Agree with most. However, I don't want nba types believing they are qualified as agents of change. They are no more so than journalists, media types, etc...
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Thanks for proving my point Platinum.
You guys want to bitch about rich people not doing enough, and in the next breath defend an organization that openly censored people over pissing off an actual oppressive state because of money. I don't get it.
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I love how the NBA is a business and their main concern is money and that’s okay, yet the NFL was horrible for even thinking about asking players to stand for the National anthem or not kneel... because they knew the majority of their fan base didn’t like it and was concerned about... money.
Also love that the NBA is their employer and can tell their clients what to do because they work for them, yet in the NFL it’s all about free speech and being tied down by league. Can we at least be consistent??
The whole point of the backlash against people like Curry and Kerr is the fact that they’re FOS. It’s easy to speak out against Trump in America; call him a dictator. It’s easy to appear concerned about police brutality, white supremacy, and other SJW causes. The MSM will back you and majority of other elites will back you. But when it comes to taking an ACTUAL stand against an ACTUAL dictator where people live in ACTUAL oppression... not so easy being brave when you have to go against the grain.
And don’t give me ‘but his money’. A former president once said, “At some point you’ve made enough money. There’s only so much you can eat. There’s only so big a house you can have. There’s only so many nice trips you can take. I mean, it’s enough.” I think Steph and Kerr qualify for that quote![[winking]](http://l.yimg.com/j/assets/img/emoticons/classic/wink.r191677.gif "Winking [winking]")
Also love that the NBA is their employer and can tell their clients what to do because they work for them, yet in the NFL it’s all about free speech and being tied down by league. Can we at least be consistent??
The whole point of the backlash against people like Curry and Kerr is the fact that they’re FOS. It’s easy to speak out against Trump in America; call him a dictator. It’s easy to appear concerned about police brutality, white supremacy, and other SJW causes. The MSM will back you and majority of other elites will back you. But when it comes to taking an ACTUAL stand against an ACTUAL dictator where people live in ACTUAL oppression... not so easy being brave when you have to go against the grain.
And don’t give me ‘but his money’. A former president once said, “At some point you’ve made enough money. There’s only so much you can eat. There’s only so big a house you can have. There’s only so many nice trips you can take. I mean, it’s enough.” I think Steph and Kerr qualify for that quote
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Rand Paul on CBS News...crushing it. Don’t why they gave him this platform. He’s the absolute best. The hosts are basically yelling him for saying Biden’s name lmao. I’ll try and find a clip of it, it’s worth watching. Paul is really good at laying out the facts and watching you fall all over yourself trying to refute them.
Raised a good point. We have 50 troops in Syria. What are we going to do, risk their lives for some local conflict or send in more troops and go to war with NATO? Left is mad because “war” would make Trump look really bad, so he’s avoiding it because ultimately that’s what is best for America, and voters especially understand that. It’s one of the rare things left and right voters agree on.
Last week Trump was supposed to be impeached. This week they’re mad about him pulling 50 troops out of a war zone. LOL.
Raised a good point. We have 50 troops in Syria. What are we going to do, risk their lives for some local conflict or send in more troops and go to war with NATO? Left is mad because “war” would make Trump look really bad, so he’s avoiding it because ultimately that’s what is best for America, and voters especially understand that. It’s one of the rare things left and right voters agree on.
Last week Trump was supposed to be impeached. This week they’re mad about him pulling 50 troops out of a war zone. LOL.
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The people meeting the Lakers bus covered their faces when cameras panned over to them.
This was a chance for the NBA to actually try and make a difference, rather than the empty virtue signaling. So as people have said all along, shut up and dribble.
Agree with them or not, Chik fil A sacrifices 1/7 of its potential revenue based on its principals.
Agree with them or not, Chik fil A sacrifices 1/7 of its potential revenue based on its principals.
Depends on how you define personal belief. The average person has very very few deeply held personal beliefs that are so strong they will act opposed to their best financial interests. It's basically a sliding scale of how deep the belief is vs the amount of money at stake. That's true for every person, no matter political affiliation.
The laughable difference here is the hypocrisy from the woke coaches like Kerr and pop. They understand these issues at least as much as they understand any other that they continue to speak about.
It went from "we won't just shut up and play" to "well we're just going to shut up and play".
So following this I hope they rethink their position about trump being a dictator. Because now they see what real dictatorship looks like.
That tweet from Mark Zaid is one of the most absurd, unprofessional things I’ve ever seen.
In any normal scenario, he’d be fired immediately, but when you’re part of the Democrat ruse, rather than representing a whistleblower, you can send out tweets mocking the severity of his allegations.
China sucked way before this HK issue.
The party of hypocrisy.
I love how the NBA is a business and their main concern is money and that’s okay, yet the NFL was horrible for even thinking about asking players to stand for the pledge or not kneel... because they knew the majority of their fan base didn’t like it and was concerned about... money.
Also love that the NBA is their employer and can tell their clients what to do because they work for them, yet in the NFL it’s all about free speech and being tied down by league. Can we at least be consistent??
The whole point of the backlash against people like Curry and Kerr is the fact that they’re FOS. It’s easy to speak out against Trump in America; call him a dictator. It’s easy to appear concerned about police brutality, white supremacy, and other SJW causes. The MSM will back you and majority of other elites will back you. But when it comes to taking an ACTUAL stand against an ACTUAL dictator where people live in ACTUAL oppression... not so easy being brave when you have to go against the grain.
And don’t give me ‘but his money’. A former president once said, “At some point you’ve made enough money. There’s only so much you can eat. There’s only so big a house you can have. There’s only so many nice trips you can take. I mean, it’s enough.” I think Steph and Kerr qualify for that quote
Only President in my lifetime that does what he actually campaigned on. He was very clear about getting the US out of these pointless wars.
One area he has fallen way short on is the excessive spending.
I've woken up many times on Sunday mornings hungover and driven to Chick Fil A without thinking. McDonalds breakfast is always a disappointment comparatively.
I'm not sure that can totally be blamed on him. Both parties are in favor of massive spending.
Everyone should have a passion in life like @Platinumdrgn has today searching for pics of dead Kurds.
I'ii bet you a dollar to a dime that Adam Silver is a democrat. How else could he be so gutless?
He reminds me of the dude in MIB that the bug kills while he is eating pierogies.
Given the fervor the NBA and Hollywood has for doing the Chinese govt bidding - one should wonder if the overwhelming anti trump sentiment from those groups is organic? Or is it required by China to keep the bankroll coming?
I don't know that it's the latter. But given recent events I definitely don't know that it is not
I don't know that it's the latter. But given recent events I definitely don't know that it is not
It's certainly part of it.
Just recently China was forced by Trump, for national security reasons, to sell the second largest port in America. That is awesome, and something you would think would make the national news.
An Australian company now owns it. https://www.judicialwatch.org/corru...-container-port-of-chinese-communist-control/
Under a long-term deal sealed by the Obama administration, a Chinese Communist company was set to control the second-busiest container port in the United States. In an unreported Trump administration victory, the Communists are out after a drawn-out national security review forced a unit of China-based COSCO Shipping Holdings Co. (Orient Overseas Container Line—OOCL) to sell the cherished container terminal business, which handles among the largest freight of imports into the U.S.
It all started with a 40-year container terminal lease between the Port of Long Beach in southern California and Hong Kong. The Obama administration proudly signed the agreement in 2012 giving China control of America’s second-largest container port behind the nearby Port of Los Angeles. One of the Trump administration’s first big moves was to get the Communists out of the Port of Long Beach. After a national security review and federal intervention, the Long Beach terminal business, which handles millions of containers annually, is finally being sold to an Australian company called Macquarie Infrastructure Partners. That essentially kills China’s decades-long contract with the Obama administration.
Best believe China has their financial tentacles all over Washington and would not be sad to see Trump gone ASAP. Have said before but frankly I am surprised there has not been an assassination attempt on him yet because nothing else has worked and he is pissing a lot of very powerful people off. However, the media brass have to be loving him behind closed doors because he has been very good for business.
I’m also happy the incredibly corrupt Southern District of NY is indicting people in an effort to stop the Trump team from getting to the bottom of Democrat corruption.
But yeah, orange man is a tyrant.
Wait, isn't there currently an NBA team in North Carolina? Or did I imagine that?
Agreed. When I lived in Manila I went to HK and China many times. While China is beautiful, it's certainly not a place I'd want to live.
Yes but they moved the all-star game in 2017 over the states bathroom bill.
Interesting read.
@DwayneMeighan my apologies for being an uninformed dick on this situation last night.
https://sports.yahoo.com/how-china-exerts-its-power-over-the-nba-and-its-own-citizens-215923440.html
For those hating on Kerr, I understand you hate him because he doesn't like DT, but consider the below from the article.
"For Kerr, whose father, an academic, was assassinated by terrorists in civil war-torn Beirut, the consequences of speaking up while members of the Lakers, Nets and a horde of NBA employees are in Shanghai may feel closer to home."
@DwayneMeighan my apologies for being an uninformed dick on this situation last night.
https://sports.yahoo.com/how-china-exerts-its-power-over-the-nba-and-its-own-citizens-215923440.html
For those hating on Kerr, I understand you hate him because he doesn't like DT, but consider the below from the article.
"For Kerr, whose father, an academic, was assassinated by terrorists in civil war-torn Beirut, the consequences of speaking up while members of the Lakers, Nets and a horde of NBA employees are in Shanghai may feel closer to home."
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They were bribing congressmen to get marijuana licenses and funneling foreign money to TRump super PACS. yea, shame on NY for doing their job! Trump just picks the greatest lawyers!
Attorney General William Barr was briefed earlier this year on the investigation into two Rudy Giuliani associates and supported the prosecution, a DOJ official told CNN.
Got it. I guess me and that Twitter guy have different definitions of the word boycott.
Hearing the phrase "like minded" coming from a Trump acolyte is priceless.
It is a real concern but hypocrites like you and Chuck can go pound sand. You were mute about Obama ME disasters and the Bergdahl trade.
I shitunot, the talking point on ESPN this morning among 3 talking heads was that Mayfield still brought this on himself.
For our resident NFL fans.
Any donations to a charity, a church, even to other people are opposed to your best financial interests.
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