Greg Popovich, the NBA’s winningest coach and the greatest basketball mind the game has ever known, is Greg Popovich. It’s too bad that he didn’t stick to basketball.
The San Antonio skipper attended a social justice summit in New York City on Saturday and presented an award to Barry Scheck, co-founder of the Innocence Project, a non-profit that attempts to exonerate wrongly convicted criminals. Jay-Z with his Roc Nation business and United Justice Coalition organized the summit in order to raise awareness about social justice issues.
Before presenting the award to Scheck, “Pop” took the time to bash the amount of injustice in our country and even hinted that he might be moving out of the states soon.
Gregg Popovich was the Spurs coach and made a surprise visit to NYC’s social justice summit. He presented an award to Barry Scheck (Innocence Project cofounder), in recognition of a program that frees those wrongly convicted. Summit organized by Jay Z’s Roc Nation and United Justice Coalition. pic.twitter.com/tY4XGk3uC9
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 23, 2022
“I don’t have the answers but it pisses me off. It pains me. It confounds me,” Popovich said. “And I wonder where the hell will I live? “I live in a country that I didn’t know existed. Although I was aware that racism existed, it is something I am able to accept. But I had no idea it was to this level, and that the injustice and the seeking of power was so rampant that we are in the position we’re in now.”
Popovich may be right that people are being punished for crime they didn’t do. Popovich blames racism, as do many progressives.
Popovich appears to overlook the fact that many other factors could also be involved, including faulty evidence, poor jury decisions, and a whole host other factors. None of this is a sign that Popovich believes racism exists.
Let me ask Pop: What about injustices in America is so shocking to you that it makes you want move? How about America? Is there injustice so severe that you feel the need to leave, particularly when you are making millions coaching a sport.
This is the popular thought process amongst champions of the progressive movement: America’s injustice is especially bad so therefore it is not a country even worth living in.
They can freely choose another country if they want to. But with all its flaws, it’s still a good place to live in.
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