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Jason Whitlock: "A buddy texted something hilarious to me over the weekend. Kevin Garnett was doing some kind of ‘Wheel of Fortune’ type game on NBA TV or TNT and he had to read the words on the spinning wheel, and the word ‘equivalent’ came up. He couldn’t read the word equivalent. I mean, it’s hysterical. It’s politically incorrect to talk about it, but I couldn’t care less. This is my overall point about these really tall and amazing athletes. These NBA players have been developing their physical games their entire life because that’s the smart thing to do, and there’s a big pot of gold if they can develop it. But these aren’t rocket scientists and these aren’t leaders of the free world. These are basketball players. Not calling them stupid, they’re making the best decisions based on the physical gifts that God blessed them with, but I’m sorry, when I saw Kevin Garnett couldn’t pronounce the word ‘equivalent’ I was thinking ‘And this is the guy who is going to help fix America??’ I wasn’t talking about Kevin Garnett specifically, I was just thinking ‘This is the group of people who are going to fix America?’ People that struggle reading ‘equivalent.’ I used to be an athlete, I get it. If you have that much physical skill, develop it, that’s the smart thing to do. But you’re not a rocket scientist.” (Full Segment Above)
Listen to Jason Whitlock explain to Clay Travis why he thinks the American public has grown weary with NBA players going out of their way to inject the sport of basketball with politics and social activism, as Whitlock believes the league is following through with unnecessary bouts of dissension that the average basketball fan finds unsavory.
Check out the audio above as Whitlock details why the average basketball fan doesn’t care what beliefs NBA players have off the court, and says they don’t exactly want to take advice from a genetics lottery winner who doesn’t have the type of credentials that would warrant a societal lecture from.
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