ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan Under Fire For Saying Kyrie Irving Is An NBA Owner’s ‘Property’ Because They Pay Him Millions

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ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan Under Fire For Saying Kyrie Irving Is An NBA Owner’s ‘Property’ Because They Pay Him Millions

Kyrie Irving’s mysterious absence from the Brooklyn Nets has been a hot topic of conversation in NBA circles but Jackie MacMullan’s take on the situation may have gone too far.

Earlier this week it was reported that Kyrie had decided to take some time off because he was upset over “everything that is going in this country’ following the US Capitol riot.

While talking about the Irving situation on Ryen Russillo’s podcast, MacMullan told a story about the time she once got into an argument with Kyrie about the NBA draft. During the argument, Kyrie told her that players should go to whichever team they wanted because “we’re not someone’s property” to which he responded by saying “yeah, you are dude that’s the way it works, that’s why you get paid millions of dollars.”

MacMullan’s comments didn’t sit too well with NBA fans who felt she was being racially insensitive.

ESPN's Jackie MacMullan Under Fire For Saying Kyrie Irving Is An NBA Owner's 'Property' Because They Pay Him Millions

Kyrie Irving's mysterious absence from the Brooklyn Nets has been a hot topic of conversation in NBA circles but Jackie MacMullan's take on the situation

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[Duece]

Jackie should know better.

 

[julian]

thats the problem with this country everyone is so stupid about what people say,he is the property of the Nets the same way Joe Harris is. this political correctness in words and speech is sickening

 

[militantmidget]

She's not wrong per se, but it's definitely not a good look to say that especially with the current events going on in this country.

It's really bad optics considering she's white and Kyrie is black.

 

[eagle force]

not a slave just a well paid employee

 

[ronmch20]

She's not wrong per se, but it's definitely not a good look to say that especially with the current events going on in this country.

It's really bad optics considering she's white and Kyrie is black.

Somebody needs to tell Miss Anne she is definitely wrong. Irving is an employee not property. The word property connotes "ownership" and the notion that white people can rightfully own black people ended with the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

 

[ronmch20]

thats the problem with this country everyone is so stupid about what people say,he is the property of the Nets the same way Joe Harris is. this political correctness in words and speech is sickening

WTF??? Political correctness has nothing to do with it. The Nets owner owns the team not the people that play on that team; they are employees.

 

[Cybts1]

What they THINK always SLIPS out they MOUTH.

 

[durham]

Employees are NOT property. That is white slang for oppression, that those Boston ites are seasoned with from birth.

I get her hate for Kyrie, but this bitch needs to take a vacation. No way I would sit with her for an interview after saying shit like this.

 

[Jp45]

She's not wrong per se, but it's definitely not a good look to say that especially with the current events going on in this country.

It's really bad optics considering she's white and Kyrie is black.

This

but, she gets a pass because it was about Kyrie and I CANNOT stand that bi-polar imbecile

 

[Amajorfucup]

Jackie should know better.

She really should. How hard is it to simply say "It isnt about owning YOU. Its about owning your playing rights. And they do". Responding with that lazy "you are and thats why you are paid millions" should be well beneath someone as experienced and supposedly articulate as her.

 

[LordSinister]

They only "Own" the rights to his service as an NBA player. They can also elect to cut ties with him, or not pay him for games missed.

 

[The Plutonian]

That bitch should know better.

Fixed

 

[militantmidget]

Somebody needs to tell Miss Anne she is definitely wrong. Irving is an employee not property. The word property connotes "ownership" and the notion that white people can rightfully own black people ended with the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

They own his nba rights. He can't suit up for the Lakers or the Knicks just cuz he wants too.

Like I said it wasn't a good look for her to say that, but kyrie like all the other NBA players, their rights are owned by the league.

 

[woodchuck]

They own his nba rights. He can't suit up for the Lakers or the Knicks just cuz he wants too.

Like I said it wasn't a good look for her to say that, but kyrie like all the other NBA players, their rights are owned by the league.

Their rights, not them. Bitch was wrong.

 

[Flawless]

She's not wrong per se, but it's definitely not a good look to say that especially with the current events going on in this country.

It's really bad optics considering she's white and Kyrie is black.

Umm your employer does not own you.

 

[kdogg3270]

Somebody needs to tell Miss Anne she is definitely wrong. Irving is an employee not property. The word property connotes "ownership" and the notion that white people can rightfully own black people ended with the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

yeah poor choice of words on her part. Employee and property are NOT the same thing.

 

[DjMorpheus]

Old white bitch could'nt help herself.

 

[ArsenalCannon357]

“Know your history, control your dollar”

 

[UNSEEN]

Isn't this the same mentality Donald Sterling had/has??.

 

[Curtwalk]

What you expect from Boston.
She would never call Gordon Haywood that

 

[xfactor]

Jackie should know better.

She is a so-called Karen. She doesn’t.

 

[xfactor]

They own his nba rights. He can't suit up for the Lakers or the Knicks just cuz he wants too.

Like I said it wasn't a good look for her to say that, but kyrie like all the other NBA players, their rights are owned by the league.

Their rights? You sure about that? You need to be more specific.

 

[xfactor]

Latest version of the NBA and NBPA collective bargaining agreement for those that have not read it:

https://cosmic-s3.imgix.net/3c7a0a50-8e11-11e9-875d-3d44e94ae33f-2017-NBA-NBPA-Collective-Bargaining-Agreement.pdf

 

[God-Of-War-420]

Cacs gonna cac

 

[Mrfreddygoodbud]

Hey I wouldnt say slave per se...

But when you sign your name to shit

You a legal slave to that contract...

 

[Duece]

She is a so-called Karen. She doesn’t.

Et ego non dissentio tecum

 

[militantmidget]

Their rights? You sure about that? You need to be more specific.

Kyrie cant decide to play for any other team in the NBA other than the Nets. They (the nets) own his rights to play in the NBA for that team.

It's the same in any professional sports league.

Sign the contract, you play for your team.

 

[comment101]

Jackie didn’t mean it that way.

 

[militantmidget]

Their rights, not them. Bitch was wrong.

In the context of NBA basketball, they own his status as a player. He can easily quit the NBA if he wants. However, as an NBA player, Kyrie gotta do what the league says.

Now if blk ppl pooled their resources together and created a different league, then it'd be an entirely different story (different rules, different CBA, etc.). Kyrie might be able to play on multiple teams per week if he wanted. He could even coach, perform during the halftime show, or sell his own shoes in the stands during the 4th qtr.

Basically Playing in the NBA = gotta do what the league says.

 

[playahaitian]

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