Hall of Fame coach doesn't even watch pro basketball anymore due to politicization of the game
By Kelen McBreen | VMSTALKSHOW.COM Monday, April 24, 2023
Perhaps the best and most famous basketball coach of all time, Phil Jackson of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, recently revealed he can hardly stand to watch the modern NBA due to constant far-left virtue signaling. During an appearance on the Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin podcast last week, Jackson cited the Covid lockdown year when teams played in a “bubble” as the moment he started questioning whether he wanted to watch the NBA. Phil Jackson says he doesn’t like basketball’s evolution & doesn’t watch anymore, thought the Bubble & political slogans on jerseys was “wanky” and made fun of it with his grandchildren was listening to his new interview with Rick Rubin & thought it was interesting. pic.twitter.com/FVBpdnuCFj — Clique Productions (@ImClique_) April 20, 2023 There was no live audience during the pandemic NBA games and Jackson joked about players putting social justice slogans on their jerseys, saying, “Justice just went to the basket and Equal Opportunity just knocked him down.” “I couldn’t watch that,” he said of the NBA Bubble experiment. “They even had slogans on the floor… on the baseline. It was catering. It was trying to bring a certain audience into play and they didn’t know it was turning people off.” Jackson also noted most sports fans don’t want their athletics to be politicized. Many woke sports pundits and triggered liberals predictably attacked the legendary coach for voicing his personal opinions about the politicization of the league. My thoughts on Phil Jackson's comments. https://t.co/Hgq5gPNJg4 pic.twitter.com/Vp3eH9uukH — Jalen Rose (@JalenRose) April 23, 2023 Among the many reasons I always thought Gregg Popovich was a better coach than Phil Jackson. https://t.co/I3m70cQEb1 — Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) April 22, 2023 Phil Jackson seeing those slogans on the court.. https://t.co/LHgPzN39zO pic.twitter.com/CTjpdz52k7 — The Kumite.. it’s really, real (@Lizzs_Lockeroom) April 22, 2023 Phil Jackson says he doesn’t watch the NBA anymore because it should be non-political and not support slogans like “Black Lives Matter,” The league is 80% Black. He didn’t mind Jordan, @ScottiePippen, @kobebryant, @SHAQ, and mostly Black players giving him 11 championships. pic.twitter.com/FLR1Dycqvn — Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) April 22, 2023
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