draftkings down two percent today that
follows the postponement of
some of this week's nba nba playoff
games
the milwaukee bucks boycotted they
walked off the court last night
over the shooting of jacob blake in
kenosha wisconsin
now breaking this hour white house
advisor jared kushner says
he's going to be calling lebron james
today that's an important development
not sure the significance but they're
getting together on the phone
fox news christina coleman is with us
christina
we just talked there about the
postmodern of nba playoff games
which other league sports leagues are
showing some postponements well stu
right now at least four
major sports leagues have post post
games so far the nba board
of governors is meeting this morning to
discuss this nba teams who are in the
bubble down in florida
took a vote last night most of the teams
decided they want to continue playing
but the la clippers and the lakers voted
to boycott the remaining few games of
the nba season
it's unclear if more games will be
postponed
a total of three nba playoff games were
postponed yesterday
after the milwaukee bucks refused to
play game five and protest of blake
shooting
and in solidarity games in major league
baseball the wnba
major league soccer and some tennis
matches have been postponed
the la lakers released a statement
saying in part 80
of nba players are black men we cannot
love them for the joy and entertainment
that they bring to the world yet sit in
silence and fail to use our platforms
and resources to amplify their voices
when they demand the justice and
equality that america has promised us
all
many athletes are also speaking out on
social media lebron james like you just
mentioned
tweeted in part we demand change sick of
it you can see his
whole tweet there but not everyone is a
fan of the boycott sports radio host
clay davis tweeting in part quote
nba players and owners share revenue
50-50 they are partners
strikes only work if capital controls
what you want changed
the nba has zero control over the
justice system nor should
they there is no logic to this decision
not to play
and no tangible result the nba can
provide
also some democrats weighed in too
bernie sanders says he supports the
players striking
and presidential candidate joe biden
tweeted that these moments demand moral
leadership
and that the players use their platform
for good also at this point it's unclear
if more games will be postponed and when
the postponed games will be rescheduled
it is an exploding situation and that's
a fact christina thanks for joining us
this morning appreciate it very much sir
thank you
i want to bring in paris dinard black
voices for trump
advisory board member paris always good
to see you welcome back
what do you make of these and latest
possibility
that it'll end the nba season
well i don't think this has anything to
do with the protest i think this has to
do with the violence the looting and the
rioting
that is what the president is concerned
about that's what people in
everyday america is looking at and
saying we do not want to have rioting we
don't want to have violence we don't
want to have lawlessness
we don't want to have shootings and
deaths as a result of people calling out
for action so that is the issue
and and we have to be focused on this if
joe biden seems to think that this is
called demands for more leadership then
why don't why doesn't joe biden stand up
and say
we need to stop the violence stop the
bro stop the rioting
call on the democrats to stop calling
for defunding the police which is
leaving cities
all across this country and that in
communities that look like me
unsafe that's leadership he's not doing
that president trump is the only person
who's acted after the death of george
floyd with his executive order on safe
police and safe communities
the republicans who the justice act that
senator tim scott tried to make action
happen and you know what dick durbin
called it
a token process so this is all lip
service from
the democrats lip service from joe biden
and lip service from
the nba if they want to have change call
on these democratic leaders to stop the
violence stop the rioting stop the
looting
that's how you make change not just not
by playing basketball actually that
might help
because maybe people will come together
and watch the watch the unity on the
basketball court and have something to
do
rather than going out and destroying
black communities by this lawless
rioting that's a very interesting take
paris