Posted on 10/12/2020 3:56:46 PM PDT by md1986
Ticker Tape Parade scheduled for Tienamen Square on Thursday.
I haven’t watched a NBA game since the Larry Byrd and Boston Celtics years.
the “woke” BBC thought it was great...especially all the social justice/BLM/voting stuff.
6min14sec to 12min37sec: NBA: Mark Medina/USA Today; then WNBA: Sydney Colson Chicago Sky:
AUDIO: 26m29s: 12 Oct: BBC Sport Today
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172x3jrhncxxxz
why would they choose to interview these two?
all about voting Dem, but never says it:
21 Sept: USA Today: Getting Black communities to vote is personal for LeBron James, other NBA stars: ‘We’ve seen our voices muted our whole lives’
by ***Mark Medina
James has founded “More Than a Vote,” an organization that has increased voter registration on its website and has held voting drives in the Black community. The group has donated $100,000 to the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition to help pay outstanding debts of former felons so that they can register to vote. The group has also enlisted other NBA players (Damian Lillard, Draymond Green, Trae Young, Ben Simmons, C.J. McCollum, Jaylen Brown, Kyle Lowry, Udonis Haslem, Eric Bledsoe, Mo Bamba), former NBA playersand current and former WNBA players such as Chiney Ogwumike and Skylar Diggins.
All NBA players will wear warm-up shirts with the message “Vote” during the Eastern and Western Conference Finals as well as the NBA Finals...
The Sacramento Kings have overseen “Rally the Vote,” a non-partisan voting registration initiative that partners with “When We All Vote,” “RISE” and 40 sports teams from the various pro leagues. The Kings, Brooklyn Nets, Chicago Bulls, Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks, Minnesota Timberwolves, Portland Trail Blazers, Utah Jazz and Washington Wizards are participating...ET ETC
Efforts around the league seem to be making an impact. “When We All Vote” CEO Kyle Lierman said that the organization has registered 150,000 people to vote this year partly because of athletes’ influences. The NBA players union reported that 62% of its eligible players have registered to vote, and that it is “making considerable progress” toward having all players registered through its own online portal. It is not clear how many people “More than a Vote” has helped register.
While the Warriors, Clippers, Rockets, Lakers, Clippers and Detroit Pistons have announced either their practice facilities or arenas will serve as voting sites on Election Day, all 30 NBA teams agreed with the players union that teams that own their venues will turn that facility into a voting site for the general election. The NBA and NBPA said 20 out of 30 teams so far “have confirmed the use of their arena or team facilities for voting and civic engagement programming.”...
Although they never experienced voter suppression directly, Kings forward Harrison Barnes, Wizards guard Ish Smith and Bucks guard Wesley Mathews have friends who have dealt with long lines at polling sites or have been turned away because they did not have the correct forms.
Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce reported hearing similar stories during Georgia’s gubernatorial election in 2018 when Democrat Stacey Abrams accused Republican Brian Kemp of efforts to suppress the Black vote...
Haslem said he has talked with teammates about registering for absentee ballots amid concerns about waiting in long lines on Election Day during the coronavirus pandemic. Lakers guard J.R. Smith worked with local officials in Newark, New Jersey, for Prudential Center to be a polling place for the general election. Celtics forward Jayson Tatum and former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal have joined the “MyStartingFiveChallenge,” nominating five people to register to vote by using #MyStartingFive on social media...
What has sparked players to change their sentiments varies.
Barnes, who grew up attending the Iowa caucuses, learned from his mother about the importance of voting. For others, the interest came much later. James said he became more civic minded when Barack Obama became the first Black president in American history in 2008. Green did after Donald Trump was elected in 2016...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2020/09/20/lebron-james-nba-players-get-personal-why-black-communities-vote/5809425002/
Sydney Colson’s Twitter page: from the Obama pic at top to the endless anti-Pence anti-Trump tweets!
Twitter: Sydney Colson
https://twitter.com/SydJColson
The punch line...
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Viewership for NBA Finals Finale Crash Nearly 70%, Beaten by Random Sunday Night Football Game ... Maybe they were watching in China, but I doubt it. Zero interest!
“ I haven’t watched a NBA game since the Larry Byrd and Boston Celtics years.”
I’ll do you one better. I thought Ewing still played for the Knicks.
Okay, start pinging me re your dry sense of humor replies like this one.
Yeah, I was about to say “Did the NBA have a season this year? What happened?”
I may have thought it was an annoying BLM infomercial and skipped past it. In a way it was.
Sign some autographs for the cardboard fans, playas.
Fake season, fake players and fake playoffs.
But they said taking white money made them feel like sellouts. We stopped paying...to make them feel better about themselves. :)
The Chinese can have the NBA. It is really popular in Nike Gulags.
Defund the NBA.
Ok. Glutton for pun punishment. I’ll do it.
Who cares. That would have been my response. And it is.
FRiend, I clicked the link, read the president's tweet and returned to this thread within 30 seconds - less time than it took for you to post your whiny comment. Just sayin.
I guess the Lakers shouldn’t expect an invitation to the White House this year for their banquet of Big Macs. The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Tampa Bay Rays will be welcome, though.
The NFL sucks, but their store is saying things like “The NFL is for all Americans...” They know they ate their own shit. It’s just too many people still like their garbage.
It’s become boring. No Triangle offense. No one plays defense.
Plumlee ball.
Miami were my favorite team.
I only wanted the Heat to win just because I wanted the queen to lose. Didn’t watch any of it.
Okay, Pun Me!
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