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The Apolitical NBA Renaissance

How the NBA rejected activism and why nobody wants to admit it

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Ethan Strauss
Apr 26, 2022
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Slowly built organic teams are up and hastily built super teams are down. The charismatic Warriors are back. The miserable Nets are out. The NBA’s postseason has been a hit so far.

While that’s part of an overall sports viewership boom, coming on the heels of broadcasters extracting concessions from Nielsen, I do think these play…

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