers have voted to boycott the NBA season. Most other teams voted to continue. LeBron James has exited the meeting.

[#UnleashSean]

Racists hate the NBA.

Rich, intelligent Black guys who aren’t afraid to take stances on social issues.

And now the racists are REALLY reacting.

I don't believe the average intelligence level in the NBA is any more then a random selection of the average populace.

[JWags85]

I don't believe the average intelligence level in the NBA is any more then a random selection of the average populace.

No, but I’d argue the ones who are the leading voices are smart, above average intelligence guys. The leaders of the players union, who are often vocal about stuff like this, Chris Paul, Jaylen Brown, CJ McCollum, Malcolm Brogdon, Iguadola, all very bright guys who have shown it with their off the court interests and endeavors.  Doc Rivers obviously. These are the guys making profound impactful statements that generate buzz, not the player who majored in basketball and took minimal actual classes who just wrote BLM on his shoes,

[MU82]

I don't believe the average intelligence level in the NBA is any more then a random selection of the average populace.

I didn't say they were. I also agree with Wags.

[DegenerateDish]

@ShamsCharania: Sources: The Lakers and Clippers have voted to boycott the NBA season. Most other teams voted to continue. LeBron James has exited the meeting.

Doesn’t sound like things went great at this meeting tonight, majority not on the same page. They should have waited until tomorrow morning to discuss things, too much emotion now.

[HutchwasClutch]

@ShamsCharania: Sources: The Lakers and Clippers have voted to boycott the NBA season. Most other teams voted to continue. LeBron James has exited the meeting.

Only in the fairy tale land of professional sports can you walk away from a contractual obligation with the comfort in knowing your millions will continue to roll in uninterrupted.  What a great deal- virtue signal to the world, sit on your ass, and rake in more millions.  Fabulous

[HutchwasClutch]

Next time one of these faux SJW’s falls into trouble with the law, which is inevitable, I hope public opinion is as swift, harsh, and lacking in consideration to judge their situation as they’ve shown in the Kenosha case before anywhere close to all the facts and sides are known. 

[JWags85]

Only in the fairy tale land of professional sports can you walk away from a contractual obligation with the comfort in knowing your millions will continue to roll in uninterrupted.  What a great deal- virtue signal to the world, sit on your ass, and rake in more millions.  Fabulous

They are basketball players, not hot tar roofers. These dudes LOVE the game. Nobody is gleefully looking to sit out games cause they don’t want to play and just get paid instead. I’d be willing to wager that all the vocal figures would happily sacrifice paychecks for the remainder of the season or donate it to charity in aims of the cause.  Multiple players already have.

But if you can make them out to be spoiled brats, you can discredit their message and their motives. Be more transparent, you can’t.

[Mutaman]

Next time one of these faux SJW’s falls into trouble with the law, which is inevitable, I hope public opinion is as swift, harsh, and lacking in consideration to judge their situation as they’ve shown in the Kenosha case before anywhere close to all the facts and sides are known.

7 bullets shot, 4 of which hit the guy, is one fact that is not in dispute.

[Hards Alumni]

Next time one of these faux SJW’s falls into trouble with the law, which is inevitable, I hope public opinion is as swift, harsh, and lacking in consideration to judge their situation as they’ve shown in the Kenosha case before anywhere close to all the facts and sides are known.

How is life back there in the 1950s?