Paul Pierce and Kendrick Perkins join Rachel Nichols on The Jump to discuss the Players Coalition, led by Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving and Los Angeles Lakers guard Avery Bradley, calling for more NBA owners to join them in the fight against systemic racism.
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ctnative203
June 17, 2020 at 9:21 pm
paul just stop with the goofy glasses lmao .
adrian rodriguez
June 17, 2020 at 9:22 pm
I hope these programs you speak of include obeying laws like not being drunk, passed out in a public drive thru and then fight police- that would be a good program
rcasagranda
June 17, 2020 at 9:22 pm
My God… that bla bla bla again, players coalition made of Kyrie “Flat earth” Irving if they don’t play they don’t get paid the players just want to get paid and not play… that is literally the end of the world…
Dnice Smith
June 17, 2020 at 9:49 pm
You should pay more attention, the players on the 8 teams that are not coming back will be getting paid also so how can you not pay the guys who don’t want to play for whatever reason?
Ron F.
June 17, 2020 at 9:28 pm
Kyrie putting his money where his mouth is. Irving is a Star player and he was all in with the movement. Lebron, Perkins, Shannon Sharpe are all hypocrites coz if they all about the black movement and CARES as BLACK PEOPLE…they should refuse to play and comeback to play. At the end of the day, it shows that money is more important with these people than racism.
Irving and his minions are all in for this movement…Lebron says BLM yet he wants his money…it’s like against the cause and to me the worst thing is person who says one thing but his actions is different.
It’s like a black man with BLM sign while wearing KKK suit. I’m with Kyrie and his followers. Kyrie is the real deal!!!
Nick
June 17, 2020 at 9:53 pm
I have am with Paul pierce on this there isn’t a right or wrong in either sides
blackmarlin
June 17, 2020 at 10:18 pm
Not working is not the solution to everything esp when you’re getting paid millions of dollars. And it’s not a coincidence players from lower seeds or outside the playoffs joined the coalition they just know they have no chance to win the chip.
Nick
June 17, 2020 at 10:36 pm
blackmarlin I think they have a right not to play but they shouldn’t get any money
jonathan mogol
June 18, 2020 at 1:24 am
Kyrie is not playing. he was all for the season to resume. when he found out he couldn’t join his team, he threw this tantrum. end of story.
quan Brooklyn kid
June 18, 2020 at 2:49 am
@jonathan mogol W
WORD!exclaimed
June 17, 2020 at 9:32 pm
Kendrick trying to get his jersey in the rafters 😂😂😂😂
Christopher Porter
June 17, 2020 at 9:35 pm
Perk is right. Sit down and talk. That’s the solution.
Eric Johnson
June 17, 2020 at 9:40 pm
How about all these idiots stop promoting rap music that glorify violence and drugs? Dont throw stones in glass houses idiot college cheaters.
Thai Dixon
June 17, 2020 at 9:42 pm
Perkins is a clown
quan Brooklyn kid
June 18, 2020 at 2:42 am
L
RockSteady67
June 17, 2020 at 9:51 pm
How about they tally up the net worth of all the black players and have them help out their own communities they can get together with Obama and Oprah and jay z and do a lot of good, dont look at the rich white billionaires do it yourselves
Guillermo Deleon
June 17, 2020 at 9:54 pm
O
Skate_ Or_Die
June 17, 2020 at 9:58 pm
NBA put hella black leader’s in communities everywhere
bball
June 17, 2020 at 10:01 pm
That 100 billion is not your money. Asking nicely with constructive ideas is one thing, but trying to strong arm owners by holding the whole league hostage is plain stupid.
Kristmaz808
June 17, 2020 at 10:04 pm
I agree wit bradley good job
Sean Millikan
June 17, 2020 at 10:35 pm
I got one you could boot right now Silver: James Dolan
Jason Mays
June 17, 2020 at 10:36 pm
Your not going to solve Racism (as bringing people together) but what you can do is start taking apart the broken structure and pay that 15-20 Trillion dollar bill that the U.S Corp owes
Izrasbo
June 17, 2020 at 10:42 pm
Perkins stealing the 💰. How this guy still have a job ?
Beezz B
June 17, 2020 at 10:52 pm
They saying that play wont distract from the issues but tbh just talking about whether or not they should play is already distracting from the issues..coverage is already fading. ESPN contributing to the problem already lol
JOSEMAR BRANCOST
June 17, 2020 at 11:00 pm
I can’t pass the fact that they started this without the player’s union and more importantly LeBron the most import American athlete. This could be more affective if they actually thought this trough from the start. It seems like they are making this on the flight, and their demands are getting smaller by the day, and getting way from the main BLM issues. At the end they’ll get something symbolic or a promise about something superficial. They could have made a stronger player coalition within the Union with LeBron and CP3 leading and demanding specific police reforms in the cities where The league has teams. And the see what else can be done with NBA cares to aid the process. And help LBJ register people to vote. All the other stuff will not stop police shooting or abuse. They could also have tried to bring MJ and Masai in this as well.
Dong Li
June 17, 2020 at 11:21 pm
It’s insane that Jeff Bezos has 30b more than the combined fortune of all NBA owners
Jo Pedro
June 17, 2020 at 11:51 pm
Even as billionaire you still at the bottom list but We coming for that number one spot ✊🏾✊🏾
Samuel Capritta
June 17, 2020 at 11:52 pm
Isn’t the NBA 90 percent black dudes? And dont they make millions of dollars?
The Bill & Will Show
June 18, 2020 at 12:30 am
Perk weak….
Aaron Moreno
June 18, 2020 at 12:49 am
What about Hispanic owners or Presidents, GMs etc..?
shiroisenkou
June 18, 2020 at 1:28 am
as much as i hate kyrie being a diva you gotta stfu perk we already have ryan hollins who is dumb dont add up pls