This was a disappointing interview for me. No questions about the dangers of wokeness, CRT in the schools, or his decision not to play the national anthem at Mavericks games. His answer about China was pretty lame and Barry could have pushed him more on it, like, for example, asking him if he would have used his "that's domestic politi…
This was a disappointing interview for me. No questions about the dangers of wokeness, CRT in the schools, or his decision not to play the national anthem at Mavericks games. His answer about China was pretty lame and Barry could have pushed him more on it, like, for example, asking him if he would have used his "that's domestic politics" excuse to not speak out about apartheid in South Africa if he had owned the Mavs in the 1980's and the NBA had had big investments there. This was a softball interview not very different from other mainstream interviews. I still love you Bari, but let's not pretend that you asked him tough insightful questions - you didn't.
I agree that cubans response to the nba and china was pure PR. The point was not that the nba should have a view on every country and its politics but in a country where they have a major presence and things that the country does is abhorrent, they should be vocal. Even if it is nothing more to than make a statement. The hypocrisy in his statements and the lack of leadership by the nba is unbelievable.
I have been a basketball fan my whole life but i have not watched a game for the past two years. I cannot take the style of play (although there are amazing athletes playing the game) and the self righteousness of the league and players
Well said. I could not agree more. I too was a major basketball fan, but stopped watching long ago when the NBA became more about player self-promotion than winning. When the woke stuff started, it sealed the deal for me.
This was a disappointing interview for me. No questions about the dangers of wokeness, CRT in the schools, or his decision not to play the national anthem at Mavericks games. His answer about China was pretty lame and Barry could have pushed him more on it, like, for example, asking him if he would have used his "that's domestic politics" excuse to not speak out about apartheid in South Africa if he had owned the Mavs in the 1980's and the NBA had had big investments there. This was a softball interview not very different from other mainstream interviews. I still love you Bari, but let's not pretend that you asked him tough insightful questions - you didn't.
I agree that cubans response to the nba and china was pure PR. The point was not that the nba should have a view on every country and its politics but in a country where they have a major presence and things that the country does is abhorrent, they should be vocal. Even if it is nothing more to than make a statement. The hypocrisy in his statements and the lack of leadership by the nba is unbelievable.
I have been a basketball fan my whole life but i have not watched a game for the past two years. I cannot take the style of play (although there are amazing athletes playing the game) and the self righteousness of the league and players
Well said. I could not agree more. I too was a major basketball fan, but stopped watching long ago when the NBA became more about player self-promotion than winning. When the woke stuff started, it sealed the deal for me.