This weekend was the NBA all star game. I grew up as a fan of the NBA watching Dr. J and the Philadelphia 76ers. Then came Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. As a Sixers fan, I hated them and loved their game. The Bad Boy Pistons. The Jordan Bulls. Some incredible teams and fun to watch.

Over the past two decades, the NBA stopped being about basketball and became about individual player talent. Other than following the Sixers, I’ve mostly lost interest in the NBA as the style of basketball doesn’t really interest me. I’d rather watch college basketball or the WNBA where the style is more to my liking.

The NBA all star game has become something that I have no interest in. They play no defense. The stars don’t engage in the dunk contest. The 3 point shooting contest is fun to watch but I’ll see the highlights instead. This year was no different. I wasn’t going to watch any of it and saw the highlights of Damion Lillaird winning only because he is injured and can’t play but is healthy enough to shoot.

This morning, I officially ended my NBA involvment. What happened? A racist and bigoted man, Spike Lee, chose to wear ‘Free Palestine’ clothing to the game and was permitted to sit courtside by the league wearing that attire. If somebody had shown up in white robes of the KKK, would the NBA have allowed them to sit courtside? I certainly hope not and don’t believe they would have. Spike Lee is an antisemite, a Jew hater. He has shown this in his films and with his statements over decades. There is no question about this. Yet the NBA allowed him to sit courtside, wearing this hateful outfit including the red triangle pin which is specifically associated with the al-Qassam Brigades, a militant wing of the terrorist organization, Hamas.

With the story coming out last week about Arbel Yehoud, an Israeli woman taken hostage by Hamas and sexually assaulted by them for almost every one of her 482 days of captivity, Spike Lee’s endorsement of Hamas and the NBAs allowing him to do so has crossed a line. It wasn’t enough when Romi Gonen, another Israeli woman taken hostage and sexually abused for most of her 471 days captivity, spoke out. The NBA is tone deaf. They chose to sit silently and allow the equivilent of a member of the KKK to sit courtside, in their white robe, for the world to see.

Spike Lee chose to be silent as tens of thousands of Iranians were murdered by the regime. He and the other Jew hating celebrities showed they don’t care about the people, they care about hating and killing Jews. By allowing him to sit courtside at the NBA all star game wearing that outfit, the NBA endorsed him.

The NBA official fan code of conduct states:

Obscene or indecent messages on signs or clothing will not be permitted.

It is clear that supporting Hamas, who kidnapped and raped women, who held hostages, who murdered innocent women and children with glee, and who uses their own civilians as human shields, clearly is not considered obscent or indecent by the NBA.

You can disagree with the actions of the Israeli government, Bibi Netanyahu, and grieve for the innocent people killed in the war that Hamas started. You can want there to peace and an end to hostilities. However supporting Hamas, a terrorist organization who attacked innocent people on October 7th, murdering more than 1,200 civilians, taking hostage 252 more, recording themselves celebrating the murder and raping of Jews, goes well beyond this. As a result of their choice, I find the NBA obscene and indecent. They are now in the same group as Spike Lee, Roger Waters, Mark Ruffalo, Mel Gibson, Susan Sarandan, Cynthia Nixon, John Cusak, and more who have publicly declared their Jew hatred. I don’t support any of them and won’t support the NBA any longer either. No more attending games, watching games on TV, buying any their jerseys or other items. They made their position clear. I am making mine clear as well.

As the world continues to enable and give a platform to the Jew haters who want us all dead, it’s beyond time to take a stand. The NBA understand money. They won’t get any more of mine. I hope Adam Silver is happy with the decision of his league. I hoped for better. That was my mistake. Let’s see if he speaks out or hides. I’m betting on him hiding. Goodbye NBA – I won’t miss you.