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[CONTRACT VIOLATION - Fire them...] Milwaukee Bucks do not take floor for NBA playoff game as they protest police shooting of Jacob Blake
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Aug 26, 2020, 8:36:43 PM8/26/20
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boycott-magic-game-to-protest-jacob-blake-shooting/5637163002/
Three NBA playoff games were scheduled Wednesday, but three playoff games
were not played in a historic day not only for the NBA, but in sports
history – four years to the day that former NFL quarterback Colin
Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem.
The Milwaukee Bucks, who were set to play the Orlando Magic in Game 5 of
their first-round series at 4:10 p.m. ET, decided not to play in protest
of the Jacob Blake shooting.
The Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets also planned not to play
Game 5 of their series, and the Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail
Blazers did not want to play, either.
“The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association (on Wednesday)
announced that in light of the Milwaukee Bucks’ decision to not take the
floor today for Game 5 against the Orlando Magic, today’s three games –
Bucks vs. Magic, Houston Rockets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles
Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers - have been postponed. Game 5 of each
series will be rescheduled,” the NBA said in a news release.
Blake, a Black man, was shot multiple times in the back on Sunday by
police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, which is 40 miles south of Milwaukee on Lake
Michigan.
“We fully support our players and the decision they made,” Bucks owners
Marc Lasry, Wes Edens and Jamie Dinan said in a statement. “Although we
did not know beforehand, we would have wholeheartedly agreed with them.
The only way to bring about change is to shine a light on the racial
injustices that are happening in front of us. Our players have done that
and we will continue to stand alongside them and demand accountability and
change.”
NBA players were shaken by the incident, which was captured on video.
Anger, sadness and frustration were evident in news conferences with
players this week.
In a historic move, the Milwaukee Bucks boycotted their playoff game
against the Orlando Magic in response to the Jacob Blake shooting.
Three games are scheduled for Thursday, and now the league and players
will figure out how to proceed in a restart that is in jeopardy of not
concluding. The two parties are scheduled to meet at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday
inside the bubble.
“People are upset and angry and we’re just trying to come together and
figure out a way how we can do something,” Boston’s Jayson Tatum said
Wednesday. “Obviously, people are going to say, ‘Sitting out, what is that
going to do?’ Honestly, if we sit out a game or the rest of the playoffs,
we understand how big of (an) impact that would have. Everybody’s going to
have to talk about it, continue to raise awareness.
“We don’t want to just keep playing and forget what’s going on in the
outside world because it’s affecting us. It’s affecting everybody, and
we’re more than just basketball players. We’re people. We have these raw
emotions.”
The Bucks players released a statement later that read in part: “... Over
the last few days in our home state of Wisconsin, we’ve seen the
horrendous video of Jacob Blake being shot in the back seven times by a
police officer in Kenosha, and the additional shooting of protestors.
Despite the overwhelming plea for change, there has been no action, so our
focus today cannot be on basketball.
“When we take the court and represent Milwaukee and Wisconsin, we are
expected to play at a high level, give maximum effort and hold each other
accountable. We hold ourselves to that standard, and in this moment, we
are demanding the same from our lawmakers and law enforcement."
Protests have a history in sports, from Elgin Baylor sitting out a game to
protest segregation laws in Charleston, West Virginia, to John Carlos and
Tommie Smith raising fist during the national anthem at the 1968 Summer
Olympics.
“What is does do, like all boycotts, is it puts all the attention on the
oppression and the oppressor,” Grand Valley State associate history
professor Louis Moore told USA TODAY Sports. “It makes us wrestle with
what’s going on so no longer can we say ‘Hey, I’m about to watch Giannis
then I’ll watch the Rockets game and then watch the Lakers.’ I had six
hours lined up and no longer can I do that. Like everybody, I have to
wrestle with what’s going on in Wisconsin. There’s a real fear we might be
shot at any time. That’s the power that we see here.”
Moore specializes in African-American, sports and gender history and wrote
a book titled “We Will Win the Day: The Civil Rights Movement, the Black
Athlete, and the Quest for Equality.”
"The potential of the Milwaukee Bucks owners supporting the players is
where the power in this boycott is,” he said. “You can get the ownership
on your side. Giannis can get Nike on his side, and they can put real
pressure on cities, on organizations or unions to start to do stuff.”
Momentum for sitting out games began building when Milwaukee’s George Hill
questioned Monday whether they should be playing games at the Disney
campus near Orlando, Florida.
“Coming here just took all the focal points off what the issues are. But
we're here. It is what it is,” Hill said. “We can't do anything from right
here. ... Lives are being taken as we speak day in and day out. There’s no
consequence or accountability for it. That’s what has to change.”
Then on Tuesday, Toronto’s Fred VanVleet asked, “What are we willing to
give up?”
On Wednesday, Raptors coach Nick Nurse told reporters that players from
the Boston Celtics and Toronto Raptors, who are scheduled to play in Game
1 of their second series on Thursday, were considering not playing.
The Bucks did not take the floor for pregame warm-ups. Magic players left
the court just before tip-off. The three referees and the alternate
referee remained on the court for a few minutes after the Magic left, then
retreated to their locker rooms.
Arena workers began removing name tags from player chairs in the bench
area around 4:18 p.m. NBA TV showed video of Magic players, coaches and
staff leaving the arena and getting on a bus at 4:42 p.m.
Oklahoma City’s Chris Paul and Houston’s Russell Westbrook were seen
leaving a room at the arena, and then players from both teams began
exiting the arena.
The Magic released a statement that read: "Today we stand united with the
NBA Office, the National Basketball Players Association, the Milwaukee
Bucks and the rest of the league condemning bigotry, racial injustice and
the unwarranted use of violence by police against people of color."
Bucks guard-forward Sterling Brown was the victim of police brutality in
Milwaukee in 2018.
With all the talk about players not playing, Moore was surprised the NBA
didn’t postpone games before players protested.
Several players had concerns about resuming the season amid social justice
concerns and worried that they were putting sports in front of more
important issues. But they believed – and some still do – that using their
voice inside the bubble was worthwhile.
But Moore believes there is value to having the spotlight the bubble
provides.
“Their role now is to use this platform that you have to help others out,”
Moore said. “I go back to 1968 and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1968 Olympics). He
regrets not going because once you’re not there, you don’t have a
platform. If you’re not there, no one’s talking (to) you. They’re not
being asked these things, and you lose that platform.”
NBA boycotts are rare. In 1959, Los Angeles Lakers Hall of Famer Elgin
Baylor boycotted a game to protest hotel segregation in Charleston, South
Carolina. In 1961, Celtics players refused to play in a game in Lexington,
Kentucky, when a restaurant would not allow Bill Russell to sit inside.
NBA players also considered boycotting the 1964 All-Star Game but that was
over union issues and not social justice.
Players also considered boycotting games when racist comments by former
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling became public in 2014.
Follow USA TODAY Sports NBA reporter Jeff Zillgitt on Twitter
@JeffZillgitt
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Three NBA playoff games were scheduled Wednesday, but three playoff games
were not played in a historic day not only for the NBA, but in sports
history – four years to the day that former NFL quarterback Colin
Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem.
The Milwaukee Bucks, who were set to play the Orlando Magic in Game 5 of
their first-round series at 4:10 p.m. ET, decided not to play in protest
of the Jacob Blake shooting.
The Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets also planned not to play
Game 5 of their series, and the Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail
Blazers did not want to play, either.
“The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association (on Wednesday)
announced that in light of the Milwaukee Bucks’ decision to not take the
floor today for Game 5 against the Orlando Magic, today’s three games –
Bucks vs. Magic, Houston Rockets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles
Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers - have been postponed. Game 5 of each
series will be rescheduled,” the NBA said in a news release.
Blake, a Black man, was shot multiple times in the back on Sunday by
police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, which is 40 miles south of Milwaukee on Lake
Michigan.
“We fully support our players and the decision they made,” Bucks owners
Marc Lasry, Wes Edens and Jamie Dinan said in a statement. “Although we
did not know beforehand, we would have wholeheartedly agreed with them.
The only way to bring about change is to shine a light on the racial
injustices that are happening in front of us. Our players have done that
and we will continue to stand alongside them and demand accountability and
change.”
NBA players were shaken by the incident, which was captured on video.
Anger, sadness and frustration were evident in news conferences with
players this week.
In a historic move, the Milwaukee Bucks boycotted their playoff game
against the Orlando Magic in response to the Jacob Blake shooting.
Three games are scheduled for Thursday, and now the league and players
will figure out how to proceed in a restart that is in jeopardy of not
concluding. The two parties are scheduled to meet at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday
inside the bubble.
“People are upset and angry and we’re just trying to come together and
figure out a way how we can do something,” Boston’s Jayson Tatum said
Wednesday. “Obviously, people are going to say, ‘Sitting out, what is that
going to do?’ Honestly, if we sit out a game or the rest of the playoffs,
we understand how big of (an) impact that would have. Everybody’s going to
have to talk about it, continue to raise awareness.
“We don’t want to just keep playing and forget what’s going on in the
outside world because it’s affecting us. It’s affecting everybody, and
we’re more than just basketball players. We’re people. We have these raw
emotions.”
The Bucks players released a statement later that read in part: “... Over
the last few days in our home state of Wisconsin, we’ve seen the
horrendous video of Jacob Blake being shot in the back seven times by a
police officer in Kenosha, and the additional shooting of protestors.
Despite the overwhelming plea for change, there has been no action, so our
focus today cannot be on basketball.
“When we take the court and represent Milwaukee and Wisconsin, we are
expected to play at a high level, give maximum effort and hold each other
accountable. We hold ourselves to that standard, and in this moment, we
are demanding the same from our lawmakers and law enforcement."
Protests have a history in sports, from Elgin Baylor sitting out a game to
protest segregation laws in Charleston, West Virginia, to John Carlos and
Tommie Smith raising fist during the national anthem at the 1968 Summer
Olympics.
“What is does do, like all boycotts, is it puts all the attention on the
oppression and the oppressor,” Grand Valley State associate history
professor Louis Moore told USA TODAY Sports. “It makes us wrestle with
what’s going on so no longer can we say ‘Hey, I’m about to watch Giannis
then I’ll watch the Rockets game and then watch the Lakers.’ I had six
hours lined up and no longer can I do that. Like everybody, I have to
wrestle with what’s going on in Wisconsin. There’s a real fear we might be
shot at any time. That’s the power that we see here.”
Moore specializes in African-American, sports and gender history and wrote
a book titled “We Will Win the Day: The Civil Rights Movement, the Black
Athlete, and the Quest for Equality.”
"The potential of the Milwaukee Bucks owners supporting the players is
where the power in this boycott is,” he said. “You can get the ownership
on your side. Giannis can get Nike on his side, and they can put real
pressure on cities, on organizations or unions to start to do stuff.”
Momentum for sitting out games began building when Milwaukee’s George Hill
questioned Monday whether they should be playing games at the Disney
campus near Orlando, Florida.
“Coming here just took all the focal points off what the issues are. But
we're here. It is what it is,” Hill said. “We can't do anything from right
here. ... Lives are being taken as we speak day in and day out. There’s no
consequence or accountability for it. That’s what has to change.”
Then on Tuesday, Toronto’s Fred VanVleet asked, “What are we willing to
give up?”
On Wednesday, Raptors coach Nick Nurse told reporters that players from
the Boston Celtics and Toronto Raptors, who are scheduled to play in Game
1 of their second series on Thursday, were considering not playing.
The Bucks did not take the floor for pregame warm-ups. Magic players left
the court just before tip-off. The three referees and the alternate
referee remained on the court for a few minutes after the Magic left, then
retreated to their locker rooms.
Arena workers began removing name tags from player chairs in the bench
area around 4:18 p.m. NBA TV showed video of Magic players, coaches and
staff leaving the arena and getting on a bus at 4:42 p.m.
Oklahoma City’s Chris Paul and Houston’s Russell Westbrook were seen
leaving a room at the arena, and then players from both teams began
exiting the arena.
The Magic released a statement that read: "Today we stand united with the
NBA Office, the National Basketball Players Association, the Milwaukee
Bucks and the rest of the league condemning bigotry, racial injustice and
the unwarranted use of violence by police against people of color."
Bucks guard-forward Sterling Brown was the victim of police brutality in
Milwaukee in 2018.
With all the talk about players not playing, Moore was surprised the NBA
didn’t postpone games before players protested.
Several players had concerns about resuming the season amid social justice
concerns and worried that they were putting sports in front of more
important issues. But they believed – and some still do – that using their
voice inside the bubble was worthwhile.
But Moore believes there is value to having the spotlight the bubble
provides.
“Their role now is to use this platform that you have to help others out,”
Moore said. “I go back to 1968 and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1968 Olympics). He
regrets not going because once you’re not there, you don’t have a
platform. If you’re not there, no one’s talking (to) you. They’re not
being asked these things, and you lose that platform.”
NBA boycotts are rare. In 1959, Los Angeles Lakers Hall of Famer Elgin
Baylor boycotted a game to protest hotel segregation in Charleston, South
Carolina. In 1961, Celtics players refused to play in a game in Lexington,
Kentucky, when a restaurant would not allow Bill Russell to sit inside.
NBA players also considered boycotting the 1964 All-Star Game but that was
over union issues and not social justice.
Players also considered boycotting games when racist comments by former
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling became public in 2014.
Follow USA TODAY Sports NBA reporter Jeff Zillgitt on Twitter
@JeffZillgitt
--
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump has boosted the economy, reduced illegal immigration,
appointed dozens of judges and created jobs.
Senile loser and NAMBLA supporter Nancy Pelosi got "Trumped" on February
5, 2020. "President Trump, Not Guilty."
Bill Flett
Aug 26, 2020, 9:15:26 PM8/26/20
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Not going to happen.
Anonymous Remailer (austria)
Aug 26, 2020, 10:29:59 PM8/26/20
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Fire the entire NBA? What a fucking retarded idea.
Siri Cruise
Aug 26, 2020, 10:56:36 PM8/26/20
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In article <ri71fd$11b7$1...@neodome.net>,
Bill Flett <notg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Not going to happen.
'You're not helping.'
In article
<13e28943-cce0-42dd...@googlegroups.com>,
"Criminal Drivers Murder 35,000 Americans a Year"
<xeto...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The insanity continues. Blake is a monster as was convicted armed robber
> george floyd and convicted child torturer rayshard brooks.
Conservative assholes refuse to acknowledge their racism. They're
not fooling anyone. Are they trying to fool themselves? That
would imply they're ashamed of their racism. They don't need to
do a public confession of their racism. They just need to be
better people.
They could visit a christian church and learn what christianity
has to offer instead of their current demon god.
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Bill Flett <notg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Not going to happen.
'You're not helping.'
In article
<13e28943-cce0-42dd...@googlegroups.com>,
"Criminal Drivers Murder 35,000 Americans a Year"
<xeto...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The insanity continues. Blake is a monster as was convicted armed robber
> george floyd and convicted child torturer rayshard brooks.
Conservative assholes refuse to acknowledge their racism. They're
not fooling anyone. Are they trying to fool themselves? That
would imply they're ashamed of their racism. They don't need to
do a public confession of their racism. They just need to be
better people.
They could visit a christian church and learn what christianity
has to offer instead of their current demon god.
--
:-<> Siri Seal of Disavowal #000-001. Disavowed. Denied. Deleted. @
'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' /|\
The first law of discordiamism: The more energy This post / \
to make order is nore energy made into entropy. insults Islam. Mohammed
Bill Flett
Aug 26, 2020, 11:16:06 PM8/26/20
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On 8/26/2020 7:56 PM, Siri Cruise wrote:
> In article <ri71fd$11b7$1...@neodome.net>,
> Bill Flett <notg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Not going to happen.
>
> 'You're not helping.'
>
> In article
> <13e28943-cce0-42dd...@googlegroups.com>,
> "Criminal Drivers Murder 35,000 Americans a Year"
> <xeto...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> The insanity continues. Blake is a monster as was convicted armed robber
>> george floyd and convicted child torturer rayshard brooks.
>
> Conservative assholes refuse to acknowledge their racism. They're
> not fooling anyone.
Hartung thinks he's fooling someone.
> In article <ri71fd$11b7$1...@neodome.net>,
> Bill Flett <notg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Not going to happen.
>
> 'You're not helping.'
>
> In article
> <13e28943-cce0-42dd...@googlegroups.com>,
> "Criminal Drivers Murder 35,000 Americans a Year"
> <xeto...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> The insanity continues. Blake is a monster as was convicted armed robber
>> george floyd and convicted child torturer rayshard brooks.
>
> Conservative assholes refuse to acknowledge their racism. They're
> not fooling anyone.
> Are they trying to fool themselves?
as he is, he knows he's not fooling anyone else.
> That would imply they're ashamed of their racism.
express it openly. That's strange, because it's in plain sight — the same
as his obesity.
BiologyMajor
Aug 27, 2020, 6:36:33 AM8/27/20
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On 8/26/2020 8:36 PM, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
> https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/playoffs/2020/08/26/bucks-
> boycott-magic-game-to-protest-jacob-blake-shooting/5637163002/
>
Funny it doesn't bother you that MLB is also boycotting.
https://www.ajc.com/sports/bucks-upset-by-wisconsin-shooting-dont-take-court-for-nba-game/25OGEAPIXFHCPKWTRUIPG4BNUM/
https://twitter.com/Non_Linear1
> https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/playoffs/2020/08/26/bucks-
> boycott-magic-game-to-protest-jacob-blake-shooting/5637163002/
>
Funny it doesn't bother you that MLB is also boycotting.
https://www.ajc.com/sports/bucks-upset-by-wisconsin-shooting-dont-take-court-for-nba-game/25OGEAPIXFHCPKWTRUIPG4BNUM/
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