Trevor Noah believes America is relying too much on NBA players to "fix everything"

Milwaukee Bucks' decision to strike ahe of ir game against Orlando Magic was met with equal amounts of hate and support. Fans supporting Black Lives Matter movement flooded social media with positive messs, while Donald Trump's supporters echoed president's words. In latest part of Thursday night's Daily Show, comedian Trevor ah opted to speak about NBA boycott triggered by Blake's brutal shooting.

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‘Let’s Dunk on Racism’: Trevor ah on NBA boycott

NBA players chose to boycott ir playoff games as a response to Jacob Blake's shooting in Kesha, Wisconsin. Blake, 29, was shot by cops in bro daylight while his children sat in car. shooting was recorded and uploed on internet, where people expressed ir anger, calling for justice. Like George Floyd's murder in May, people once again chose to protest, while NBA players reacted on social media. Bucks were first team to go on strike, explaining that one from team was able to concentrate on basketball due to unrest in ir home state. 

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Trevor ah focused on NBA boycott, which was an unprecedented move by players. He mitted that whole ordeal is a "big deal", and makes someone like Colin Kaepernick "look moderate". “I bet right w somewhere out re is an old racist guy who’s, like, ‘I miss good old days when y would take a knee but at least y’d show up for work,'" ah opined. 

He pointed out that sports is something that never stops, and people take tice when it does. "And massive props to se athletes for using ir platform to bring attention to what’s happening in streets," ah said. He joked about people being too engrossed in games, so much that y might t tice aliens landing on Earth. Like most supportive fans on internet, Trevor ah is gl movement was initiated by players and t league. If league did so, he is confident ir efforts would come to an end with a simple "Let’s dunk on racism" poster. 

However, 36-year-old comedian believes country "relies way too much on athletes to do everything". "Are NBA players supposed to just shut up and dribble or literally fix racism all by mselves?" he questioned. "y’re supposed to play basketball, fix racism, sell cereal and date all Kardashians?” He ded that if rains can delay games by days, police brutality should be able to do it too. 

Trevor ah even took a dig at Trump's ‘Make America Great Again' slogan, candidly stating that it is possibly worst y could have come up with. "Because ‘MAGA’ was an ambiguous call to a bygone era that never really existed. This new slogan sounds like somebody who got hit in he with a bag of hammers, because what’s implied with ‘Make America Great Again, again’ is that, at some point during your presidency, you f***** up.”

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While Trump's criticism of NBA's support for BLM movement is well kwn, he referred to league as a "political organization" post Bucks' boycott. Previously, he h warned NBA that y are in "big trouble", pointing out declining viewership numbers. After players took knee during while resuming ir season in July, Trump called players "dumb" for trying something that disrespects USA.  

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(Im credits: Trevor ah Instagram, NBA.com)