# NBA

**URL:** <https://bbad.com/t/nba/1026>\
**Category:** Sports\
**Created:** [June 29, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://bbad.com/t/nba/1026 "2020-06-29T16:22:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Reg](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/reg/32/6053_2.png) [@Reg](https://bbad.com/u/Reg)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://bbad.com/t/nba/1026/1 "2020-06-29T16:22:29Z")

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I don’t agree with this if it’s true.

> **[Report: NBA players can replace name on jerseys with social justice statement...](https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/report-nba-players-can-replace-name-jerseys-social-justice-statement/)**
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> When basketball resumes, NBA players will reportedly be allowed to replace the last name on their jerseys with a statement on social justice.

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**Author:** ![MyBigMoon](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/mybigmoon/32/723_2.png) [@MyBigMoon](https://bbad.com/u/MyBigMoon)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://bbad.com/t/nba/1026/2 "2020-06-29T17:54:54Z")

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What a player chooses “social justice sucks”?

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**Author:** ![Reg](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/reg/32/6053_2.png) [@Reg](https://bbad.com/u/Reg)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://bbad.com/t/nba/1026/3 "2020-06-29T18:24:18Z")

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Or “White Lives Matter”?

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**Author:** ![MyBigMoon](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/mybigmoon/32/723_2.png) [@MyBigMoon](https://bbad.com/u/MyBigMoon)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://bbad.com/t/nba/1026/4 "2020-06-29T18:27:41Z")

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They would get death threats.

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**Author:** ![Reg](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/reg/32/6053_2.png) [@Reg](https://bbad.com/u/Reg)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://bbad.com/t/nba/1026/5 "2020-06-29T18:30:24Z")

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Yes. What a messed up world we live in where “All Lives Matter” is considered racist.

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**Author:** ![AgeofGrace](https://bbad.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AgeofGrace](https://bbad.com/u/AgeofGrace)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 11:50am UTC](https://bbad.com/t/nba/1026/6 "2022-11-04T11:50:53Z")

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The Brooklyn Nets suspended Kyrie Irving for at least five games.

> **[Nets suspend Kyrie Irving for at least 5 games without pay](https://apnews.com/article/brooklyn-nets-nba-sports-basketball-9967fe0a7d519ec88bb69653903269a3)**
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> NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets suspended Kyrie Irving for at least five games without pay Thursday, dismayed by his repeated failure to “unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs.” Hours after Irving refused to issue the apology that NBA...

When they say “at least” they mean at the end of his suspension he will need to apologize and be convincing or be suspended again because the NBA sets the standard.

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**Author:** ![Reg](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/reg/32/6053_2.png) [@Reg](https://bbad.com/u/Reg)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://bbad.com/t/nba/1026/7 "2023-07-27T17:44:32Z")

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One more reason to dislike the NBA.

> **[Kevin Durant says 'everybody does' cannabis in NBA](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66325946)**
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> The Phoenix Suns star says cannabis is "like wine at this point", and the league commissioner agreed.
