The history of the NBA is weird. In the 70s, no one cared about basketball, to the point where teams were literally kicked out of their arenas and forced to play elsewhere because the arenas prioritized Ice Capades, etc, players were doing drugs on the sidelines, throwing games to their bookies, and all sorts of crazy shit.
David Stern becomes commissioner in 1980 after Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson and Larry Bird got drafted and decided to use the Celtics/Lakers rivalry to boost them up with marketing, etc, which lead to Michael Jordan getting the deal with Nike. Magic getting HIV and Larry Bird blowing his back out while repaving his neighbor’s driveway forced their early retirements and lead to the juggernaut that was Michael Jordan and the Jordan brand during the 90s, with the shoes everywhere, Space Jam, etc.
LeBron was so good that for the first time ever, ESPN was broadcasting high school basketball games live, specifically for his school, NBA players were going to his games, he was a celebrity at 17 years old.
Black athletes get used to sell the idea that we are missing out on something by not embracing multi-racialism
I understand that you wouldn’t throw water on me if I was on fire, but all I can do is be a productive member of society. I just want to work and go home, and the fact that society has weaponized the past to the point that a certain number of people on the various .win sites (whether they’re genuine or just trolls, I will never know, all I can do is copy/paste or archive comments) would want Smith1850 and I deported even though we were born in this country and are productive members of society sucks ass.
I don't want the integration of blacks forced on me. Talk of deporting blacks or whatever is putting the cart before the horse. Neither of us even control America or are in a position to make any decisions with that. How a changing of the guard happens (assuming it does) will count a lot towards how our future relations play out.
The history of the NBA is weird. In the 70s, no one cared about basketball, to the point where teams were literally kicked out of their arenas and forced to play elsewhere because the arenas prioritized Ice Capades, etc, players were doing drugs on the sidelines, throwing games to their bookies, and all sorts of crazy shit.
David Stern becomes commissioner in 1980 after Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson and Larry Bird got drafted and decided to use the Celtics/Lakers rivalry to boost them up with marketing, etc, which lead to Michael Jordan getting the deal with Nike. Magic getting HIV and Larry Bird blowing his back out while repaving his neighbor’s driveway forced their early retirements and lead to the juggernaut that was Michael Jordan and the Jordan brand during the 90s, with the shoes everywhere, Space Jam, etc.
LeBron was so good that for the first time ever, ESPN was broadcasting high school basketball games live, specifically for his school, NBA players were going to his games, he was a celebrity at 17 years old.
I understand that you wouldn’t throw water on me if I was on fire, but all I can do is be a productive member of society. I just want to work and go home, and the fact that society has weaponized the past to the point that a certain number of people on the various .win sites (whether they’re genuine or just trolls, I will never know, all I can do is copy/paste or archive comments) would want Smith1850 and I deported even though we were born in this country and are productive members of society sucks ass.
I don't want the integration of blacks forced on me. Talk of deporting blacks or whatever is putting the cart before the horse. Neither of us even control America or are in a position to make any decisions with that. How a changing of the guard happens (assuming it does) will count a lot towards how our future relations play out.