The NBA reached out to the State Department to understand how President Donald Trump’s immigration ban may affect players from impacted nations, as Jeff Zillgitt of USA Today relays via Twitter. Here is the statement from NBA spokesperson Mike Bass:
“We have reached out to the State Department and are in the process of gathering information to understand how the executive order would apply to players in our league who are from one of the impacted countries. The NBA is a global league and we are proud to attract the very best players from around the world.”
On Friday, Trump signed an executive order that restricted immigration from seven countries–Iraq, Iran, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Libya and Yemen. The order prevents Syrian refugees from entering the United States and it bans citizens of the aforementioned countries from entering the U.S. regardless of their visa category. There are currently over 30 active protests of the ban at various airports around the country.
The NBA has several players whom could be impacted by this ban. Lakers small forward Luol Deng was born in Sudan and could be impacted. Bucks rookie Thon Maker was also born in Sudan and the team was in Toronto on Friday night before returning stateside, though Zillgitt (Twitter link) reports that Maker had no issues clearing customs with his Australian passport.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr wouldn’t go into specifics about Trump’s ban when asked earlier tonight, but he described what’s going on as “disturbing and disconcerting,” as Marc J. Spears of ESPN.com (Twitter link) relays.
Hoops Rumors offers our condolences for all those who are impacted by the executive order.
…So are we allowed to actually discuss this or will our posts get deleted
Condolences hahaha you guys are so liberal it hurts. I guess all members of the media are that that though
Go hide in your safe space, oh sorry I meant the wall with closed borders
Haha right on JDgoat.
ALL of us are impacted. Some of us will even be safer. Perhaps the condolences should go to those who will be NEGATIVELY impacted. You should spend your time editing your writing instead of politicizing sports: “The NBA has several players could be impacted by this ban.” “…may impact players from impacted nations,…” Heaven help us.
Safer because 5 year old kids who have been raised here and 90 year old greencard holding grandmothers are not being let into the country? Uh, ok.
Trump sucks
Tulsi Gabbard 2020
Even hoops rumors is liberal and anti president trump. very bad
How can you interpret this as anti Trump? They fairly reported what is going on. The NBA reached out to see if it’s players would be effected. Hoops Rumors reported it. When did a fair, reasonable, and accurate report make it liberal? I feel like you don’t even know what that means and you just hear other people say it so you throw around big words and feel smart.
Fair reports are now considered lies because Trump and his followers use “alternative facts”. And caring for others is now apparently a liberal trait. Not sure how anyone could be upset with the way this post was written.
Exactly. Should the article have said “No more players from countries that have some bad people! Huzzah!”
“Not sure how anyone could be upset with the way this post was written.”
Really? See my comments above and below.
“throw around big words and feel smart…”
“I feel like you don’t even know what that means ..”
Well, “it’s” is actually the contraction of “it is” and not the possessive of “it.” Some people understand that “effected” and “affected” are different words with different meanings. Irony abounds.
Uh, nope. The “it’s” was an autocorrect, and I still don’t see how anyone can be disappointed with the way this article was written outside of the non-edited part that was originally hard to follow. Not edited well is totally unrelated to that doofus up top calling Hoops Rumors pro-liberal and anti-Trump.
steve kerr finds new law disturbing? I find Kerr and Warriors pilfering Durant from the Thunder very disturbing
How would Luol Deng be affected if he is a naturalised British citizen? Sorry if I should know differently but it seems if he has citizenship in another country then he shouldn’t be viewed as a Sudanese refugee.
The issue is that the EO doesn’t differentiate — it specifically *includes* dual citizens with European citizenship, US greencard holders, etc. Overwhelming majority of those detained today were entering country in way that has literally always been legal before this EO. It’s not an anti-refugee law; it’s a blanket anti-all people from those countries law.
Socialism will reign supreme
Funny. The Saudis are the main suppliers of terrorists and terrorist dollars and they never make the list. Why are no countries where Trump has investments make the list?
This is a sports story because it affects the players and the game. Reality check: who leads matters.
He said that he’s going to add more countries later
Everybody that’s in this country is from immigrants that came to USA in search of a better life for there family, and the 4 finding fathers is bull cause if the American Indians were already here then how did they become finding fathers. If you go to a place and there’s already people there then you didn’t discover anything, American Indians are the only real American and everyone else is a son or daughter of an immigrant, but they can seem to realize this. Trump that
“there family…” ?
“4 finding fathers…” ?
Whoops.
Logic? Whoops again.
Say something productive instead of criticizing other people’s spelling and grammar mistakes. You haven’t even developed a logical argument to prove your point, just a snarky middle school comeback. I get the point of what this guy is trying to say, and I agree with what he believes, but his reasoning is far from mine.
Can we not turn this place into a discussion of politics, this is where I go to get away from the bulls**t