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'People want to see sports as non-political': Legendary coach Phil Jackson says he hasn't watched the NBA in years because it's 'too political'
Hall of Fame basketball coach Phil Jackson revealed that he hasn't watched an NBA game in years because the game has gotten "too political."Jackson made the comments during an appearance on the Tetragrammaton podcast with iconic music producer Rick Rubin. Rubin asked Jackson if he still watches...
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Including basketball. Legendary coach Phil Jackson says that he has had a life long love affair with basketball, but now it is just to political as he can't watch it anymore.
Jackson poked fun at the NBA for pushing social justice messages on player jerseys in 2020.
"They had things on their back like 'Justice' and a funny thing happened like, 'Justice went to the basket and Equal Opportunity knocked him down.' Some of my grandkids thought it was pretty funny to play up those names. I couldn’t watch that," Jackson said.
Hilarious!