NBA Pass/Fail: Kyrie Irving Leading Players Who Believe NBA Restart Is Bad Optics, others weigh in


It would be cool if some NBA players wore his name on their jerseys.
 
I predict the NBA would lose close to 20% of the league. No other sport generates as much contact between players. NBA needs to sit this one out.
 

It would be cool if some NBA players wore his name on their jerseys.
That would be very cool.

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Nuggets' Michael Malone: 'Frustrating' not being able to influence social change from NBA bubble
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  • Ohm YoungmisukESPN Staff Writer
Coach Michael Malone and the Denver Nuggets arrived at the NBA bubble 50 days ago, vowing not to let the fight for social justice wane or be overshadowed by a basketball game.
Hours before the Nuggets staved off playoff elimination with a 117-107 win in Game 5 against the Utah Jazz on Tuesday, a frustrated Malone and his players held an informal talk before their morning walk-through to discuss the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday.
Wearing a Black Lives Matter shirt, Malone vented over the fact that players and coaches can't impact change as much as they would like from within the confines of the NBA bubble in Orlando, Florida.
"I'll be honest, I don't think there is anything that we can do here that is going to stop what is happening across this country, with the latest example being Kenosha," Malone said. "... By being here, we are isolated and we can't help where maybe we need to help. It is frustrating for a lot of players, a lot of coaches, to be here.
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"But I don't think anybody thought by coming down to the bubble and wearing a T-shirt and talking and painting something on court was going to end things across this country. This has been happening for hundreds of years."
The Nuggets have been one of the most vocal teams in speaking out against racial injustice while in the bubble. Forward Jerami Grant was the first player to answer every question during his entire Zoom interview session when he spoke about Breonna Taylor's death.
Blake was shot by police as he tried to enter the driver's side door of his vehicle. Officers were responding to a domestic disturbance. Blake's father, also named Jacob Blake, said Tuesday that his son was shot seven times. Blake's attorney, Ben Crump, said his client is paralyzed and it would "take a miracle" for him to walk again.
Video of the incident, taken from a window across the street, was distributed on social media and shared by Crump. The shooting has ignited new protests months after George Floyd died when a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for more than seven minutes.
Jazz star Donovan Mitchell had strong words following Tuesday's game, calling the fact Blake was shot seven times "inexcusable" and "disgusting."
"A lot of times where we say we don't feel safe, it doesn't matter how much money, it doesn't matter who you are," Mitchell said. "The common excuse is, 'He shouldn't have walked away, he shouldn't have not listened to the cops.' He doesn't deserve to be shot in the back, shot seven times. That's inexcusable. The point of us coming down here was to create change, and I feel that we're doing a good job of that, but not good enough. It's obviously not going to happen overnight, but it's disgusting."
"I really don't know how else to describe it as an African American male," Mitchell added. "When does it stop? When do we feel comfortable? When do we feel safe? ... I just want this s--- to stop, to be completely honest with you."

Malone said the fight for social justice and racial equality requires sustained change and education, voting the right people into office and revising policies.
And while the Nuggets were focused on forcing a Game 6, they also had their minds on much more important matters going on outside the NBA bubble.
"When we all packed our bags to come down here, we all vowed to make sure we kept the narrative and the commentary and conversation on this moment, on this movement," Malone said. "And unfortunately, even if we weren't keeping that conversation going, the outside world will not allow it to go away because it continues to happen."
"For us, this is our 50th day in the bubble," Malone later added. "I didn't expect, I don't think anybody else did, that in 50 days we are going to snap our fingers and say everything is better because the NBA was in the bubble and they said, 'Black lives matter.' That is just unrealistic. A lot more work has to go into it. But this is a start."
 
Look,I disagree with some of his actions and what he says sometimes but to call him a disruptor like his point is invalid is bullshit..

People really act he's the only person feeling this way.

So,just because, he's a level tier down to Lebron, KD,Kawhi, AD and etc. His points dont matter...

Again,80 other players agree with Kyrie yet people are calling him a disruptor...lol


But.....but...Kyrie was a disruptor...
 



^^^^^^

Now to all the haters and naysayers...

What if THIS was the plan all along???!!!!

All we ever hear is....

we don't need permission why we need white folk in our business

Well they just did something that has rocked the entire professional and perhaps collegiate sports world

With no warning speeches or plans

And cacs and coons are choking on their on collective spit calling sports radio

and getting their twitter fingers cramped complaining

Thats already mission accomplished for me.
 
^^^^^^

Now to all the haters and naysayers...

What if THIS was the plan all along???!!!!

All we ever hear is....

we don't need permission why we need white folk in our business

Well they just did something that has rocked the entire professional and perhaps collegiate sports world

With no warning speeches or plans

And cacs and coons are choking on their on collective spit calling sports radio

and getting their twitter fingers cramped complaining

Thats already mission accomplished for me.
I was reading the comments on Chris Haynes Twitter post. Oh they mad mad
 
And Perkins stubborn ass still doubled down on his criticism even with his idol Lebron co-signing Kyrie's stance
Perkins sold his soul. He forgets that he wouldn’t even be there if he hadn’t played. I left him in the same category as Stephen A and Paul Pierce. They don’t speak for me
 
Perkins sold his soul. He forgets that he wouldn’t even be there if he hadn’t played. I left him in the same category as Stephen A and Paul Pierce. They don’t speak for me

I was told he was on espn giving some story of how he is hated in his own Neighborhood because he is the only black family there

Him and his kids are regularly harassed by neighbors and police apparently

Has anyone seen this?
 


I'm not mad at this...

Its up to US

to the people to grab the baton and move...

All those who have the balls to criticize the nba players?

Did they support Kaepernick?

REALLY?

HOW?

now its time for US to do something

People are ALL TALK

everything has to be so PERFECT

first we have no leaders, then its we don't need leaders, then its celebrities do something, then its celebrities shut up, then its you doing to much, then its you not doing enough, then you not doing it right, then its we need white folk, then its f*ck white folk, then we need more support, then we don't want no gay or latino or white support, you need to play, you shouldn't play, etc etc

Stop.

Pick a side

You either with us or against us.

You KNOW the enemy.

How?

If he giving your oppressor the benefit of the doubt no matter what and always redirecting the blame on the victimized?

That's your enemy.
 
I'm not mad at this...

Its up to US

to the people to grab the baton and move...

All those who have the balls to criticize the nba players?

Did they support Kaepernick?

REALLY?

HOW?

now its time for US to do something

People are ALL TALK

everything has to be so PERFECT

first we have no leaders, then its we don't need leaders, then its celebrities do something, then its celebrities shut up, then its you doing to much, then its you not doing enough, then you not doing it right, then its we need white folk, then its f*ck white folk, then we need more support, then we don't want no gay or latino or white support, you need to play, you shouldn't play, etc etc

Stop.

Pick a side

You either with us or against us.

You KNOW the enemy.

How?

If he giving your oppressor the benefit of the doubt no matter what and always redirecting the blame on the victimized?

That's your enemy.


I keep wondering why people keep expecting athletes to do things they're not willing to do themselves.
 
Sidebar...

Why do they have to tell the world their "plan".

What if all this was part of the plan all along?

When in our history has openly planning revolution with white folks involvement been a good thing?
 
Sidebar...

Why do they have to tell the world their "plan".

What if all this was part of the plan all along?

When in our history has openly planning revolution with white folks involvement been a good thing?
 
Yeah he said that shit in June like we should empathy for his own decisions. Foh

I haven't seen it

But why would him endangering his family to live in an aggressively racist neighborhood

Be seen as some act of heroism or social change?

What he doing isn't sitting in the front of the bus, sitting at a lunch counter or bussing.

You rich and black.

Move

And tell EVERYONE EVEYWHERE

what a sh*thole that community is

And live in a upper middle class black hood

Invest in affordable housing for black folk.

Paying thousands to live scared don't make sense to me.
 
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