‘That was terrible’: Stephen Curry didn’t care for this week’s Sports Illustrated cover

OAKLAND, Calif. — Sports Illustrated has taken heat for its latest cover, which features a series of sports figures linking arms — including a front row depicting Stephen Curry positioned between LeBron James and Roger Goodell.



Count Curry among those unhappy with the way he was depicted and the decision to leave Colin Kaepernick off it altogether.


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THIS WEEK'S COVER: In a nation divided, the sports world is coming together http://on.si.com/2wQK9Nr
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“That was terrible,” Curry said after his Golden State Warriors completed its practice Wednesday. “It’s just kind of capitalizing on the hoopla in the media and all of that nonsense. The real people that understand exactly what has been going on and who has really been active and vocal and truly making a difference.

“If you don’t have Kaepernick front and center on that, something is wrong. It’s kind of hard to see how certain narratives take place, being prisoners of the moment.
“But at the end of the day, that stuff really doesn’t matter. It’s about the true message really highlighting the people that are doing the right things.”


The cover, in the eyes of many, had several issues. The first was that Kaepernick, who started the movement more than a year ago when he refused to stand during the national anthem and for which he is widely believed to be being held out of the NFL now because of it, wasn’t anywhere to be found.


Warriors Coach Steve Kerr — who, like his star point guard, was featured on the cover — was equally incredulous about the decision regarding Kaepernick, as he told The Athletic’s Tim Kawakami in a series of tweets.

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Steve Kerr told me he saw himself on the cover, then, "I looked it and went, 'Where the hell is Kap?'...
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Tim Kawakami ✔ @timkawakami More Kerr: "If the article is about activism in sports, how is Kaepernick not on the cover?"
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Tim Kawakami ✔ @timkawakami More Kerr on Kaepernick's absence on the SI cover: "I just don't understand how you can omit the guy who basically began this movement."
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In a video posted on Sports Illustrated’s website, executive editor Stephen Cannella, who said the message the cover was trying to get across was that the enduring symbol of the weekend was unity among athletes of all sports, tried to defend the publication’s decision to leave Kaepernick off the cover by essentially saying everyone knew he was there — at least in spirit.


“Well in some ways, even though his picture is not there, Colin Kaepernick is there,” Cannella said. “I think we all know that. Colin Kaepernick was for the lack of a better word, was looming over what happened this weekend, and looms over many issues in society right now. I thought what we were trying to capture with this cover was the way new voices emerged this weekend.


“This debate, this issue, this protest movement has sort of evolved even beyond Colin Kaepernick, and I think we saw a lot of people join the movement, for lack of a better term, this weekend. That’s what we were trying to capture with this cover.


“Colin Kaepernick is on that cover. Even if his face and his name aren’t there, we all know who stands behind this movement. We all know who got it started. Colin Kaepernick has many more brothers than he did a week ago.”


The magazine seems to be in the minority on that opinion.


In addition to arguments about why only one woman — Los Angeles Sparks star Candace Parker — was on the cover, the other issue was with Goodell being put in such a prominent place after many felt his initial statement about President Trump saying that NFL owners should, “Get that son of a bitch off the field right now, out, he’s fired. He’s fired,” referring to anyone kneeling during the national anthem, during a rally for since-defeated Senate candidate Luther Strange wasn’t strong enough.


Cannella also attempted to defend that decision.


“I think it’s pretty clear what side of the issue Roger Goodell stood on Friday and over the weekend in response to President Trump’s critics,” Cannella said. “Whether you think he came out strongly enough or not, I think it’s pretty clear where he and most of the league stands and that’s why he’s there representing not just him but all of ownership.”


If the reaction online is any indication, though, the magazine is going to have to do a lot of work convincing many people it did the right thing in either case.


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The Sports Illustrated "protest" cover includes a man who gave a $1,000,000 to Trump but not Colin Kaepernick who lost his career over it.
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Vincent Goodwill ✔ @vgoodwill Where's Kaep? And Rog wants no part of being on the front line. None https://twitter.com/sbnation/status/912690585131261953 …
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The thing idiots worry about, no Kap, oh boo fucking hoo

Plus what's with the "Sports United" us nonsense? Are they that blind and that stupid?

SI makes a good firestarter

It's the other way around. The nation is not divided. Most people are against their flag-burning and hating on the country.


This is the #1 reason why there is police violence, the #1 REASON:



Do you think there'd ever be police violence against the Japanese if you replaced all the blacks in the United States with Japanese citizens who couldn't read or write? If you put 20 million Japanese people in the U.S. with no money, no resources, no language, nothing.... and put them in the U.S. right now, starting from zero, what do you think would happen? In 20-40 years you'd have productive, peaceful citizens who would be at the top of the United States.

Would the police be blasting the Japanese?

They bring it upon themselves. Those are the cold hard facts. That above video is the reality of what is going on in the United States. Even in the video they say, "Are you serious?" That is exactly how they think. They do wrong and then they act the victim. Then they escalate and take the cops on mano a mano and get blasted... and the cops are all of a sudden the bad guys. Lmao.

part of the problem is the title of these videos and "articles" people read noting beyond the title...

Seattle Cop Punches Woman In Face During Routine Jaywalking or a more appropriate title Women Is Irrationally Irate During Routine Traffic Stop

Mr_Mark said:

part of the problem is the title of these videos and "articles" people read noting beyond the title...

Seattle Cop Punches Woman In Face During Routine Jaywalking or a more appropriate title Women Is Irrationally Irate During Routine Traffic Stop

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That is the IQ issue. For example, that is legitimately what they see. She breaks the law and resists arrest, and what do black people see? They see a cop attacking a black person. That is all their brain can process.

This is why these athletes believe what they do. If they watch that Seattle video, in their minds it is discrimination and an assault on black people.

Let me put it another way. There's a youtube video of a black guy who was somewhat famous. He spent some time in prison before being famous. During his interview he says he needed to rob from somebody. He's driving around in his car at night looking for somebody to rob. He sees the first person he comes across just walking down the street. In his mind he says (and he verbalizes in the interview), "Man, why you gots to be on the street at dis time right now, you knows I gots to rob you?" ... as though it were the victim's fault.

In his mind you can see on a thinking level that he knows that what he's doing is wrong, but on another level you can see almost the savage mentality he is subject to... which is why their crime levels are so high.


They literally do not understand that they cause and incite all the mayhem they bring upon themselves. Again, replace blacks with Japanese people who just arrived and have no assets, no education, no language, no resources, nothing.... and in one to two generations they'll be thriving. And the cops wouldn't be blasting the Japanese.

Rather than punch her - put a can of mace up her nostril or put a taser to her forehead

RunMaker said:

It's the other way around. The nation is not divided. Most people are against their flag-burning and hating on the country.


This is the #1 reason why there is police violence, the #1 REASON:

Do you think there'd ever be police violence against the Japanese if you replaced all the blacks in the United States with Japanese citizens who couldn't read or write? If you put 20 million Japanese people in the U.S. with no money, no resources, no language, nothing.... and put them in the U.S. right now, starting from zero, what do you think would happen? In 20-40 years you'd have productive, peaceful citizens who would be at the top of the United States.

Would the police be blasting the Japanese?

They bring it upon themselves. Those are the cold hard facts. That above video is the reality of what is going on in the United States. Even in the video they say, "Are you serious?" That is exactly how they think. They do wrong and then they act the victim. Then they escalate and take the cops on mano a mano and get blasted... and the cops are all of a sudden the bad guys. Lmao.

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where they get the White girl ??
maybe she was an Extra