NBA is a private business entity....they can do whatever they want to protect their bottom line.
To a degree, yes they can. But this thread is about pointing out their sickening hypocrisy and their moral cowardice. The irony is that by doing so, they forfeited any credibility they might have had on other issues. It's a win/win for sports fans tired of overpaid morons lecturing us in broken English about how racist we are. So please, Lebron, Steve Kerr, Greg Popovich, Steph Curry, STFU.
