Legendary Coach Phil Jackson Blasts the
Woke NBA, Says He Doesn't Watch Games Anymore
Posted By: Ebenezer, 4/23/2023 10:30:11 AM
Eleven-time NBA champion coach Phil Jackson has lost interest in the basketball league because it’s simply gotten too political. The former coach of the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers appeared on the “Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin” podcast earlier this month and said he didn’t stop watching the game immediately after stepping away from coaching—it was the league’s woke messaging during the 2020 COVID lockdowns that turned him off.
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Eleven-time NBA champion coach Phil Jackson has lost interest in the basketball league because it’s simply gotten too political.
The former coach of the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers appeared on the “Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin” podcast earlier this month and said he didn’t stop watching the game immediately after stepping away from coaching—it was the league’s woke messaging during the 2020 COVID lockdowns that turned him off.
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Everybody is up in arms about Tucker Carlson’s and Fox News’ split.
Lots of rumors regarding why it happened are floating around, and as with all breaking news stories you should wait for a bit before you trust anything anybody says. “Inside sources” or outright speculations are unreliable. Was it Dominion? Was it Tucker wanting to defend himself? Was it something else?
I don’t know and only a small circle of people so far do. And even they will probably have diverging views.
What interests me is how Tucker is a very different kind of media voice and one who can’t easily fit at any cable news station.
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I would say Red Auerbach was the greatest NBA coach ever, but Jackson is definitely up there. The clip in the article is short and worth listening to.