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Series Thread: 1st Round: Milwaukee Bucks vs Orlando Magic

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Honestly, you had two star players say publicly they're flat-out depressed in the bubble. There are likely many more keeping it to themselves. This shit's going on now.

It was a good effort but maybe this was just never going to work given everything happening.

I am afraid you might be right.
 

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Ok let's go back to your answer then. I asked "what should they risk?"

You said "how about money?"

Can you elaborate?
Boycott the season, refuse to play... forfeit any money they would have been earned without protesting that loss.
 

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Boycott the season, refuse to play... forfeit any money they would have been earned without protesting that loss.

That will most certainly be on the table when they talk tonight.
 

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Boycott the season, refuse to play... forfeit any money they would have been earned without protesting that loss.

They are getting pretty close to doing exactly that.
 

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That will most certainly be on the table when they talk tonight.
Like I said to you earlier... it's an interesting test, then.
 

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If Biden wins, probably going to be something like 80 percent of the country by the end of next year will be out of work.

This is why we need the BS rating.
 

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Today shows it's a lot more than talk
Perhaps.

If this all amounts to a boycott that's not really boycott... your words above won't have much bite to them.
 

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Perhaps.

If this all amounts to a boycott that's not really boycott... your words above won't have much bite to them.

What does that have to do with "my words"?

They are protesting. They are making noise. They might go all in and quit the season, but even if they don't, they are exercising 1st Amendment rights.

Here's the thing. Bad policing has gone on forever. The only way things change is if enough people make enough noise that they have to do something. The players want to be part of that.
 

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Send them home, cancel it all. Let’s see them take to the streets to protest how badly they have it.
 

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You said today proves something.

I was responding directly to that.

I think today shows they are pretty serious about sending a message. We'll find out how serious soon.
 

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I think today shows they are pretty serious about sending a message.
You keep talking about 'sending a message' and 'making noise' and such.

We live in a world of noise. Folks make noise on social media all day long. More voices are heard in more ways than ever before in human history.

And you (and others) seem to think that more noise and more messages sent is the answer?

I'm skeptical.

Folks are sick of noise. Folks want something real.
msg said:
We'll find out how serious soon.
Right.
 

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You keep talking about 'sending a message' and 'making noise' and such.

We live in a world of noise. Folks make noise on social media all day long. More voices are heard in more ways than ever before in human history.

And you (and others) seem to think that more noise and more messages sent is the answer?

I'm skeptical.

Folks are sick of noise. Folks want something real.

Right.
This already goes well beyond more tweets and slogans don't you think?

But I'm sure your take will be exactly what they discuss. How far do they want to go?
 
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