Off topic.Originally Posted by Pelicanidae
How much longer can MyKnee Hurting live off that 2016 title clout?
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Off topic.
How much longer can MyKnee Hurting live off that 2016 title clout?
For as long as people still pretend that that 3 pointer he hit was a gamewinner or something
Basketball.
The Clippers are dirty.
Also, Kane Fitzgerald could get fired into the sun and not even his family would miss him.
If you Jimmer it, they will come.
I hope he slips on a banana covered in an ice cube.
That must be a big ice cube
What a filthy play pic.twitter.com/PgX9ij70YM
— sam esfandiari (@samesfandiari) August 26, 2020
Kawhis hands are so absurd
Bucks seriously looking like they're boycotting the game. Do not blame them.
The league turns heaven and Earth for them to cash in on playoffs, but they turn their backs on the league...their owners...and their fans? Reciprocate their lack of appreciation....Kick 'em out the tourney!!
The Milwaukee Bucks have decided to boycott Game 5, source tells ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 26, 2020
Don't be ridiculous.
— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) August 26, 2020
Clock is at 0:00 —- Orlando Magic and Milwaukee Bucks are not on the court. pic.twitter.com/qAjoXDWCom
— Taylor Rooks (@TaylorRooks) August 26, 2020
As opposed to being upset b/c your entertainment has been removed...ask yourself. How did we get to the point where players felt like the only way to be heard and heard taken seriously was to stop playing? ��#SpeaksVolumes https://t.co/o4bGhXaFvC
— Antonio Daniels (@adaniels33) August 26, 2020
Bucks players are in locker room attempting to reach the attorney general of Wisconsin, Josh Kaul, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. Magic players are leaving the arena soon -- not accepting the Bucks‘ forfeit.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 26, 2020
Rockets-OKC players are planning to boycott Game 5 of their series, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 26, 2020
Decision made. Thunder and Rockets are boycotting Game 5, sources said. https://t.co/SCNAjsQYea
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 26, 2020
SALUTE ✊�� @Bucks
— 13am Adebayo�� (@Bam1of1) August 26, 2020
WE DEMAND CHANGE! WE DEMAND JUSTICE!
— Grant Williams (@Grant2Will) August 26, 2020
I'm working 12 hour shifts in a covid hospital and had like patient 100+ died in the span of 3 weeks in July. All I do is work and go home. It's tough everywhere. Can't really hate. Been battling depression since June when the bodies started piling up on my conscious
I want to make a Chris Paul showing up taking a forfeit joke, but nahhhh. They right on this.
Mental health issues are serious. If that's legitimately his struggle then I'm glad he's seeking help for it.
Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers are leaning toward boycotting Game 5 tonight, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) August 26, 2020
Mostly good although I do just want to say
This isn't a boycott. A boycott is what a consumer does.
This is workers withholding their labour from their employer. That's a strike, pal
The Lakers and Trail Blazers are sitting Game 5 of series, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 26, 2020
All three NBA games will not be played as players sit in wake of Jacob Blake shooting.
NBA players have called for a meeting tonight in Orlando to determine next steps, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 26, 2020
Here is what I don't like about this...there seems to be no specific ask or outcome. General statements "stop police brutality" won't do.
If these players are going to use their platform, the most effective way is to be specific and tangible.
Get rid of qualified immunity for police, defund police departments, require X% of the force to live in the area they serve, etc, etc. All specific things worth championing.
Players meeting in the bubble tonight. Was told by a player that the season is in jeopardy.
— John Gambadoro (@Gambo987) August 26, 2020
They're still meeting.
I will believe that the season is over when the players leaves the bubble. Until then, it’s a statement move.
Agree I'm not sure what the ask is in connection with the boycott and it seems unlikely it's anything that can be enacted in a short term, even if everyone agreed to it, which they probably won't. If it's about standing up and being heard, I understand and support that effort.
There is a larger issue though that everyone has to to grapple with. Police shootings of unarmed suspects hasn't changed much in the past five years. Stats show there are about 10 million arrests annually in America (roughly). Of those arrests about 1,000 end up in a shooting by police. Of those shootings about 50-60 involve unarmed suspects and less than half of those shootings involve African Americans.
One unjustified killing is too many but the idea that you are going to eliminate police shooting unarmed suspects is utopian. If society is going to stop each time it happens, we will be in a constant state of chaos. I support shifting some of the roles of police on to other government actors, such as social workers, and reforming training on the use of deadly force and conflict escalation. But I also think you have to make decisions that correspond with data not just on emotion or outrage from incidents that are outliers when placed in larger context.
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