NBA Playoffs 2020
Re: NBA Playoffs 2020
I will never joke about timeouts and chris webber again.
- Flagrant Fowl
- Posts: 13889
- Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:04 am
- Location: Haeundae, Busan, South Korea
Re: NBA Playoffs 2020
It's a moot point when the whole league boycotts games.SunsRIt wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 3:02 pmThe Bucks should forfeit the game. Plain and simple.specialsauce wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 1:48 pmWow.Furlanfufi wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 1:32 pmThe Bucks are boycotting game 5 because of the shooting of Jacob Blake
I’m not sure what difference it will make, but that is a statement.
Will they forfeit game 5? Or is it just postponed?
If it’s just postponed, I don’t see how it makes any impact or puts any pressure on Milwaukee’s owner to use his position to influence change.
Send me a PM if you're interested in joining the phx-suns.net fantasy basketball league.
Re: NBA Playoffs 2020
The Bucks boycotted. The rest were postponed. Big difference.Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:13 pmIt's a moot point when the whole league boycotts games.SunsRIt wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 3:02 pmThe Bucks should forfeit the game. Plain and simple.specialsauce wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 1:48 pmWow.Furlanfufi wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 1:32 pmThe Bucks are boycotting game 5 because of the shooting of Jacob Blake
I’m not sure what difference it will make, but that is a statement.
Will they forfeit game 5? Or is it just postponed?
If it’s just postponed, I don’t see how it makes any impact or puts any pressure on Milwaukee’s owner to use his position to influence change.
Re: NBA Playoffs 2020
All the games have been postponed tonight.
- Flagrant Fowl
- Posts: 13889
- Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:04 am
- Location: Haeundae, Busan, South Korea
Re: NBA Playoffs 2020
So you believe the other teams wouldn't have boycotted?SunsRIt wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:19 pmThe Bucks boycotted. The rest were postponed. Big difference.Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:13 pmIt's a moot point when the whole league boycotts games.SunsRIt wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 3:02 pmThe Bucks should forfeit the game. Plain and simple.specialsauce wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 1:48 pmWow.Furlanfufi wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 1:32 pmThe Bucks are boycotting game 5 because of the shooting of Jacob Blake
I’m not sure what difference it will make, but that is a statement.
Will they forfeit game 5? Or is it just postponed?
If it’s just postponed, I don’t see how it makes any impact or puts any pressure on Milwaukee’s owner to use his position to influence change.
Send me a PM if you're interested in joining the phx-suns.net fantasy basketball league.
Re: NBA Playoffs 2020
The Brewers also boycotted their game, but there are other MLB games going in right now. I don’t know if the other teams would have or not.Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:23 pmSo you believe the other teams wouldn't have boycotted?SunsRIt wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:19 pmThe Bucks boycotted. The rest were postponed. Big difference.Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:13 pmIt's a moot point when the whole league boycotts games.SunsRIt wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 3:02 pmThe Bucks should forfeit the game. Plain and simple.specialsauce wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 1:48 pm
Wow.
I’m not sure what difference it will make, but that is a statement.
Will they forfeit game 5? Or is it just postponed?
If it’s just postponed, I don’t see how it makes any impact or puts any pressure on Milwaukee’s owner to use his position to influence change.
- Flagrant Fowl
- Posts: 13889
- Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:04 am
- Location: Haeundae, Busan, South Korea
Re: NBA Playoffs 2020
You may not know, but I'm confident that at least the remaining four teams scheduled to play today would have also boycotted. It's pretty obvious if you've been listening to the things many NBA players have been saying.SunsRIt wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:26 pmThe Brewers also boycotted their game, but there are other MLB games going in right now. I don’t know if the other teams would have or not.Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:23 pmSo you believe the other teams wouldn't have boycotted?
Also, the NBA and MLB are so vastly different in numerous ways that they can't be counter-referenced in this situation.
Send me a PM if you're interested in joining the phx-suns.net fantasy basketball league.
Re: NBA Playoffs 2020
Yep. Brewers boycotting as well.SunsRIt wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:19 pmThe Bucks boycotted. The rest were postponed. Big difference.Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:13 pmIt's a moot point when the whole league boycotts games.SunsRIt wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 3:02 pmThe Bucks should forfeit the game. Plain and simple.specialsauce wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 1:48 pmWow.Furlanfufi wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 1:32 pmThe Bucks are boycotting game 5 because of the shooting of Jacob Blake
I’m not sure what difference it will make, but that is a statement.
Will they forfeit game 5? Or is it just postponed?
If it’s just postponed, I don’t see how it makes any impact or puts any pressure on Milwaukee’s owner to use his position to influence change.
"Be Legendary."
-
- Posts: 195
- Joined: Tue Nov 08, 2016 7:42 pm
Re: NBA Playoffs 2020
I’ve been thinking about how they might handle this. I don’t think it makes sense to just cancel the rest of the playoffs. That’s not going to accomplish anything. By playing, they can continue to make statements before and after games. But a lot of talk isn’t going to make any real changes either. I’m thinking tomorrow’s games will also be cancelled so that all teams have stood in unity. But then maybe finish the playoffs and donate a largish portion of their salaries to organizations and causes that can help make changes in this country. Maybe not even just financially but also get involved to enacting change in this country.
For all of us, silence is complicity.
For all of us, silence is complicity.
"Be Legendary."
Re: NBA Playoffs 2020
Well, apparently the Clippers and Lakers have voted to boycott the rest of the season. So it looks like my guess may be wrong.
"Be Legendary."
- Drewsprocket
- Posts: 1786
- Joined: Sun Jun 24, 2018 9:44 pm
Re: NBA Playoffs 2020
I don’t understand how boycotting the NBA playoffs is supposed to help. Aren’t boycotts supposed to target offenders? How does this persuade anybody who isn’t already an ally?
Re: NBA Playoffs 2020
I think they are trying to get the owners/league to commit to doing something. They have the most to gain/lose by playing, not the players.
Maybe commit to using every NBA arena for polling stations on November 3rd. Maybe by committing a percent of the league profits towards lobbying racial injustice issues. I am sure LeBron and Chris Paul have some good ideas there.
Re: NBA Playoffs 2020
Here’s an idea: NBA players as poll workers in Democratic precincts. What a great way to encourage people to get out and vote!
No autographs, please.
No autographs, please.
- The Bobster
- Posts: 6672
- Joined: Fri Mar 14, 2014 1:04 pm
- Location: Phoenix, AZ
Re: NBA Playoffs 2020
Part of it may be the frustration of not being home with their families and in their communities while this is taking place.
In the bubble they're isolated and can do nothing except talk. I think a lot of the players want to have more involvement than that.
In the bubble they're isolated and can do nothing except talk. I think a lot of the players want to have more involvement than that.
Author of The Basketball Draft Fact Book: A History of Professional Basketball's College Drafts
Available from Scarecrow Press at - https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780810890695
Available from Scarecrow Press at - https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780810890695