Granted, the NBA began its season with far fewer “protest” shenanigans than the NFL did in September, but if any team was going to make a statement on Tuesday, it would be the Cleveland Cavaliers.
And we all know why…
Because LeBron James is the King of Woke.
No, they didn’t take a knee, but they did stand out from every other team by locking arms during the anthem before their opener against the Boston Celtics Tuesday night. In contrast, the Celtics stood, some with their hands over their hearts.
Sports Illustrated posted the video via Twitter:
https://twitter.com/SInow/status/920440065091829766
Not a good look, Cavs.
Perhaps the Cavs, and the NBA, might take a cue from the a recent shock poll that found NFL favorability ratings dropping from 57 percent to an anemic 44 percent, with the highest unfavorable rating of all major sports at 40 percent even as Goodell & Co. continue to insist on catering to SJW Inc. with their latest ridiculous announcement.
Is this really the road you want to travel, NBA?
Are half-empty stadiums and flipped channels worth making your pointless statements?
Yeah, we’re not sure exactly whose bright idea the “arm-linking” was, but we’re going to go ahead and pin it on LeBron.
From calling Trump voters “uneducated” (while patently and ironically displaying his own lack of education) to tweeting a quote from Eminem’s ridiculous anti-Trump rap last week to endless criticisms against the president and his policies, LeBron James has consciously made the decision to go from one of the most loved and respected sports icons of all time to just another liberal activist celebrity with an ax to grind.
And in the process, he’s managed to alienate half of America.
Of course, everyone has the right to freedom of speech, and if Lebron wants to be a pu**y-hat wearing snowflake off the court it’s his business. But as he takes the Cavs with him down the road of inane, America-hating protests, the real question is will the rest of the NBA follow the road the NFL has already gone down.
The locking arms display seems to have begun in the NFL as a way to show solidarity with players who knelt during the national anthem, so the Cavs likely thought they would avoid all the heat while still getting to make their “statement.”
In other words, they wanted to have their cake and eat it too, but the folks aren’t buying any of it.
— LeBron makes it difficult to be enthusiastic about the Cavs when the team is lukewarm about their country. SHOW RESPECT, LeBum.
— Rod Miller (@RodMillerUSA) October 18, 2017
rich basketball & football players asked for equality. I agree. All of those players MUST get paid the same as McDonald’s workers.
— Puttarac Chackri (@Kdatoh3) October 18, 2017
— Michael Irwin (@michaelirwin57) October 18, 2017
I knew this was coming, that is why it will be an @NBA free zone in my house. Liberal dog whistle words like “equality” is not entertainment
— Michael Irwin (@michaelirwin57) October 18, 2017
I am so glad we have professional sports as a diversion away from activism and politics…
— Michael Dent (@MichaelDent6) October 18, 2017
flouting the US anthem rubrics, in whatever way possible, now with the caveat of not losing fan money. I am very suspicious of NBA now.
— Latinvs (@PrimumGenus) October 18, 2017
I feel so much better because they did this the social injustices are just melting away, story is over so let it go already!
— Bill Groves (@groves_bill) October 18, 2017
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