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Own Goal: The NBA does President Trump a favor; With enemies like this, who needs friends?
American Thinker ^ | 08/28/2020 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 08/28/2020 7:01:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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All that Lebron and his buddies ended up with was an own-goal, clearing the decks for a bigger audience to watch Trump. Their aim was to Get Trump by punishing their fans with the aim of making them angry and making them therefore blame Trump. Instead, all they ended up doing was get more of them to watch Trump and listen intently to all 70 minutes of that Trump acceptance speech, describing the heroism of America and the odiousness of socialist Joe Biden, not having to flip channels between the playoffs and the politics.
1 posted on 08/28/2020 7:01:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s almost as if Trump is paying these guys.


2 posted on 08/28/2020 7:03:06 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I am no Chinaman, but sometimes it looks like President Trump has the “Mandate of Heaven”.


3 posted on 08/28/2020 7:06:06 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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Hey, if true as Kamala says that these NBA guys showed monumental courage in the morning by opting out of the playoffs, I guess they are monumental cowards for flopping in the afternoon to resume play. Eh?


4 posted on 08/28/2020 7:06:12 AM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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Yep, that didn’t age well, did it?


5 posted on 08/28/2020 7:08:39 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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And wasn’t it odd, that they trotted out Kamala to make some response to Trump’s convention??? Rather than Joe Biden himself coming out of the basement to lead the charge???


6 posted on 08/28/2020 7:16:02 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: SeekAndFind

Did they get paid?

As millionaires, they should donate their own money and time to homeless charities and food banks. Or the owners could.

Walking off a floor or field need not be free.


7 posted on 08/28/2020 7:17:32 AM PDT by combat_boots (Hi God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her. Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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To: SeekAndFind

These Nothing But Aholes jerks think that we’re stuck in the 1850’s. They should tell their thug fans to stop thuggin and druggin.


8 posted on 08/28/2020 7:18:12 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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Child support debt is huge among many of those fools...they can’t pay if they don’t play.


9 posted on 08/28/2020 7:21:46 AM PDT by yukong
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To: SeekAndFind

I follow the Rink of Dreams page on Facebook, and the fellow who is the founder/moderator there is very upset with the NHL’s virtue signaling about the Blake incident, as he served as a military policeman for many years. This is why YouTube and your own DVD/VHS collection of vintage hockey games, highlights, and fights are important to have now.


10 posted on 08/28/2020 7:24:31 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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Funny how it worked out.


11 posted on 08/28/2020 7:25:14 AM PDT by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: SeekAndFind

Let me also guess, China was a factor in this?


12 posted on 08/28/2020 7:30:01 AM PDT by the_individual2014
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“Own Goal”
LOL at the morons in the NHL. They’re mostly foreigners complaining about the country that gives them money. Unlike the others they depend on ticket sales for most of their money. Well I’ve bought my last ticket.


13 posted on 08/28/2020 7:30:41 AM PDT by Varda
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Likely LeBrainless and his buddies watched to trash Trump and saw one of the most incredible nights ever. Some of the best speeches were blacks.


14 posted on 08/28/2020 7:43:31 AM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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The teams of the NBA might be able to marginally survive, with the lack of fans in the arenas. But their saving ‘grace’ is the TV contract (pays $2.6-billion a year until 2024/2025 season). The TV networks? They are left standing there and allowing advertisers to pay discounted deals for advertising. They won’t say if there’s any profit left for them, but I would imagine that as you get close to 2023, and time to talk about the next contract....it’ll probably go for less than $1-billion a year. That’s the point where the NBA players start to fall over themselves.


15 posted on 08/28/2020 7:43:48 AM PDT by pepsionice
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....but sometimes it looks like President Trump has the “Mandate of Heaven”.

Daniel 2:21
And He changes the times and the seasons;
He removes kings and raises up kings;
He gives wisdom to the wise
And knowledge to those who have understanding.


16 posted on 08/28/2020 7:43:56 AM PDT by excalibur21
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To: Varda

See my post number 10, GMTA. I remember a hockey video dealer back in the late ‘90s, early 2000s would advertise a category of games he had as “Goal Fixes” by saying if you were bored with the neutral zone, clutch and grab nonsense of that time, he had a bunch of games that you could stuff your VCR (or later DVD player) that featured all sorts of crazy high scores from the high flying and scoring 1970s and early 80s, lol. Would still be a great way to escape the nonsense virtue signaling the NHL is joining in on now.


17 posted on 08/28/2020 7:44:38 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: SeekAndFind

Basketball is the sport I love most, but I am really rooting for these morons to destroy the NBA and their million dollar meal ticket. Maybe if every young black isn’t consumed by their dream of being in the NBA, they might actually crack a book. Lebron has shown on more than one occasion that he only has a marginalized high school education.


18 posted on 08/28/2020 8:09:35 AM PDT by CMAC51
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Doesn’t this put the league at tremendous financial peril? Don’t they have contracts with ESPN or somebody? Of course, I guess ESPN would just let them get away with it.


19 posted on 08/28/2020 8:18:04 AM PDT by libertylover (Socialism will always look good to those who think they can get something for nothing.)
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RE: Lebron has shown on more than one occasion that he only has a marginalized high school education.

Well, he never went to college. Got drafted straight to the NBA from high school.


20 posted on 08/28/2020 8:18:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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