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Despite near-daily efforts to show America how woke they are, or, because of it, the NBA’s playoff ratings are still tanking.

The NBA may have come back to TV to play the second half of its COVID-delayed 2020 season, but judging by the dismal ratings, it appears the fans have not.

On Thursday, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R, TN) slammed the NBA for seeking to reopen its Chinese training camps despite knowing of major human rights abuses at those facilities.

Friday, Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson slammed CNN and host Wolf Blitzer for failing to mention China in a 16-minute-long interview with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver.

A bombshell report from ESPN claims that well before the league sided with China against Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey and the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement, the league was fully aware of systemic and rampant abuse at their academies inside the communist country.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has made the maximum personal donation allowable to Joe Biden’s campaign for president, according to Federal Election Commission records.

Weeks ago, the NBA decided to display their social justice activism on their courts. On Tuesday, the league unveiled proof that they made good on that pledge.

Customers looking to purchase NBA jerseys with approved custom slogans on the back have found that the NBA store endorses anti-cop slogans, but “Free Hong Kong” was forbidden.

Monday on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said he was open to using congressional subpoena power to investigate the NBA’s financial ties with China.

On Friday, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley slammed the NBA for ignoring the rampant human rights abuse record of their partner, China. The Senator’s office included ESPN NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski on the email recipient list.

Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) has called on the NBA to put pro-police, military, and “Free Hong Kong” messages on their uniforms, as opposed to the Black Lives Matter-related messages the league plans to have on jerseys when the league restarts later this month.

The National Basketball Association has had an additional nine players test positive for the coronavirus. That number brings the league’s total to 25, and adds to already heightened concerns that the anticipated restart of play later this month may not happen.

The NBA hopes to soon be back in action in their “Bubble” at Disney World. However, if that restart ever happens, the league will do it without one of their legendary voices in attendance.

During Tuesday’s interview with TIME, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver insisted that he hoped that there could be “mutual respect” for China’s “values.”

During an interview on Tuesday, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver refused to directly answer a question about players taking a knee.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver noted on Tuesday that the spread of the coronavirus may pose too big a threat for the league to carry out its plans to resume the 2020 season.

The NBA is reportedly mulling the idea of allowing players to put social justice slogans on the backs of their jerseys.

The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association say 16 players tested positive for coronavirus in the first wave of mandatory tests done in preparation for the restart of the season.

The NBA has decided to give its employees paid time off to commemorate the Juneteenth for the first time in league history, according to a report.

A person with knowledge of the situation says the NBA’s Board of Governors has approved a 22-team format for restarting the league season in late July at the Disney campus near Orlando, Florida.

The NBA is in talks with The Walt Disney Company on a single-site scenario for a resumption of play in Central Florida in late July, the clearest sign yet that the league believes the season can continue amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The NBA has set a date for league practice facilities to re-open, however, that doesn’t mean they’re ready to start testing their asymptomatic players for the coronavirus.

The NBA may turn to the “Magic Kingdom” for help in its attempt to play out the remainder of its season, according to a report.

MIAMI (AP) — The NBA has pushed back plans that would allow teams to reopen their practice facilities for at least one week, and cautioned that the new target is far from set in stone.

MIAMI (AP) — NBA players will be allowed to return to team training facilities starting Friday, provided that their local governments do not have a stay-at-home order prohibiting such movement still in place as part of the response to the coronavirus pandemic.

NBA players will see 25% of their paychecks taken out starting May 15, the first direct hit to their salaries because of the coronavirus pandemic.

America’s sports leagues and the sports networks who broadcast them, are taking brutal financial hits during the coronavirus shut down, according to a look at the numbers by the Wall Street Journal.

NEW YORK (AP) — Top NBA executives are having their base salaries reduced by 20% for the foreseeable future, a person with knowledge of the details said Thursday.

MIAMI (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday night that the league’s hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic will likely last at least a month, or roughly what would have been the remainder of an uninterrupted regular season.

The National Basketball Association is looking at rescheduling games over concerns about the coronavirus, according to reports.

MIAMI (AP) — The NBA has told players to avoid high-fiving fans and strangers and avoid taking any item for autographs, the league’s latest response in its ongoing monitoring of the coronavirus crisis that has spread to most corners of the planet.

CHICAGO (AP) — The NBA and USA Basketball are still considering playing in China later this year, though the complexities of both the political rift caused by a tweet last fall and the ongoing health concerns in the world’s most populous country are making those plans seem decidedly uncertain.

NEW YORK (AP) — David Stern, the basketball-loving lawyer who took the NBA around the world during 30 years as its longest-serving commissioner and oversaw its growth into a global powerhouse, died Wednesday. He was 77.

TV ratings for the National Basketball Association have collapsed this year, a season that kicked off with the league bowing to communist China.

The government-run China Daily claimed in a weekend column that the backlash against basketball player LeBron James for standing with the Communist Party has “nasty racial connotations.”

At least one NFL executive is enjoying the NBA’s troubles, joking that the “woke” basketball league is being “hoisted on its own petard” for turning a blind eye to China’s human rights abuse record.