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Knicks' Brandon Jennings Fined $15K For Language Toward Official
BRANDON JENNINGS
New York Knicks guard Brandon Jennings has been fined $15,000 for directing in- appropriate language toward a game official and failing to leave the court in a timely man- ner after his ejection, the NBA announced Sunday.
The incident occurred with 3:20 remaining in the Knicks' 115-87 loss to the Boston Celtics on Friday at TD Garden.
Jennings was whistled for two technical fouls and was ejected.
The Knicks received six tech- nicals against Boston overall. Carmelo Anthony received two technical fouls in the sec- ond quarter and was ejected.
Greg Oden: 'I'll Be Remembered As The Biggest Bust In NBA History'
GREG ODEN
Former No. 1 overall pick Greg Oden said this week he'll be remembered as the "biggest bust in NBA history."
The 7-foot Oden is currently taking classes toward his degree and is a student assistant coach at Ohio State, where he spent one season before being drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers with the first overall pick in 2007.
"I'll be remembered as the biggest bust in NBA history," Oden told Outside the Lines. "But I can't do nothing about that."
Oden also reiterated that his playing days were over.
"Don't get me wrong," Oden said. "If I was healthy, I would love to continue playing, but I'm not healthy."
Oden previously had told Sports Illustrated that he was "one of the biggest busts in NBA history" and that "it would only get worse as Kevin Durant continues doing big things."
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Speaks On The Trump
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Damian Lillard On Trump Protests:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
has much to say about Tues- day's election results that have rocked the globe. The NBA legend and one of the sports world's most re- spected intellectuals wrote an op-ed published in Thurs- day's Washington Post about the hopelessness he felt at the prospect of a Trump presidency.
As a black Muslim-Ameri- can, Abdul-Jabbar dis- cussed the "rage of betrayal" that he feels from election re- sults that seem to roll back the progression for people of color in America. He even stated that the country will find it difficult to transition as our society "embraces the leadership of a racist."
"Yes, we’re all supposed to come together after an elec- tion, let bygones be bygones, and march forward unified as neither Democrats nor Re- publicans but patriotic Americans celebrating the triumph of the democratic process. But it’s difficult to link arms when the home of the free embraces the leader- ship of a racist.
Let the other groups deni- grated and threatened by Trump speak for them- selves. The women, immi- grants, Muslims, Jews, the LGBT community and others who now must walk through the streets of their country for the next four years in shame and fear, knowing that their value as human be- ings has been diminished by their neighbors. I only speak for myself as an African American and I speak with the rage of betrayal."
Abdul-Jabbar Condemns 'Voter Suppression' After Election
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
is denouncing what he called "voter suppression" tactics he says influenced the results of last Tuesday's presidential election.
"We saw a lot of Republi- can legislatures across the country do everything they could to inhibit poor people and people of color from par- ticipating in a democratic process," Abdul-Jabbar told reporters on Sunday. "And that has resulted in what we have to deal with now."
Abdul-Jabbar's con- cerns echoed those recently brought by NAACP President Cornell William Brooks, who last week said the Voting Rights Act needs to be fixed.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR
Parts of that law, passed during America's civil rights movement in 1965, were struck down by the US Supreme Court in 2013.
"I'm not doing anything to try to inhibit Mr. (Donald) Trump from governing -- that is his job now," Abdul- Jabbar said. "I do hope that people who were disenfran- chised in the process of the campaign get their voting rights back, because we will definitely have to have a reckoning on this."
Abdul-Jabbar has been an outspoken political advo- cate and backed Hillary Clinton during the election, and spoke at this year's Dem- ocratic National Convention.
After Donald Trump's victory last Tuesday, the for- mer NBA star penned a col- umn for the Washington Post about what it means to be black during a Trump ad- ministration.
While the country is "sup- posed to come together after an election," Abdul-Jabbar wrote, "it's difficult to link arms when the home of the free embraces the leadership of a racist."
In that column, Abdul- Jabbar also hammered what he called Trump's "disconnect from black peo- ple and black culture."
"For African Americans, America just got a little more threatening, a little more claustrophobic, a lot less hopeful," he wrote. "We feel like disposable extras, the nameless bodies who are never part of the main cast."
Race relations have also been at the forefront of Abdul-Jabbar's advocacy. In response to ongoing ten- sions between black commu- nities and police, he tweeted this summer that both live in fear "because they cannot see each other's humanity."
Speaking on CNN on Sun- day, Abdul-Jabbar said he hopes the country can now turn its focus "to understand and appreciate our fellow cit- izens and communicate with them in a way where we can solve problems."
Election And Feels 'Rage 0f Betrayal'
'Tearing Apart Your Own City Just
Isn't The Place To Begin'
Trail Blazers All-Star Damian Lillard questioned the damage and violence tak- ing place in Portland, Oregon, during anti-Donald Trump protests, saying it isn't the proper way to go about imple- menting change.
"I think it's very unfortunate that people have done some of the things they have done dur- ing the protest. A lot of harm and damage has been done," Lillard told ESPN on Satur- day. "I do understand their frustration, and I commend people wanting to come to- gether for some kind of change. Tearing apart your own city just isn't the place to begin, and also making your own city less of a safe place isn't the answer."
Since Tuesday, thousands of protesters have congregated in outrage over billionaire busi- nessman Trump being elected the 45th president of the United States. Atlanta, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Oak-
DAMIAN LILLARD
land, California, are some of the other major cities actively protesting.
Marches across the country have overwhelmingly been peaceful, but Portland has re- ceived the nation's attention for cases of vandalism and as- sault. Buildings have been van- dalized and car windows smashed in. Some individuals have thrown objects at police officers who were trying to maintain order.
Police were forced to use flash bangs and tear gas Friday to disperse the protesters after informing them that their as- sembly was ruled unlawful and they were subject to arrest.
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