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The NBA celebrated the Chinese New Year on Wednesday night. Normally, that information wouldn’t be newsworthy, but considering what happened earlier in the day, it’s worth mentioning.
Why, you might ask? Well, that celebration came just hours after it was revealed that the Dallas Mavericks were no longer including the national anthem in their pregame routine. To make matters worse, that news was revealed by team employees, not Cuban.
After public backlash, the decision to remove the anthem was later reversed by the NBA on Wednesday afternoon.
Talk about strange timing, right?
Former off-field assistant for Ole Miss Brennon Chapman first brought the oddly-timed events to the attention of OutKick founder Clay Travis. He tweeted, “The jokes write themselves,” which I think sums the situation up nicely.
The jokes write themselves @ClayTravis pic.twitter.com/Eknkf9p9m1
— Brennon Chapman (@BrennonChapman) February 11, 2021
Clay recently shared his thoughts on the national anthem during OutKick The Show on Wednesday, which you can watch below.
"Are they going to fine the Dallas Mavericks if they don't play the national anthem? Is this really a dispute that the NBA wants to enter?
It's a disaster for the league and further cements them as a far left wing liberal hypocritical league." –@ClayTravis pic.twitter.com/vDjWrJHKm4— OutKick (@Outkick) February 11, 2021
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The entire NBA should just move to China. We all know they bow down to their Master Presdient Xi.
This league is comprised of hypocritical clowns.
How people find this league compelling is beyond me.
If these people hate America so much then just leave?? It’s not complicated. If America is an awful place then go ahead hit the exits and find a place you like better (say, China?) …
I’m sorry but if you’re still watching NBA, don’t even try to claim you’re a Conservative or Patriot in any way shape or form. You clearly are not.
100%
I gave up on the NBA years ago. I used to be a huge fan back in the real NBA days of Magic, Bird, Detroit bad boys and Jordan.
You are 100% correct.
That’s the thing, the NBA doesn’t care about us. They care about Chinese investment/money and Millennials/Gen Z’ers. The rest of us are irrelevant. So I reiterate, the best way to deal with the NBA, the woke movement, coronabros, etc is just to ignore them. If those folks don’t care about us then don’t care about them. Go on about your lives and fuck them.
I don’t they even care about Millennials/Gen Z’ers. At least in the country, they are just useful idiots.
The NBA is the league of fake protesting communist Chinese government ball licking drama queen bitches. Let these anti American shit brains move to China. Put the top drama queen bitch Labore James and the Lakers in Wuhan.
The NBA thinks they are very smart, and the players more so. They believe the entire country should be restructured into a Utopia. If they get their wish they will soon discover what they lost, but unfortunately so will we.
Clay, if you’re reading this, Outkick should do a feature on the decline of the NBA over the past year with respect to ratings, merchandise, etc. Seriously, who’s still watching the NBA???
I agree, BengalsFan. Good idea.
NBA will go back to being a niche league like it was in the 70s when the NBA Finals were broadcast on tape delay. Only the under 30 crowd will be watching on a regular basis and they are the ones with the least disposable income.
I haven’t watched the NBA since Olajuwon retired.
Not and haven’t been watching or supporting in any way the league really has become irrelevant to most thinking Americans just can’t stand these pathetic uneducated dopes about the facts of that despotic and dangerous country
I mean if you don’t get why you shouldn’t invest in the NBA by now…you never will.
The NBA dug a hole, hit solid rock, and the brainiacs just keep on digging.