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Raptors Say "Hard No" to Trump per Danny Green

Discussion in 'Current Events' started by carlosofcali, Jun 24, 2019.

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  1. Pred

    Pred Well-Known Member

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    Guess that's true, but winning teams in U.S. sports often get invited. And the NBA is a U.S. sport.
     
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  2. struth

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    Yeah...sort of like one of the major things that makes me an American is that, you know I live in America....likewise, what makes the team Canadian is you know....they are from Canada A visit to the PM or President is to reward the team, not the individual players
     
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  3. struth

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    the NBA is a league, not a sport, it's a league that is international. I guess you could say that basketball is an American sport, but we aren't gonna invite the winner of every league across the planet to the WH
     
    struth, Jun 24, 2019
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  4. Pred

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    Pred, Jun 24, 2019
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    Except we have invited every champ of an American sport. Including the Toronto Blue Jays in 1992
     
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  6. Professor Peabody

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    Two words.....Who cares! Overpaid big kids playing a child's game don't impress me.
     
    Professor Peabody, Jun 24, 2019
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    Are Stanley Cup champion teams invited if it is a Canadian city?
     
    cristiansoldier, Jun 24, 2019
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  8. carlosofcali

    carlosofcali Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Trump told the Warriors in year's past championships that they were not welcomed to the WH anyway. :roll:
     
    carlosofcali, Jun 24, 2019
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    Last Canadian Cup was Montreal in 1993 and I don't believe Clinton invited them...

    EDIT - Sorry, I meant Bill Clinton, husband of "lock her up" Hillary, for those who may have been confused...
     
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    Who the heck cares what they do? They're a bunch of rich athletes that should follow Jordan's rule as a superstar, stay out of politics...
     
    hawgsalot, Jun 24, 2019
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    Pro atheletes are spoiled brats and desperate for love from the liberal media
     
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  12. struth

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    America doesn't have a monopoly on sports...other nations are free to play it....and leagues are free to be created across national border. The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian based team....it's for our great neighbor to the north to celebrate, we shouldn't steal their thunder.

    In 1992 the Bush family was in the Oval Office, they are a huge baseball family....I can understand why they'd want to meet the team...but again...it was Canada's thunder
     
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    I thought the reason Jordan didn't visit the whitehouse was because he hated Bush.
     
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    We may not want to attend every party, but its nice to be invited. I am not a sports fan and have no Fs to give in this case, but if this is a snub, it says more about them then it does Trump.
     
    Doofenshmirtz, Jun 24, 2019
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    Funnily enough, there are only 3 americans on the Stanley Cup winning St.Louis Blues.
     
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    If it's Toronto, Ottawa , Winnipeg, Calgary Vancouver, Edmonton, or Montreal I would hope so....if it's Carolina, Las Vegas, or Washington, likely not
     
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    The NBA hasn't been decent since Jordan played for the Bulls. What a bunch of overpaid crybabies.
     
    BuckyBadger, Jun 24, 2019
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