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Fearless with Jason Whitlock

Ep 427 | Does the NBA Hate Its Fans? The Message Draymond Green’s Suspension Really Sends

Fearless with Jason Whitlock

Blaze Media

Sports News, Politics, News, Sports

4.88.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

“I have a problem with the one-game suspension handed down to Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green. It exposes a bias and an unfairness that damages the NBA. It reinforces the fact that fans no longer matter.” Jason asks how the league went from “FANtastic” to “FANphobic.” Draymond got a one-game suspension for an on-the-court altercation with another player, but Russell Westbrook stormed a floor-level lounge and cussed out a fan in front of kids and remains unpunished. “Who is more worthy of protection, fans or players? I believe fans are.” Former SEC Player of the Year and Tennessee Vol great Ron Slay joins former NBA first-rounder Royce White to challenge Jason’s take on Westbrook and his fans. Anthony Walker stops by to help Shemeka Michelle recap the Fearless Army Roll Call Men's Summit and to share the “Fearless” playlist of gospel songs to kickstart your day. Then, T.J. Moe joins the show to share Roll Call feedback from a fan. And finally, Virgil Walker joins Jason and Anthony to share their reaction to Roll Call and his game plan and marching orders for the “Fearless Army.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Fearless with Jason Whitlock. I am Jason Whitlock, your host. Happy Wednesday. It is hump day. So glad you made it here with us today. We're halfway through the week.

0:29.0

We have a fantastic show plan for you, a special guest in studio, Round of applause for SEC basketball player of the year in 2003. Ron Slay in studio with us today.

0:47.0

Ron is a big star here in sports talk radio in Nashville, Tennessee. I think Ron is with the SEC network as well. So you may have seen him there. Ron covers primarily basketball for the SEC network. But those of us here in Nashville know Ron talks a pretty mean game and football as well. He is well loved in the SEC area.

1:10.0

Terrific personality, tremendous college basketball player. What happened to you in the NBA, Ron?

1:15.0

Man, that's a great question. They ain't figured it out yet. But I'm open to all answers anybody want to put something in the box in the mailbox or something. I'm with it. I would love to know.

1:24.0

I think it was the matter of fact. Might have been the first player to win SEC player of the year and I'll get drafted. It's a whole other story though.

1:32.0

Yeah, we got to get to the bottom of that. All right. And so Royce White is going to join us at the top of the show as well. We're going to talk some NBA. We're going to talk some drabon green and Russell Westbrook.

1:45.0

And then after we get down with basketball, we're going to pivot back into our conversation, kind of wrapping up our roll call weekend that we just had this past weekend.

1:56.0

Pastor Anthony will be here. Shemika Michelle, Virgil will be here. Who in my free TJ Moles going to come?

2:05.0

So anyway, did I mention Shemika as well? Yeah, we're going to talk some music and stuff like that. So fantastic show.

2:13.0

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4:06.0

All right, you guys know what to do support Patriot mobile be a good fearless soldier support the sponsors and support this show. Now it's time for me to start a fire and then we'll get to a reaction from Royce and Ron as we talked a little NBA. I have a problem with the one game suspension handed down at Golden State Warriors for redraw mind green.

4:30.0

It exposes a bias and unfairness that damages the NBA. It reinforces the fact that fans no longer matter. Why do I say this? Because 24 hours before green lightly stomped on the chest of Sacramento Kings all star Damancus subonus Russell Westbrook confronted a Phoenix Sun fan inside a lounge at halftime. Westbrook cursed at and minutes the fan in front of a child.

4:59.0

The NBA has taken no action against Westbrook. They're investigating the situation allegedly. The lifeblood of sports has long been fan the fan. The fan buys the tickets the jerseys the concessions the TV league packages and whatever else sports league sell. The fan is the customer and in long ago America the customer was always the highest priority.

5:25.0

That has clearly changed the player is now the highest priority. The fan is taken for granted the drabond green controversy in the Westbrook non controversy proved my point. The NBA discipline drabond green because it is concerned with protecting the players. The NBA won't do anything except maybe a harmless fine to Westbrook because it has no interest in protecting fans.

5:52.0

It was more worthy of protection fans or players. I believe the fans are. Subonus has paid millions of dollars to step between the lines and compete with green. Occasantly,

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