The Houston Rockets and the NBA promoted a picture on Thursday featuring star shooting guard James Harden wearing a face mask with the pro-police “Thin Blue Line” on an American flag.
One has to wonder if the NBA is doing a mea culpa here, after the last year of utterly politicizing itself, from the idea of putting “social justice” messages on jerseys to cowering to China by criticizing the Free Hong Kong statement last Fall (which, ironically, involved the Rockets as well).
Here are the pictures
Forgive me if I’m automatically suspicious, but, I’m suspicious.
if it’s done for the right reasons it’s the smartest thing the NBA’s done in years
but like MJA said – call me suspicious
The ChiComs will put a stop to this. Plus Harden has said it wasn’t meant to be political, he just thought it looked cool.
“Harden has said it wasn’t meant to be political, he just thought it looked cool.”
But did someone tell Blantifa that? They may not see the ‘cool’.
He probably doesn’t even know what he was wearing.
Fuck the NBA.
There is such a thing as contrition and redemption. Not sure the NBA is there yet.
Sounds like sumbuddy stuck a smelly wet-finger in the air…
and hoid Rick say Fuck the NBA!!
There isn’t any sports left. They’re all dead to me. INcluding nascar, of course, and even golf. They’re all pushing the same crap.
I have no problem with making an educated assessment regarding the motivation of this woman.
The Anti civilized society mural in front of Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue was vandalized Saturday for the third time this week — this time by a black woman yelling, “refund the police!”
https://nypost.com/2020/07/18/black-lives-matter-mural-outside-trump-tower-again-defaced/
NBA CYA!
“There is such a thing as contrition and redemption. Not sure the NBA is there yet.“
Contrition and redemption on a corporate level involves firings, demotions and public apologies. Any of those yet?
Hopefully some NBA players accidentally got a little bit of education once they left the Colleges where their asses were kissed to play with balls.
The rockets are probably testing the waters to see what side of the argument pays more $$$$.
I doubt it will stick.
NBA players can’t spell too good. It’s probably a mistake.
NOT buying it. Too little, too late. Goodbye, NBA.
James Harden is supposed to be a committed Christian so maybe it is real but the snide 1/2 of me sez it’s to keep the paying fan base.
Maybe some of these ‘woke’ sports are beginning to get some very negative feedback and are reconsidering their SJW credentials. BLM is a Marxist hate group and anyone who associates with them is scum.
Damn you Rick, you beat me to it!
I got news for Hardin. BLM and the left doesn’t buy the nba tickets that support his millionaire life style.