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Phil Jackson, the Hall-of-Fame NBA coach and current quasi-adviser to the Los Angeles Lakers is through with watching professional basketball. Why? Three years ago, the NBA made a few brand-friendly gestures towards supporting the largest civil-rights protest in U.S. history,
Now six seasons removed from his disastrous stint running the New York Knicks and more than a decade since he patrolled the Lakers sidelines, Jackson has given up on the sport he’s played and coached his entire life because it’s too gosh-darned “political.”
In his mind, the tepid and sure, at times cringe-worthy racial justice slogans plastered on the court and on the backs of jerseys during the quarantined 2020 NBA bubble had nothing to do with the players themselves, many of whom were leaders in the movement.
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