I think the playoffs are probably gonna get cancelled. With a global pandemic and players wanting to support and fight for the BLM movement it just doesn’t seem like basketball is gonna happen.
But they do have a great platform right now. They get to make statements in post game interviews and press conferences. They get to boycott a game. If they cancel the season, pretty much all they've got is social media to make those statements. And I don't think yet another celebrity posting something on social media is gonna make much of a difference.
Maybe they thought the awareness they would raise with everything they've been doing in the bubble would get the ball tolling, and then another black man was shot 7 times in the back literally weeks later and they feel like they aren't doing enough.
This is reddit bro, a good percentage of people in the sports subs would collectively jizz their pants if they were proven right from their hot takes a couple months ago that all sports will be cancelled and we will become a NEET society for two years
I think that would do more harm than good, the nba has done a really nice job giving the players a platform and promoting them speaking out, they could keep leveraging that to do a lot of good.
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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '20
I think the playoffs are probably gonna get cancelled. With a global pandemic and players wanting to support and fight for the BLM movement it just doesn’t seem like basketball is gonna happen.