I am a lifelong New Yorker and life long Knicks fan.

The NBA took a very political stance about events on October 7th. I was extremely disappointed by this though I am definitely not surprised. Many will say in response that Sports is an apolitical entity (supposedly). A place where we are insulated from the outside world in a sense, so don’t come and talk political on a sports sub. Yet the NBA stance was swift and clear. They took a political position. They made it political when no one asked them to. Therefore I feel justified in posting this in an NBA related forum.

The assault that has been perpetrated against Gaza and that has been shown to us via video has been beyond horrendous to watch. Truth and falsehood has never been clearer. Media bias has never been more apparent. A conflict going back decades. Yet nba players and the nba have remained completely silent about that. Ironically only kyrie said something in support of the Palestinians. No one else has spoken except lebron who of course voiced support for i*rael.

In short, I am done watching the NBA unless they retract this position. I know you will all tell me to fck off and I will get banned but it is one forum to reach nba fans. I also don’t care. And I’ve already been banned from r/nba. This is the easiest conflict in recent memory to determine who is the oppressor and who is the oppressed. I call on all of you to protest the NBA openly, silently, in whatever way in solidarity with the oppressed dehumanized and debilitated Palestinian people. If you support iseal you’re supporting genocide, apartheid, and all the bad things. If you’re gonna call Hmas terrorists, you should call the is*eali govt terrorists as well. Be fair.

Thank you. I will miss watching the Knicks. It’s unfortunate since they are actually an exciting team now.