Legend NBA Coach Phil Jackson criticized the league for scheduling Catholic holiday games in a rare post on social media on Sunday.
Jackson, an 11-time NBA champion as coach and a two-time player champion, posted criticism on Easter Sunday, when the league played four games in the first round. NBA Playoffs schedule.
Phil Jackson of the New York Knicks during the NBA Draft was paired with the second day at the Quest Multisport Center in Chicago on May 12, 2017. (Jeff Haynes/nbae via Getty Images)
“Again, the NBA tests faith by playing multiple games at Christmas and Easter… Holy Days,” X’s post read.
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This post was Jackson’s first in over a year, but his criticism of the NBA is not unique.
In 2023, Jackson made the headline when he said he stopped watching the NBA after the NBA COVID-19 (COVID-19) The pandemic has become so political the league has become.
“They entered the year of lockouts and they did something a bit of a whim. They had a bubble in Orlando, and all the teams that could qualify went down there and stayed there,” he said when he appeared on the “Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin.”
The Golden State Warriors will greet fans with Draymond Green’s forward on Sunday, April 20, 2025, after winning Game 1 of the first round playoff series against the Rockets in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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“And they had things on their backs like “justice.” “Justice went to the basket and equal opportunity just defeated him,” he did something a little funny.
Jackson was referring to the NBA, which allows players to wear a message of social justice on the back of their jerseys during the Orlando bubble. He added that he felt the league was dealing with “a specific audience.”
“They didn’t know it was turning off other people. People want to see sports as non-political.”
Former Los Angeles coach Phil Jackson was held at a press conference at the Lakers Training Facility in El Segundo, California on May 11, 2011. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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The NBA and NFL continue to compete with viewers on Christmas Day. this year, NFL It has announced that three games will be played on the holiday after last season’s doubleheader was successful on Netflix.
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