It's gonna be Sac. Just watch. they got a new arena and it's prolly no coincidence that Vivek tweeted seconds after the official release by Silver.
Yeah, we should make sure and shut down any state that doesn't agree with us. Better yet, we should get the federal government to do it. That would teach them to think independently and put one set of rights above another. Just thought of this, what if we could detect what people were thinking before they even acted on it. We could develop a protection so people wouldn't have to even hear or such such awful things. We could call them the thought police. Cool.
I'm dubious about the state legislature's intentions. The NBA isn't really about making social statements, but on occasion, it makes sense. It is up to the league to decide where the game gets played. And it's their duty to do what is best for the league.
Pretty large leap from private entity making a choice where it does business and thought police. Or are you saying the federal government should come in and block businesses from making decisions based on principle as they see it? Maybe one day we could predict the future with great accuracy and punish businesses before they even make those decisions. We could call it Minority Report.
I think large organizations using their money and power to force local people into conforming to their corporate beliefs is wrong. NBA, Twitter, Facebook, executive branch, etc. are trying to force their agendas on the public. I believe what I believe, and do not try and coerce anyone to believe the same way. The NBA feels otherwise. Most people just look at the narrative in the headlines and never really understand the issues. HB2 was not an "anti-gay" bill and has nothing to do with sexual orientation at all. The people of North Carolina don't think their daughters should be exposed to penises in the girls restroom. As the father of daughters I agree. Now the NBA is telling me that my beliefs are objectively wrong. I don't think it's any of the NBAs business that I don't want penises in the same restroom as my young daughter and I don't want penises in the locker room shower either. I'm such a Luddite. If you haven't read 1984 then you should. This is just creepy.
Wow, in order to get all that from what I wrote, you must have already think you can read my mind. Oh, the irony. I never said one god damn thing about shutting down any state or getting the government involved. Those are 100% your words not mine. BNM
I was not really aiming at you. Sorry about that. I'm frustrated by the NBA on this. I think basketball should stay out of politics (aside from clear race issues). I'm frustrated because the NBA chose to support the rights of TG men to use women's bathrooms (not neutral bathrooms, nobody objected to that). So now I'm kind of forced to decide if I want to support the NBA and their march on social issues. Basketball should just be about basketball.
Not enough hotels...or whatever the nbas new excuse will be to continue not having Portland host an all star game....you would think in the 65 years the NBA has been doing the all star game, each team would have had a chance to host
The NBA is telling you nothing of the sort. The NBA is telling you it doesn't want to do business in North Carolina due to this bill. Nothing more, nothing less. You remain free to believe what you believe and the NBA has nothing to do with that, nor is it claiming it does. I have. It's a great book. Nothing to do with this, though.
Why only "clear race issues?" How are you determining what corporations can and can't choose to not associate with? It's cool that you get to make that decision about whether to support or not to support based on your beliefs. The NBA is doing the same thing.
There's still people that think that "black Thanksgiving" will ever come to lily white hipsterville Portland?
I'm glad the ambassadors of goodwill are not limited to the Globetrotters...it was the right call from my view. Tear down those walls...hit them in the pocketbook. South Africa changed from being isolated...North Carolina politics needed a wake up call
You guys really think NC is racist because they don't want penises in the same bathroom as little girls? Seriously? That is all this is about. Not sex, orientation or race. Maybe I've been away from Portland too long, but I really don't want boys in the same showers as my girls either.
