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Still matters that this happened. The players have seen what they can do. Maybe next time it& #39;s less chaotic and there& #39;s less apprehension. Even if there& #39;s no next time, it& #39;s been a wake-up call for a lot of people who aren& #39;t NBA players. https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1299012762002231299?s=20">https://twitter.com/wojespn/s...
There& #39;s a lot to critique about how this strike went down, and maybe it would& #39;ve lasted longer or gotten more results if it had been more organized and better executed. But the Bucks went out on a huge limb and maybe changed the world. And they did so basically flying blind.
It& #39;s easy to say "they should& #39;ve kept striking for the sake of workers worldwide" but maybe the majority of NBA players didn& #39;t want to sacrifice so much or just aren& #39;t radical (yet). Can& #39;t fault them for not doing what you want them to do politically.
Do I think it would& #39;ve been in NBA players& #39; best interests to strike and ask for a far-ranging list of clear demands? Do I think they were in a position to get stuff they wanted and there& #39;s no downside to that? Sure. But you can& #39;t get mad at them for not doing radicalism.
Some NBA players get how labor works and have the proper consciousness blah blah but some don& #39;t. Some maybe just are more middle-of-the-road politically. Maybe they could be converted. Maybe they& #39;re getting it now. But you can& #39;t blame them for not doing the strike you wanted.
All this said, everybody should take a good hard look at the NBPA. A union should be leading & lighting the way here, encouraging workers to understand what they could accomplish, if not pushing for a strike. Its job is to frame things in terms of worker power. The NBPA, tho...
