Current Events > All of tonight's NBA matchups postponed in response to jacob blake shooting

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BenRoethlisberg
08/26/20 4:58:00 PM
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monkmith
08/26/20 4:59:34 PM
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think trump will rant about this tonight at the trump rally?

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AngelsNAirwav3s
08/26/20 5:01:35 PM
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Daddy China is gonna be pissed about this

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Tired-Insomniac
08/26/20 5:01:54 PM
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Conservatives: Riots will do nothing! They need to protest peacefully!

*NBA players peacefully protest*

Conservatives: NOT LIKE THAT DO IT ON YOUR OWN TIME I WANT TO WATCH SPORTSBALL

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Balrog0
08/26/20 5:02:32 PM
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Tired-Insomniac posted...
Conservatives: Riots will do nothing! They need to protest peacefully!

*NBA players peacefully protest*

Conservatives: NOT LIKE THAT DO IT ON YOUR OWN TIME I WANT TO WATCH SPORTSBALL

I don't think conservatives actually care about the nba

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CommonStar
08/26/20 5:02:34 PM
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Good to see pro athletes using their platform for good. Hope the strike continues.
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Antifar
08/26/20 5:02:57 PM
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Solidarity
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CableZL
08/26/20 5:03:05 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
I don't think conservatives actually care about the nba
They sure do comment on protests by NBA players quite a bit for people who don't care

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PrettyBoyFloyd
08/26/20 5:03:27 PM
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My team wasn't playing anyway.

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Tired-Insomniac
08/26/20 5:03:46 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
I don't think conservatives actually care about the nba

The ones bitching about it on my Facebook feed seem to care

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Questionmarktarius
08/26/20 5:04:16 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
I don't think conservatives actually care about the nba
They do when there's an alleged "gotcha" to be made about diversity quotas.
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MelbuFrahma4
08/26/20 5:04:26 PM
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So is really a boycott if there are no games being played.

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Smashingpmkns
08/26/20 5:05:30 PM
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MelbuFrahma4 posted...
So is really a boycott if there are no games being played.

A strike would be the more appropriate term I would think.
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Antifar
08/26/20 5:32:40 PM
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Smashingpmkns posted...


A strike would be the more appropriate term I would think.

And specifically a wildcat strike, since their CBA isn't up.
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FursonaNonGrata
08/26/20 5:33:25 PM
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This rules

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Grischnak
08/26/20 5:45:07 PM
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If I had tickets to one of those games I'd be pretty fucking annoyed. But I don't. So zero fucks shall be given from me.
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Antifar
08/26/20 5:47:05 PM
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Grischnak posted...
If I had tickets to one of those games I'd be pretty fucking annoyed. But I don't. So zero fucks shall be given from me.

Well, there aren't any tickets, for the obvious reason.
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Balrog0
08/26/20 5:48:05 PM
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CableZL posted...
They sure do comment on protests by NBA players quite a bit for people who don't care

Well yeah it's opportunistic

They don't really care about sportsball

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CableZL
08/26/20 5:51:39 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
Well yeah it's opportunistic

They don't really care about sportsball
They do

They just don't want politics that they don't agree with to be mixed in with sportsball.

They love the NFL until players start kneeling to complain about police brutality and then shout the protest down and try (and sometimes succeed in) turn the story into something it isn't about.

They love the NBA until players start complaining about police brutality and do the same thing there.

Tommie Smith and John Carlos went through the same thing when all they did was raise their fists while standing on the podium as part of a peaceful protest.

Muhammad Ali faced a ton of backlash for speaking out against the oppression of black people in the US.

But when you mix in poltiics that they agree with (See: Trump), they are all for it.

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Balrog0
08/26/20 5:59:55 PM
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CableZL posted...
They do

They just don't want politics that they don't agree with to be mixed in with sportsball.

They love the NFL until players start kneeling to complain about police brutality and then shout the protest down and try (and sometimes succeed in) turn the story into something it isn't about.

They love the NBA until players start complaining about police brutality and do the same thing there.

No I mean the NBA viewership is much younger and much less white than the viewership of the NFL or the Olympics, it's a much less conservative audience.

Anyway i was just saying they don't like that people are protesting, it's not about whether or not they can watch the game, most of the conservatives I've seen complaining about it haven't mentioned that they wanted to watch anything lol

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Antifar
08/26/20 6:00:55 PM
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Like, Black Lives Matter has been painted on the court during the NBA bubble, presumably anybody upset by this was gone long ago.
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__aCEr__
08/26/20 6:02:06 PM
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Grischnak posted...
If I had tickets to one of those games I'd be pretty fucking annoyed. But I don't. So zero fucks shall be given from me.

If you had tickets to one of those games I'd be really impressed.

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YellowMustard69
08/26/20 6:02:35 PM
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Do we even know all the details of this incident? If not, people sure are willing to gamble with their credibility.

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hockeybub89
08/26/20 6:02:52 PM
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CableZL posted...
But when you mix in poltiics that they agree with (See: Trump), they are all for it.
"I'm going to watch an apolitical sport that allows nothing divisive! Like NASCAR!"

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Cornmuffins
08/26/20 6:07:28 PM
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YellowMustard69 posted...
Do we even know all the details of this incident? If not, people sure are willing to gamble with their credibility.



Bucks boycotted, the the lakers/blazers. NBA postponed the last game
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AngelsNAirwav3s
08/26/20 6:35:29 PM
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YellowMustard69 posted...
Do we even know all the details of this incident? If not, people sure are willing to gamble with their credibility.

Im curious about this too... like if the police report is released tomorrow and he actually was reaching for a gun in the car, will the season be back on?

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YellowMustard69
08/26/20 6:40:45 PM
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Cornmuffins posted...
Bucks boycotted, the the lakers/blazers. NBA postponed the last game

I meant the shooting. Last I checked, there is still an investigation.

I usually don't side with cops, as everyone may have noticed with my comments about George Floyd and the recent dog shooting incident, but this incident is a bit different, at least from a legal perspective even if I don't like how this played out.

If Blake really had wrestled himself free from being arrested as a suspect for a violent crime, and then was planning to continue to flee from them in his car, then stopping him was the only way to prevent a highly dangerous police chase with his children in the back seat. As has been the rule for decades, a car is considered a deadly weapon, and therefore there are circumstances where police can shoot drivers before they begin to operate a vehicle if they have reason to believe the suspect the operation of that vehicle may cause injury or harm to the police or other civilians. At least, I'm pretty sure...not 100%

However, another way to look at the issue is why couldn't that many cops restrain and arrest him before he made it to his car?

That's why I'm saying it seems a little premature for people to start protesting this. At least that's how I see it right now.
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scorpion41
08/26/20 6:47:29 PM
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I bet they could find 10 guys willing to suit up and play for a couple hundred bucks a pop.

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SiO4
08/26/20 6:57:13 PM
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Balrog0 posted...


I don't think conservatives actually care about the nba


If they are gambling addicts they probably do.
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Cornmuffins
08/26/20 6:58:53 PM
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scorpion41 posted...
I bet they could find 10 guys willing to suit up and play for a couple hundred bucks a pop.


Doubtful. Make it 13 and maybe.
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sktgamer_13dude
08/26/20 7:02:03 PM
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Balrog0 posted...


I don't think conservatives actually care about the nba

They dont, they care about black people being uppity instead of just taking it.
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gatorsPENSbucs
08/26/20 7:03:41 PM
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CableZL posted...
They sure do comment on protests by NBA players quite a bit for people who don't care
Thats kinda how things in this country work. You complain about stuff you dont care about.

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Frisk
08/26/20 7:05:15 PM
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2020 just will never end. Here we go again

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Jagr_68
08/26/20 7:05:37 PM
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Good. NBA making the right moves.

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Grischnak
08/26/20 10:16:53 PM
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__aCEr__ posted...
If you had tickets to one of those games I'd be really impressed.

That was my point. Under normal circumstances I'd consider this a really shitty thing to do to your fans. But with the way things are right now, while I'm sure some fans are annoyed, it's not like they wasted money flying down to attend a canceled game or something.
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