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Lakers' Howard: 'No basketball' until reform
Reuters ^ | 06/14/2020

Posted on 06/14/2020 6:10:28 PM PDT by Kevin in California

The Los Angeles Lakers have their eye on an NBA championship when the season resumes next month, but center Dwight Howard said the team will have to do it without him. Howard told CNN on Saturday that given the unrest following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police last month that now is not the time for games. Floyd, like Howard, was African American, and Howard said the black community must put itself first now. "Basketball, or entertainment period, isn’t needed at this moment, and will only be a distraction,” his lengthy statement began. It continued: “I would love nothing more than to win my very first NBA Championship. But the unity of My People would be an even bigger Championship, that’s just too beautiful to pass up. What better time than now for us to be focusing on our families?

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To: Kevin in California

Didn’t want to hear their dribble anyway


101 posted on 06/14/2020 7:45:39 PM PDT by clamper1797 (We are getting close to the last "box")
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To: Kevin in California

Eff the NBA, NFL... and whatever....


102 posted on 06/14/2020 7:45:50 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: Kevin in California

Promise?


103 posted on 06/14/2020 7:48:07 PM PDT by yuleeyahoo (The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deservesrouone. Hamilton)
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To: Paladin2

And without a dog, you can’t play bassetball.


104 posted on 06/14/2020 7:54:15 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: dfwgator

I haven’t liked the NBA since they allowed 3 steps, carrying the ball on dribbles to get around the defender, calling time out when your in the air going out of bounds with the ball.

Players like James Worthy driving across the key lowering a shoulder into the defended. Then pulling back for an 8 footer while the ref calls a foul on the defender. Michale Jorden pushing off on Stockton of Utah with a forearm to hit an open jumper win the playoffs.

6 time-outs in the last minute. Players getting coaches fired. $55 to sit in the top section i n 1990. $35 to park. Loud music throughout the game. A season from Oct 20- the end of June.

I’m sure i can think of more.


105 posted on 06/14/2020 7:57:38 PM PDT by stuckincali
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To: Rastus

My dog is apparently not a bit Basset, but she has been berry, berry good to me,....

YMMV


106 posted on 06/14/2020 7:59:17 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Kevin in California

This has got Sheryl Crow’s one square of toilet paper written all over it.

Stand your ground! ...dumbass.


107 posted on 06/14/2020 8:01:04 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: stuckincali

The squeaking shoes. That’s the worst.

I just assume I’ll be done with baseball, too. There are already players talking about kneeling.


108 posted on 06/14/2020 8:02:24 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: Kevin in California

Fine with me. No more thug ball at all is also fine.


109 posted on 06/14/2020 8:21:50 PM PDT by wjr123
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To: Kevin in California

Fine with me. No more thug ball at all is also fine.


110 posted on 06/14/2020 8:22:34 PM PDT by wjr123
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To: Kevin in California

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Posted on 6/11/2020, 11:27:23 AM by EyesOfTX

#26) In conclusion, the NFL, the NBA, the City of Seattle, the City of New York, the City of Chicago, et al. are all on borrowed time. There will be “twelve more demands.”

Freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3854550/posts

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_hxDayO3pzkh_4QSQuN2CIHcbs5PtDOZOOFSUgswYGg/edit


111 posted on 06/14/2020 8:27:42 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Can I trust that you and I will get out and vote for Trump!)
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To: Grampa Dave
People should really start to grasp that things are never going to go back to the way they were.

Lines have been crossed that can never be uncrossed.

112 posted on 06/14/2020 8:34:50 PM PDT by Licensed-To-Carry (MAGA, and build that wall, and buy Greenland now.)
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To: Pox

Maybe I will be able to entertain myself without watching black thugs in short pants running up and down the court.


113 posted on 06/14/2020 8:50:14 PM PDT by cabbieguy ("I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up"can't be counted)
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To: ealgeone
Unity of my people?

So, he's a member of a club that doesn't include me..."His People."

I guess that means he's not "My People."

He doesn't care about mine. Prolly because they're racist.

So...why should I care about his?

114 posted on 06/14/2020 8:57:50 PM PDT by gogeo (It isn't just time to open America up again: It's time to be America again.)
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To: Licensed-To-Carry

Very true.


115 posted on 06/14/2020 9:01:17 PM PDT by gogeo (It isn't just time to open America up again: It's time to be America again.)
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To: gogeo

I hope the NBA never plays another game and goes broke..


116 posted on 06/14/2020 9:01:42 PM PDT by abbastanza
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To: gogeo

I hope the NBA never plays another game and goes broke..


117 posted on 06/14/2020 9:01:56 PM PDT by abbastanza
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To: Kevin in California

Why not suspend all NBA games until the scourge of racism is completely and permanently eliminated from society?


118 posted on 06/14/2020 9:02:02 PM PDT by kevao (BIBLICAL JESUS: Give your money to the poor. SOCIALIST JESUS: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: abbastanza

And take the WNBA and LesboBall with them.


119 posted on 06/14/2020 9:02:36 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Rummyfan

I’m going to be curious over how cash flow will occur with some of the youthful players. Most have no real educational degree to fall back upon, and their resumes will be 3x5 inch card size.


120 posted on 06/14/2020 9:09:51 PM PDT by pepsionice
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