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I think that’s a wrap for hoops today

one has to assume bron is gonna take a big lead on this afa being a voice for the players

BREAKING:
CNN has learned that all of tonight’s NBA games have been postponed.

— Coy Wire (@CoyWire) August 26, 2020

Fuckin' A! I don't know what will come of it but glad to see players taking a stronger stand. Good luck to the bucks in their attempts to put pressure on the AG.

The NBA collective bargaining agreement bans strikes, which means the Bucks are breaking their own contract to stop playing in protest of police violence. (But this is your reminder that there aren't really illegal strikes, just unsuccessful ones.) https://t.co/c2g07wXspx pic.twitter.com/4MmNSb8bJX

— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) August 26, 2020

players shd call for a national general strike someone tell them if you know them

I'm gonna make a wild prediction that Lebron will not play tonight

Question is no longer if players are prepared to boycott one game — that’s happened. It’s how many they will. There have been discussions amongst several teams, notably Toronto, about going home.

— Chris Mannix (@SIChrisMannix) August 26, 2020

I think this is historically unprecedented? Has there ever been a scheduled game in american professional sports that was bilaterally cancelled by the players? Has there ever been a scheduled game in american professional sports that has been canceled due to political reasons short of war?

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, August 26, 2020 4:43 PM (twenty-three minutes ago)

the warriors and clippers were going to protest a playoff game after the sterling tapes leaked but the league forced him out before it came to that. this case is unique bcuz the issue transcends the league entirely

Brewers players are meeting in 10 minutes to discuss the status of their game against the Reds tonight.

— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) August 26, 2020

leagues all "weve postponed the games" lol

All games are postponed, and Game 5 of each series will be rescheduled, NBA says.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 26, 2020

Damn shame it isn't football season. Can you imagine if the Packers went on strike?

sincerely doubt nfl players have the pull for something like this but if things start dominoing who knows

was not expecting this

SO proud of the NBA players. pic.twitter.com/k62nNzBOUO

— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) August 26, 2020

lions already walked out of practice today!

lol he couldnt help but pivot to steven a knows best about half way through

Must be getting ready for his barbershop quartet.

lol

STATEMENT FROM THE ORLANDO MAGIC AND THE DeVOS FAMILY pic.twitter.com/jRZJmo1mq4

— Orlando Magic (@OrlandoMagic) August 26, 2020

I'm sure DeVos agreed to his name being used without annnnnny coercion

the warriors and clippers were going to protest a playoff game after the sterling tapes leaked but the league forced him out before it came to that.

Would be great if it hit MLB... NHL seems an unlikely step but hey.

The Brewers have decided not to play tonight’s game.

— Jared Diamond (@jareddiamond) August 26, 2020

kenny smith walked off the tnt set in solidarity with the players

Would be nice to see a well deserved apology from the idiot talking heads on ESPN, twitter, and the like who had the nerve to shit on guys like Kyrie and Avery Bradley for sitting out right from the start on baseless claims of "BUT IT WON'T DO ANYTHINGGGGGGGG"... but that's demanding a bit too much from lowlifes who had no class or self awareness to begin with.

Would be absolutely awesome and insane if players actually did follow their lead and just went home straight up; would certainly put Silver and the NBA's supposed "commitment to social justice" to the test in the biggest possible way. Listening to the pain in George Hill and Siakam's voices when they were ruminating on why they came in the first place tells me it's more than a remote possibility; these guys are justifiably sick and tired of this shit.

Thoughts from @mcuban on the boycotts and whether he’d support his team taking that action.

“Of course I would support my team. A lot of things in life are more important than basketball. And I’ll support action items nba players put in place to try to effect change.”

— Mike Doocy (@MikeDoocyFox4) August 26, 2020

yeah kinda feels like the season is over right now but who knows

https://www.nba.com/video/2020/08/26/20200826-inside-nba-chris-webber-speaks-on-boycott

And now the Lakers and the Portland Trailblazers will not be playing their game tonight. Let's get our terminology on point: that would be a "double-wildcat-political-strike for racial justice."

— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) August 26, 2020

yes, thank you to everyone on twitter who felt the need to explain the difference between a boycott and a strike

I hate Dave Zirin so much

hes fine, calm down

Nah he’s full of shit

Clout chasing loon

i tend to think he sucks but he's very easy to avoid so i don't get worked up about it

hes so easy to avoid that i have only a vague idea who he is

fwiw i dont think its a double its just the same strike right

idk but i'm sure the twitter socialist sports guy will be happy to explain it to you

Sources: The Lakers and Clippers have voted to boycott the NBA season. Most other teams voted to continue. LeBron James has exited the meeting.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 27, 2020

holy shit

wow there it is

Sources: Miami's Udonis Haslem spoke and essentially told everyone in room that -- without Lakers and Clippers, how will season continue?

LeBron James walked out. Rest of Lakers and Clippers exited behind him.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 27, 2020

damn it's happening. I support whatever they want to do tbh

yeah hard to blame them for not wanting to go on what with the world sucking and falling apart, i will miss the old basketball ring tho, who knows maybe they can work it out with the owners and whatnot

i support them and today/tomorrow are not good days to be playing basketball, that said i really hope something gets worked out because the same owners who are releasing bland supportive statements to the media will not be nearly so charitable if the season actually ends.

What a year. Props to the players for sticking to it. Hopefully nfl follows suit and then the rest of the country

yeah if theyre interested in having leverage then keeping the possibility of playing on the table is the way to go, if they just dont want to play then they dont want to play xp

i mean it does sound like bron is trying to make something happen

Sources: Every team besides Lakers and Clippers voted to continue playing. LeBron James said in meeting he want owners to be more involved/take action.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 27, 2020

damn. that is leadership.

The Clippers and Lakers voting on perhaps not continuing with the season was considered more of a polling, than a final vote, sources tell ESPN. The resumption of the playoffs remains still up in the air.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 27, 2020

Kenny Smith walks off Inside the NBA set pic.twitter.com/XkdyGpEp9S

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) August 26, 2020

karl / everyone if you haven't seen chris webber's gut-wrenching response a few minutes after kenny's i would highly suggest looking it up (posted upthread a bit iirc)