ICYMI: 'Black Lives Matter' to Be Painted On NBA Courts When League Resumes Play
This is exactly what the American people were asking for – further intertwining of sports and politics. Boy, does the NBA know what people want or what!?
Check this out, via ESPN:
The NBA and National Basketball Players Association are planning to paint “Black Lives Matter” on the court inside both sidelines in all three arenas the league will use at the Walt Disney World Resort when it resumes the 2019-20 season late next month in Orlando, Florida, league sources told ESPN.
Advertisement - story continues belowThe WNBA is also discussing painting “Black Lives Matter” on the court when it begins its abbreviated 2020 season at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, sources said.
REACTIONS (from both sides):
Non diversified @nba courts will now have painted
"Black Lives Matter"
You'd have to be nuts to support the NBA and their multi multi multi millionaire petulant vociferators.
Shut up and dribble.— Director Dean (@PrinzPlaymates) June 30, 2020
all these white racist mad af…….. We dont care though … Black lives matter…. We Run this league….. The most popular man in all sports is black …. we run this shit yall be the man dogging black but want to watch the sport we dominate.
— jasmine king (@jasmine14883767) June 29, 2020
https://twitter.com/Gregtzs/status/1277161166263980032
It’d be cool to see the NBA put “Black Lives Matter” on the back of the jersey like they did in England for soccer pic.twitter.com/h1x0A8zkoJ
— Adam (@AdamKaroumia) June 24, 2020
https://twitter.com/LerondellJaxon/status/1276674601205075968
https://twitter.com/CommonL11580614/status/1276882764109770753
NBA legend Charles Barkley leans right on a number of issues. When it comes to defunding the police, a movement that seems to be gaining steam in the liberal ethos, Barkley isn’t a fan.
From TDW:
Barkley, the avuncular former NBA star with the terrible golf swing, is weighing in on the “defund the police” movement now sweeping the most “progressive” (read: regressive) cities in the county.
And he’s not a fan.
Chuck said, “We need the cops, most of the cops do a fantastic job, but instead of defunding and all this other stuff, let’s just do police reform. Everybody should be on board for that whether you’re a Democrat, Republican, conservative or liberal.“
He added, “This is not black or white, this is just about humanity. To see a grown man die before our eyes. If you’re not upset by that if you’re white, Jewish, Chinese, anything, there is something wrong with you.“
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