NBA's Phoenix Suns To Protest Immigration Law By Wearing "Los Suns" Jerseys

RealClearPolitics ^ | May 4, 2010 | RealClearPolitics

[ianschwartz]

ESPN: The Phoenix Suns will wear "Los Suns" on their jerseys in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals on Wednesday night, owner Robert Sarver said, "to honor our Latino community and the diversity of our league, the state of Arizona, and our nation."

"It really damages our civil liberties, I think that it opens the potential for racial profiling [and] racism," Suns guard Steve Nash said.

[Jewbacca]

Wouldn’t that be “Los Sols?”

[buccaneer81]

"It really damages our civil liberties, I think that it opens the potential for racial profiling [and] racism," Suns guard Steve Nash said.

He's CANADIAN!

None of his damned business!

[Rational Thought]

They just couldn’t leave it alone.

I’ll respond by Not Watching The Suns.

[Cicero]

That’s Los Soles, dummies.

[cooperj]

replace the players with some illegals for ten bucks an hour, then see how much solidarity the sun players feel.

[MarineBrat]

Stupid move by a proven racist league.

[mc5cents]

Oh, my. Can’t we just play and stfu. For gods sake, it’s sports not politics. We go to the games to get away from this BS, for awhile.

[pf flyers]

Dipnards

[kevkrom]

How about “Los Ers”?

[Kid Shelleen]

Maybe someone will honor the illegal immigrant supporters by sneaking into the game without a ticket.

[pissant]

Go San Antonio!!!

[Minus_The_Bear]

this was posted on Craigslist.

NO TICKETS NEEDED TO ENTER MAY 5th's GAME!!!!!!

The Phoenix Los Suns play May 5th and I was going to get tickets but the Suns support illegal behavior. Sooooo......Let's all just sneak in as an undocumented attendees. If they stop us we will call them racists until they let us in for free....and free beer and food for us and our families.

[hillarys cankles]

NBA is ready to take over 4th place behind the NFL, MLB, and the NHL. They should shorten their season, get control of their thug players, and just STHU and play!

[donna]

The Dixie Chicks of basketball.

[marstegreg]

These people are seriously dillusional, maybe they are too close to Hollywood and actually think we care what they think. Just do your job and play the game.

[bigredkitty1]

STFU, Nash. You’re from CANADA. What the hell would you know about a Third World nation sitting on your southern border? You Canucks have the US protecting YOUR southern border.

Every time Steve Nash opens his mouth about non-basketball topics, colossial amounts of stupid falls out.

[comps4spice]

Someone better give the Suns a clue—if 70% of their state’s citizens support this law, they stand to lose a lot of support.

[cubreporter]

Thanks for the warning. Won’t give them any attention. Idiots.

[Jeff Chandler]

GO SPURS!!!!!

[Third Person]

“Lost Souls” is more like it.

[Repeal 16-17]

"It really damages our civil liberties, I think that it opens the potential for racial profiling [and] racism," Suns guard Steve Nash said.

Go back to trying to put an inflated rubber ball through a netted hoop and let the adults handle this, you moron.

[nhoward14]

Don’t you mean “Los Spurs”?

http://www.sportsauthority.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3432104

[Straight Vermonter]

They have been doing this for years. This is not a reaction to the new law.

[bray]

Better yet, a Los Sers patch.

Pray for America

[Mr. Wright]

NBA? What is that? Who are they? Have no idea!!

[righttackle44]

Savers apparently honors the murderer of Mr. Krenz and the shooter of Pinal Deputy Puroll.

[DennisR]

“Phoenix Suns”? What is that? Who are they?

[Azzurri]

A more appropriate jersey would be “Los Idiots”. If I was a season ticket holder, I would not renew for next season and make sure management knew why I was canceling. When did the sports industry become so limp wristed?

[thecabal]

As if I needed another reason to hate the Suns now. Douchebags.

[taillightchaser]

As if I needed any more reasons, this is the 2784th reason I can’t stand basketball.

[reg45]

“Los Suns” or “Lose Suns”

[McGavin999]

One of our vendors was trying to give away tickets for the Suns today and nobody, I mean nobody, would take them.

[keepitreal]

I think that, in solidarity, they should also give back any tax breaks they might have received from the city of Phoenix or the State of Arizona. Don’t want that dirty, racist money.

[filbert]

I didn’t think I could despise the NBA more than I do already.

I was wrong.

[jakerobins]

I would go to the game and show them las lunas.....LOL

[P-Marlowe]

Maybe someone will honor the illegal immigrant supporters by sneaking into the game without a ticket.

Bingo!

[A Strict Constructionist]

Another special class of people supported by government welfare supporting another class of future welfare recipients. Let them build their own arenas to play in.

[mikey_hates_everything]

Los Suns? Sexists.

[Dawebman]

THAT’S GREAT!
THE NBA SUPPORTS CRIMINALS!

BUT THEN, NOST OF THEIR PLAYERS
ARE CRIMINALS TOO, AREN’T THEY?

THE PHOENIX SUNS CAN TAKE A FLYING BURRITO TO BEANER TOWN!

GOOD LUCK DRAWING FANS FROM YOUR ILLEGAL BASE!

JUST WHAT I NEED ... ANOTHER REASON NOT TO WATCH THE NBA!

[BenKenobi]

Go Spurs! Kick their butts again!

[John-Irish]

With all this bs about Arizona’s law can you imagine what would happen if we did have a president with a set and he closed the damn border?

[Dawebman]

YOU LIBERALS HAVE A STRANGE AFFECTION FOR BUTTS,
DON’T YOU?

MAYBE THE SUNS SHOULD DRAFT BARNEY FRANK?

[max americana]

From BC. I had to leave that liberal province due to these idiots.

[stevio]

Just damn.

[Stayingawayfromthedarkside]

During the news break on the radio here in the Phx metro area, they also played a comment from the Spurs coach that 1070 was a knee jerk reaction just like the Patriot Act after 9/11. I wish these liberals would get out of sports. It would seem that sports go against their ideology of everyone being equal. I’m am so pissed right now. I have been a Suns fan longer than these idiots have been in the leauge.

[Dawebman]

YOU LIBERALS HAVE A STRANGE AFFECTION FOR BUTTS,
DON’T YOU?

MAYBE THE SUNS SHOULD DRAFT BARNEY FRANK?

[BenKenobi]

Whereabouts? I’m from BC as well.

[rhinohunter]

Wow.... Just when I thought the NBA could not make itself any more irrelevant...

[Jeff Chandler]

This is how they show their gratitude to 70% of their fans?

I’ve been a Suns fan since they beat my Lakers the year before they got Barkley.

They are dead to me now.