NBA star-activists may be hip, but they’re also depressed about the change of leadership in Washington. As they pout over Barack Obama’s departure from the White House, a writer for the left-leaning Bleacher Report is encouraging them to lead reprisals against President Trump and white, far-right Americans who voted him into the Oval Office.
In the blog post Yes, the NBA can Tear Down Trump’s Wall, Bleacher Report contributor Dave Schilling writes America’s hippest sports league “is experiencing some serious separation anxiety from the ultimate First Fan.” And, “We are about to say goodbye to a leader who, as Carmelo Anthony told B/R Mag this month, ‘knows stats, he knows what you like to do, he studies the game.’”
Silly us. We thought terrorism, 94 million Americans out of the work force, a wide-open border, the DOJ war on police and IRS corruption demanded change. We didn’t realize a president’s greatest contributions are acting cool and knowing basketball stats.
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How will these pampered NBA star-activists cope with the adversity of losing a leader of such lofty stature? Even these super-sized NBA giants look up to the Big O.
Schilling writes: “Trump is not Obama; that much we know we’re dealing with. No matter your politics, we can all agree that his presidency is a retrenchment from his predecessor’s cheery grace and global positivity. And the rise of the NBA has overtly reflected Obama’s easy-to-believe dad-coolness.” Few have ever spun it better for a failed Democrat president!
By displaying unity, by linking arms during pre-game ceremonies, Schilling writes, NBA star-activists can rise and punish Trump and some of the citizens who helped elect him. The star-activist movement “could infuse its latent activist impulse upon white middle America without reservation.”
NBA players cannot only overcome their present anxiety, but they can lead the opposition. Schilling is hopeful they’ll tear down Trump’s “wall” and lead “us out of it.”
“In the Trump era, NBA players can carry that torch – maybe even raise a fist – by just continuing their nightly rituals of pregame unity, and quiet defiance,” Schilling suggests.
Yeah, well, insulting your customers is never good marketing strategy. Rather than sticking a thumb in the eyes of paying customers, the NBA’s star-activists need these people to keep buying tickets and licensed merchandise. It needs them to drive television ratings.
Schilling is right about one thing when he admits, “Maybe we were drinking the Kool-Aid.” No kidding! He drank it from a firehose.
Nonetheless, Schilling is looking to athletes to lead the Left out of its wilderness. His hope rests with the star-activists – Melo (Carmelo Anthony) and Company “picking up Obama's torch (and maybe even raise a fist) as an increasingly bold (and defiantly black) force for good in far-right America.” Black Lives Matter could not have said it better.
