 I'll be the first to admit that I know nothing about sports I don't follow sports anymore like I used to watch basketball as a kid, but I don't anymore I'm more of a video game nerd, but that's that's fine like the people who I know who are left-wingers who follow sports They seem to think that this NBA strike that was starting to emerge could have been something that was released substantial However, whatever potential was there for social change. It was crushed By Obama he stepped in and stopped that momentum SB Nation reports how Barack Obama Helped convince NBA players to end their strike and return to play in a call with Chris Paul and LeBron James Barack Obama urged NBA players to return to the court and resume the playoffs So you don't really have to know much about sports to understand what's happening here NBA players were planning on doing a really meaningful protest to speak out against police brutality and Obama came in and stopped it As Brick Yo'Donnell explains a call to Barack Obama from a small group of players including NBA PA President Chris Paul and Los Angeles Laker Superstar LeBron James Helped convince NBA players to end their strike in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake and return to the court to finish The playoffs the season was hanging in the balance when James and Paul spoke to Obama after a tense meeting between players Coaches and union leadership on Wednesday night followed by the Milwaukee Bucks players decision to refuse to take the court and players From subsequent teams joining them after no games on Wednesday Thursday and Friday The league will return to play on Saturday despite a faction of players favoring leaving the bubble and ending the season Bucks players took inspired collective action when they decided to not play as a way to protest the police shooting of Blake Blake a black man was shot by police seven times in front of his children in Kenosha, Wisconsin Just 35 miles from the Bucks home arena Several NBA players had hinted at potentially striking including Milwaukee's George Hill Who said we shouldn't even have came to this damn place to be honest a day earlier But the move still reportedly came as a surprise to the rest of the league The Bucks intention was to forfeit and accept a game five loss in their series against the Orlando Magic According to Chris Haines of Yahoo Sports Instead the magic refused to accept the win and players from the four other teams scheduled to play Wednesday night The Oklahoma City Thunder versus Houston Rockets and the Lakers versus Portland Trailblazers Decided to strike in solidarity with the Bucks NBA players then came together for a heated meeting on Wednesday night That also included union boss Michelle Roberts and coaches There was reportedly some momentum among a certain group of players to walk away from the season as a way to pressure NBA owners to take Meaningful political action towards ending police brutality and the disproportionate use of deadly forced by cops Against black men and women Roberts reportedly helped explain how much money could be lost For NBA players if they walked away at one point in the meeting James And the Lakers reportedly got up and left with an apparent but unofficial vote to end the season the Clippers followed them at that point It was unclear if the season was actually over Hours later James and Paul spoke to Obama on the phone with the season apparently hanging in the balance Obama helped convince NBA players to return to the court Obama reportedly advised NBA players to play according to Shams Sharania of the athletic So in case you're not keeping track that is two major social movements that Obama decided to kill in the year Burning 2020 and now the NBA strike Thanks, Obama now if you're wondering what he said to them to convince them to not strike basically it was Lip service like he convinced them that a meaningless thing is going to suffice in lieu of the strike Katie Hill a spokeswoman for Obama gave the following statement to CNN as an avid basketball fan President Obama speaks regularly with players and league officials when asked he was happy to provide advice on Wednesday night to a small group of NBA players seeking to leverage their immense platforms for good After their brave and inspiring strike in the wake of Jacob Blake shooting They discussed establishing a social justice committee to ensure that the players and the league's actions this week led to sustained Meaningful engagement on criminal justice and police reform. So there it is. They get a committee so they can stay engaged About this issue Liberals sure do love their committees and we know why like it's a way to get people to think that they're going to take action without Actually accomplishing anything meaningful at all Yeah So before I give you my thoughts on this I think that this tweet put it best Obama just hides in one of his mansions until he senses structural change in the air and Immediately gets on the phone to make sure it doesn't happen and that is exactly right now I'd be remiss to not share this meme with you because it is a it's pretty accurate given the Circumstances that we are learning about here. So listen, I've said this once I'll say it again Obama is the final boss of liberalism and as long as he has credibility at the left has no chance of actually accomplishing social change Because look at how easily he got Democrats to fall in line behind Joe Biden You had Amy Klobuchar Pete with a judge and also Beto O'Rourke All come out to support Joe Biden after he won South Carolina and more importantly, they dropped out Had they not dropped out centrists probably would have split the votes Bernie would have gotten the most out of Super Tuesday wouldn't have been in a hole Now I Maintain still till this day that you know, it wasn't over for Bernie at that point But was it one of the final nails in the coffin of Bernie 2020? Yeah, and Bernie just didn't act quick enough. So, you know, if you're gonna blame Obama for Bernie's loss You're not necessarily wrong like I place blame on Bernie this proportionately, but still Obama Got all the centrists to coalesce Around Joe Biden something that the Republican Party establishment couldn't do in 2016 which led to Donald Trump winning So Obama stopped that massive social movement from happening in March And he just stopped another massive social movement from happening like I don't follow sports So I don't necessarily know how substantial this is on like a real Concrete levels because all of this, you know, is a It's a little bit hard to follow, but if they didn't play their games Even I can acknowledge that would be huge You get people to acknowledge the severity of this issue and the urgency to address it But Obama just told them all we need is a committee and that'll help us to stay engaged Okay. Well, if you stay engaged, but there's no action. Then what's the point? Listen every single time Obama is trending or gives a speech It is incumbent on us left-wingers to educate people about his terrible legacy He murdered innocent civilians in Pakistan Yemen and Somalia and he gave children PTSD For the rest of their lives we elected him because he was against the Iraq war and after having two terms We're still in the Middle East. This is a bad person He killed the public option not Republicans. He didn't even propose it He is the grim reaper of left-wing change But so long as people worship of Obama and think that he you know had a scandal free Administration and the biggest scandal was him wearing a tan suit We're gonna be in this predicament to our anytime there is structural change in the air as that tweet pointed out He's gonna swoop in and kill it with a phone call Why because he is very persuasive like if you watched his DNC convention speech It was the best speech out of the entire convention like you know exactly why he's able to convince these people To do what he wants because he's extremely charismatic It doesn't matter that we know he's hypocritical most people still fall for his bullshit even Michael Moore Who knows better tweet it out? You've got to love Obama really Michael You've got to love Obama the guy who easily killed Bernie 2020 and Drone the innocent civilians in the Middle East and North Africa. You got to love that guy. No, you don't and you shouldn't So this is disgusting Obama is just another smug rich elite That now is an obstacle to change That we have to fight once again like I Absolutely regret voting for him twice like I was stupid enough to believe that you know Maybe in his second term it'd be better. It was really the Republicans who were holding him back now We know who Obama is He's another Clinton Democrat But except maybe worse than Clinton at this point because Clinton doesn't have much credibility Whereas Obama does have legitimacy So if he says something people listen especially Democrats and centrists and the media they love him So, yeah, you think that you know in four years or eight years AOC is gonna easily you know sweep to victory in a Democratic primary not if Obama has anything to say about it You think if we elect enough justice Democrats, we're gonna get Medicare for all past not if Obama sweeps in and gives him a call He's the enemy to change He's an obstacle to change that we have to fight again final boss of liberalism So unless we work in overtime to discredit Obama Nothing is gonna change in this country