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NBA: Orlando Magic's Jonathan Isaac is first player not to kneel for anthem since restart of season
BBC Sports ^
| 08/01/2020
Posted on 08/01/2020 12:10:44 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac became the first NBA player not to kneel during the national anthem since the league resumed on Thursday.
Later on Friday San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich and assistant coach Becky Hammon also stood.
On Thursday all players from the four teams in action all knelt during the pre-match anthem.
Isaac, who chose not to wear a Black Lives Matter t-shirt, said: "Absolutely I believe Black Lives Matter."
He added: "A lot went into my decision ... kneeling or wearing a Black Lives Matter T-shirt doesn't go hand in hand in supporting Black lives."
Isaac had told his team-mates earlier in the week of his decision. They all chose to kneel before their 128-118 win over the Brooklyn Nets.
"That's a personal decision," said Magic coach Steve Clifford. "We're all supporting each other in this. And if guys are not comfortable kneeling and they want to stand, nobody has a problem with that. I support him. His team-mates support him. The organisation supports him. That's part of living in our country."
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: again; jonathanisaac; nationalanthem; nba; orlandomagic; orlandomagin
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To: SeekAndFind
This American athlete gets "it". Good ON HIM!
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posted on
08/01/2020 12:32:08 PM PDT
by
yoe
(Want to HELP the Slave Trade and Drug Cartels in USA? Vote for a democrat........)
To: SeekAndFind
WTG Jonathan Isaac!
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posted on
08/01/2020 12:39:36 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: SeekAndFind
Well that was instructive.
There is only one American in the entire NBA?
Its all an evil plot to make soccer the national pastime.
AND ITS WORKING!!!
~Easy
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posted on
08/01/2020 12:40:17 PM PDT
by
EasySt
(Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see #KAG)
To: Socon-Econ
If something happens to Jonathan Issac, we should all know that it was Soros/ANTIFA/BLM that did it.
The fact that somebody can’t have a differing opinion on a political issue these days means we are on the cusp of total Totalitarianism.
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posted on
08/01/2020 12:41:39 PM PDT
by
Roman_War_Criminal
(Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
To: SeekAndFind
There’s something about that picture that’s incredibly sad.
To: Roman_War_Criminal
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posted on
08/01/2020 12:59:08 PM PDT
by
444Flyer
(John 3, Revelation 20, Joshua 24:15, 1 Kings 18:16-39, Pick a side...)
To: SeekAndFind
God protect and strengthen this brave man.
To: SeekAndFind
The only man there. The rest are little boys following others because they cant stand on their own.
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posted on
08/01/2020 1:04:45 PM PDT
by
McGavin999
(Not one politician or journalist has died of Covid)
To: SeekAndFind
.......there’s an old saying that goes ....”this too will pass”............Jonathan Isaac, 20 years from now, won’t be loathed by the General Public like the other kneeling assholes will!
Good for you Isaac! What a man!
To: SeekAndFind
Thats true courage right there!
To: 444Flyer
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posted on
08/01/2020 1:22:36 PM PDT
by
Roman_War_Criminal
(Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
To: SeekAndFind
I always liked him - but bummer he got AIDS.
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posted on
08/01/2020 1:27:09 PM PDT
by
BobL
(I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here)
To: Signalman
Ditto
I follow college basketball and don’t recall him before
But yeah, I like what he says
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posted on
08/01/2020 1:28:52 PM PDT
by
A_Former_Democrat
(See St George's Rap Sheet . . . TAG PedoJoe with "DEFUND the POLICE")
To: Roman_War_Criminal
I also love that Jonathan's jersey is #1. As if pointing to whom he serves. :)
1 Timothy 2:5 - For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.."
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posted on
08/01/2020 1:36:03 PM PDT
by
444Flyer
(John 3, Revelation 20, Joshua 24:15, 1 Kings 18:16-39, Pick a side...)
To: SeekAndFind
He’ll be out of the league within a week or so.
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posted on
08/01/2020 1:43:06 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
To: SeekAndFind
A few years ago, one guy kneeled for the anthem and it was news.
Now it’s news when one guy doesn’t.
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posted on
08/01/2020 1:48:10 PM PDT
by
SaxxonWoods
(Prediction: G. Maxwell will surprise everyone by not dying anytime soon.)
To: SeekAndFind
My Cavaliers are not playing, but now I have a new guy to root for.
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posted on
08/01/2020 2:00:41 PM PDT
by
Forgiven_Sinner
(Seek you first the kingdom of God, and all things will be given to you.)
To: SeekAndFind
Notice how this whole thing went from one person kneeling in defiance during the anthem and now we have one person standing in defiance of the kneelers.
Amazing how that works.
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posted on
08/01/2020 2:02:52 PM PDT
by
LeoTDB69
To: DeplorableGirl
If he was going to stand for the national anthem, why wasn’t he standing proudly, head erect, with hand over heart?
Looks almost like Summer Olympics 1968, with the bowed head.
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posted on
08/01/2020 2:13:25 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("Pres. Trump doesn't wear glasses. That's because he's got 2020.")
To: elcid1970
If he was going to stand for the national anthem, why wasnt he standing proudly, head erect, with hand over heart? He said he was praying during the anthem.
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posted on
08/01/2020 2:17:59 PM PDT
by
444Flyer
(John 3, Revelation 20, Joshua 24:15, 1 Kings 18:16-39, Pick a side...)
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