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NBA players boycott playoffs after police shooting of Jacob Blake; All three playoff games cancelled Wednesday
CNET ^ | 08/26/2020

Posted on 08/26/2020 4:41:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

NBA teams are boycotting their playoff games to protest the police shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake, who is black. Black Lives Matter protests have surged across the US once more this week in response to Kenosha, Wisconsin, police paralyzing Blake by shooting him in the back seven times on Sunday.

The boycotts began with the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday in their game with Orlando Magic.

"Some things are bigger than basketball. The stand taken today by the players and org shows that we're fed up," Bucks Senior Vice President Alex Lasry, who is the son of Bucks owner Marc Lasry, tweeted after news of the boycott began to spread. "Enough is enough. Change needs to happen. I'm incredibly proud of our guys and we stand 100% behind our players ready to assist and bring about real change."

The Bucks boycott was followed by tweets from several high-profile NBA stars, with the Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James, Denver Nuggets' Jamaal Murray and Utah Jazz's Donovan Mitchell demanding change and justice.

The Bucks players are staying in the locker room trying to reach Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, reports The Athletic and Stadium's Shams Charania. Magic responded saying it stands with the Bucks and with all NBA players and the league "in condemning bigotry, racial injustice and the unwarranted use of violence by police against people of color."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: basketball; blacklivesmatter; blackthugsmatter; blm; boycott; jacobblake; nba; searchandfind
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To: SeekAndFind

The players have a union. The league should tell them to play or go on strike. Then, if they strike, fire them.


82 posted on 08/26/2020 5:07:21 PM PDT by motor_racer (Who will bell the cat?)
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To: llevrok

“Ratings suck so no one will miss the games....”

Ding! Target hit!

Nobody is watching their crappy BLM hootchy-kootchy dance, so the black millionaires are looking for an excuse to bail out and avoid looking like a national embarassment.


83 posted on 08/26/2020 5:07:28 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well, this is going to endear them to their fans even more, isn’t it? /s


84 posted on 08/26/2020 5:07:29 PM PDT by JustaCowgirl (ItÂ’s either Trump or Communism. There are no other choices.)
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To: RummyChick

butt i would encourage them all in their quest to be not seen and not heard— as befits their status as grade a arschloecher.


85 posted on 08/26/2020 5:08:35 PM PDT by SteveH
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To: datura

There is a song expressing that sentiment. From wife of the lawyer who was behind the lawsuit that spawned Erin Brockovich movie. btw, her son is a cop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXCLDj9tBBM


86 posted on 08/26/2020 5:12:30 PM PDT by RummyChick (Stop Apologizing for things you didn't do. Stop Demanding Apologies when refuse to forgive)
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To: SeekAndFind

The NB who?


87 posted on 08/26/2020 5:12:47 PM PDT by stockpirate (Anyone who believes Epstein killed himself is a fool, and the DNC wacked Seth Rich)
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To: Phillyred

Dittos to that!


88 posted on 08/26/2020 5:13:10 PM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy Mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: RummyChick

K. TY.


89 posted on 08/26/2020 5:14:23 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: datura

+1


90 posted on 08/26/2020 5:14:47 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken)
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To: SeekAndFind

So much hate; so little thinking.


91 posted on 08/26/2020 5:16:00 PM PDT by libertylover (Socialism will always look good to those who think they can get something for nothing.)
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To: stockpirate

Imagine if a black astronaut on a Mars mission decides to go on strike because of a “racist incident” back on Earth....

These NBA players do not understand the consequences of what they are doing....


92 posted on 08/26/2020 5:16:02 PM PDT by cgbg (Masters don't want slaves talking about masters and slaves.)
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To: SeekAndFind

NBA?

NBA?

WE DOAN NEED NO STEENKEN NBA!


93 posted on 08/26/2020 5:16:05 PM PDT by Taxman (MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, AGAIN!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Don’t pay them. No play = no pay


94 posted on 08/26/2020 5:17:09 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: SeekAndFind

Hey don’t stop there just cancel it all


95 posted on 08/26/2020 5:18:39 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: LeoWindhorse

Are they eligible to apply for unemployment if they are boycotting?


96 posted on 08/26/2020 5:18:48 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: SeekAndFind
"NBA players boycott playoffs...."

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97 posted on 08/26/2020 5:20:34 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: SeekAndFind

Airball!
Airball!


98 posted on 08/26/2020 5:20:35 PM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: SteveH

“NBA is full of pussies? who knew. what would wilt chamberlain say?”

Knowing his prowess, he would say where’s your wife? Thanks, now get lost.


99 posted on 08/26/2020 5:21:11 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: SeekAndFind

When President Reagan was shot the NCAA still went ahead and played March Madness championship game before anyone knew if he’d survive the surgery.


100 posted on 08/26/2020 5:24:54 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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