After Wednesday’s violence from Donald Trump supporters in the capitol, players, coaches and the franchises themselves spoke out against it.
Moreover, in the preview of the game between Miami Heat and Boston Celtics, in addition to the teams kneeling to listen to the anthem, both teams issued a joint statement in which they highlighted “the drastic difference in the way the protesters were treated. of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement following the murder of George Floyd by the police last year, and the encouragement given to protesters who acted illegally. “
“https://t.co/MzCAxG0FLE”— Boston Celtics on Twitter Link
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Boston Celtics on Twitter
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The gesture was repeated in other NBA meetings, and expressions of repudiation multiplied on the networks, one of the clearest was that of the star Steph Curry.
“There is literally a tweet for everything. Cat got your tongue today huh? https://t.co/yKd8dgm2wn”— Stephen Curry on Twitter Link
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Stephen Curry on Twitter
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“Today a cat ate your tongue?” The star tweeted to the president on his Twitter account, citing a post from Trump in July, when he described the protesters of the anti-racist marches as anarchists and agitators.
Draymond Green, his partner in the Golden, was tougher: “They are not fucking protesters. They are fucking terrorists. This shows where this country is, where it has always been and where it will probably stay, to be honest. “
“They’re not f—— protesters, they f—— terrorists.”
-Draymond Green pic.twitter.com/Riz2kxVV1v
– KNBR (@KNBR) January 7, 2021
Another of the League figures, Paul George, of the Los Angeles Clippers, said: “It would have been ideal for the NBA to stop and not play (because of what happened on the Capitol).”
The point guard Kyle Lowry, from Toronto, was very tough when he assured about Donald Trump: “That man is a criminal, he should be accused. He told his people to do it and someone died. It’s crazy.”
Again, the NBA was at the forefront of claims and criticism of a way of doing politics. Because every gesture is political.
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