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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Didn’t want to hear their dribble anyway
Eff the NBA, NFL... and whatever....
Promise?
And without a dog, you can’t play bassetball.
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.
My dog is apparently not a bit Basset, but she has been berry, berry good to me,....
YMMV
This has got Sheryl Crow’s one square of toilet paper written all over it.
Stand your ground! ...dumbass.
The squeaking shoes. That’s the worst.
I just assume I’ll be done with baseball, too. There are already players talking about kneeling.
Fine with me. No more thug ball at all is also fine.
Fine with me. No more thug ball at all is also fine.
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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.”
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Lines have been crossed that can never be uncrossed.
Maybe I will be able to entertain myself without watching black thugs in short pants running up and down the court.
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?
Very true.
I hope the NBA never plays another game and goes broke..
I hope the NBA never plays another game and goes broke..
Why not suspend all NBA games until the scourge of racism is completely and permanently eliminated from society?
And take the WNBA and LesboBall with them.
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.
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