OT: Any NBA fans here?
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Because the players are supremely talented and because I’ve been a basketball fan all my life.
Same sex bathrooms mean more than harvesting organs from political prisoners to the league. I like you Jim, but I'm tired of the uneven doling out of OUTRAGE. Right?
Is it ok to ask why you still watch? Human rights aren't on your radar? Not bathrooms (which caused the movement of the All Star game), but prison camps, forced abortions and the such. Maybe the nba should get their own shit together before lecturing the rest of us. Just my opinion of course.
If it pisses off MtNittany then chances are it’s something worth investing time in.
Now I will start paying attention to the NBA.
Now I will start paying attention to the NBA.
Hundreds of US companies do business with China. Do you make a point of not giving any of them your business? (I have an I-Phone and Apple recently caved on allowing Hong Kong access to a certain app the protestors are using.) Shouldn’t we call them out, as well? Do I wish that the NBA would grow a pair and tell China to F off? Yes, of course. The hypocrisy you’re pointing out is real, obviously, but money talks, it always has and it always will. It’s the reality of the world. If you want to enjoy the current discomfiture of Kerr and Popovich, knock yourself out. I really wished they’d have taken a stand but as far as I’m aware neither of them sent congratulations to China for the 70th anniversary of the Communist takeover.
I want fairness in coverage and pretend 5 minute outrage Jim. That's all. PDJT at least has an excuse to congratulate China, as he's in a massive trade war with them - which needs to be fought more than ever. The NBA is simply about money. More Chinese watched the NBA Finals last year than Americans.
...and yet there is more liberty in one little township or borough in Pennsylvania than in all of china. Good time to thank our Founding Fathers.There are more Chinese than Americans.
The NBA is taking a massive PR hit these days. It’s going to cost them a lot of money. But which bothers you more, the hypocrisy of the NBA (and of every other American company doing business with China) or the fact that China, like Russia, to name one, is indeed a ugly, corrupt, destructive society that American companies help support? I haven’t seen many threads here about how much China sucks, but as soon as the hypocrisy of the NBA is displayed we’re all outraged. Like I said, if you want to enjoy the NBA’s embarrassment, go right ahead, but that’s meaningless in the face of the real repression of the Chinese people.
Uh, yeah, no ... that's not how that works. Yes, the NBA IS simply about money ... that's its whole reason for being. It's a business. Entertainment is provided, in exchange for money. So, a hit to their bottom line is quite important to them, since that's why they exist at all.
Compare to Trump ... it's the exact opposite of what you're saying. It's far more important for him to take a stand, since he has more responsibility, as an actual representative of the government and the nation ... which is also concerned largely with money ... but also human rights, and all that other "silly" stuff that goes along with governing a nation, and interacting with other sovereign nations. Between the two (POTUS and the NBA), Trump is the guy you expect to take a stand for human rights, not a bunch of guys we wouldn't care a lick about if they couldn't drain a 3 from 30 feet, or sky above the rim with ease.
Regardless ... NFL folks speak up on issues and it's "shut up and entertain me! Hey, NFL, I don't want to hear this nonsense!" NBA folks speak up on issues and it's "What is this, it's all about entertainment? Hey, NBA, speak up!"
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The other companies don't lecture me Jim. That's the difference. I think you can tell - I'm sofa king tired of being lectured to that I can't really put it into words.
I’m not going to say that your reaction is inappropriate or irrational.
No. I don’t like the hair and tattoos.
I thought they all had the same haircut. It’s either Moe or Buzzcut.
Paint me perplexed!!
I was always more of a CBA fan myself. Standings points for winning quarters? Count me in!!!
I’ll tell you what ... leave governance (corporate and sovereign) to me, and you can tie my shoes. Deal? Deal.
Reaves doing well for the Mavericks. Athletic, plays D, should make the team
Wow!
All social justice issues are equal but some social justice issues are more equal than others.
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