NBA season 2019/20
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Probably one for the BLM thread, but apparently several NBA teams are talking about sitting out the playoffs due to the latest police shootings. Fred Van Fleet was advocating for it.
@TeWaio said in NBA season 2019/20:
Probably one for the BLM thread, but apparently several NBA teams are talking about sitting out the playoffs due to the latest police shootings. Fred Van Fleet was advocating for it.
Lots of twitter noise going LBJs way about Police being shot at earlier in the day in the same city...
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Wow they actually did it
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29747523/bucks-not-taking-court-game-5-vs-magic?linkId=98178996
@TeWaio said in NBA season 2019/20:
Wow they actually did it
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29747523/bucks-not-taking-court-game-5-vs-magic?linkId=98178996
Considering the overwhelming majority of the players in the league are black, they take the issue very seriously. And it happened in Wisconsin so the Bucks' home state. I guess by defaulting the game goes to the Magic? Lakers are due up later, will be interesting to see if they follow suit
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NEW YORK– The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association today announced that in light of the Milwaukee Bucks’ decision to not take the floor today for Game 5 against the Orlando Magic, today’s three games – Bucks vs. Magic, Houston Rockets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers - have been postponed. Game 5 of each series will be rescheduled.
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NEW YORK– The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association today announced that in light of the Milwaukee Bucks’ decision to not take the floor today for Game 5 against the Orlando Magic, today’s three games – Bucks vs. Magic, Houston Rockets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers - have been postponed. Game 5 of each series will be rescheduled.
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA season 2019/20:
NEW YORK– The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association today announced that in light of the Milwaukee Bucks’ decision to not take the floor today for Game 5 against the Orlando Magic, today’s three games – Bucks vs. Magic, Houston Rockets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers - have been postponed. Game 5 of each series will be rescheduled.
There goes my afternoon lockdown viewing plans....
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Others can trivialise BLM but these players clearly feel there is still a big problem in the US. Inside all of the confusion and the bandwagon jumpers there is a real message in there
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@raznomore said in NBA season 2019/20:
@canefan I think you just need to separate the movement from the sentiment
Yes. As with many causes people jump on whose motives and goals may not be as pure as the original message
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I was just reading an article on ESPN about PG. His on-court struggles have been related to off-court issues dealing with the NBA bubble.
@Bovidae said in NBA season 2019/20:
I was just reading an article on ESPN about PG. His on-court struggles have been related to off-court issues dealing with the NBA bubble.
He was pretty candid in his post game interview yesterday and said as much. Said he was in a dark place.
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The Jet walked off TNT as well. He was visibly cut up and I think angry.
I know he could have just decided to not come in at all but it was poignant and powerful to do it on air, IMO.
@raznomore said in NBA season 2019/20:
The Jet walked off TNT as well. He was visibly cut up and I think angry.
I know he could have just decided to not come in at all but it was poignant and powerful to do it on air, IMO.
It was interesting to watch. I don’t think it was to bring attention to himself or anything like that, he was genuinely torn. I think he was former players association rep when he was a player.
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@raznomore said in NBA season 2019/20:
The Jet walked off TNT as well. He was visibly cut up and I think angry.
I know he could have just decided to not come in at all but it was poignant and powerful to do it on air, IMO.
It was interesting to watch. I don’t think it was to bring attention to himself or anything like that, he was genuinely torn. I think he was former players association rep when he was a player.
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA season 2019/20:
@raznomore said in NBA season 2019/20:
The Jet walked off TNT as well. He was visibly cut up and I think angry.
I know he could have just decided to not come in at all but it was poignant and powerful to do it on air, IMO.
It was interesting to watch. I don’t think it was to bring attention to himself or anything like that, he was genuinely torn. I think he was former players association rep when he was a player.
Kenny Smith seems like a thoughtful guy. Hardly a hysterical person. And now many more US sports games across the NBA, WNBA, MLS and MLB have been postponed as the boycott widens
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