{"id":40965,"date":"2020-01-28T16:39:51","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T16:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=40965"},"modified":"2020-01-28T16:39:51","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T16:39:51","slug":"think-carefully-about-this-nba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=40965","title":{"rendered":"Think carefully about this, NBA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=KobeBryant%20%23NBAlogo%20%23JerryWest&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/basketball-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40966\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/basketball-logo-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/basketball-logo-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/basketball-logo.jpg 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the silhouette you see here. It&#8217;s the official logo of the National Basketball Association.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA world is grieving &#8212; indeed, so is the rest of the international sports world &#8212; at the death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant, who was among nine people who perished in a fiery helicopter crash in California; Bryant&#8217;s 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, also died.<\/p>\n<p>I am heartbroken, too, at the pain that the families of all the victims must endure. Kobe leaves behind his wife and three daughters.<\/p>\n<p>Now comes word that a petition drive is building to change the NBA logo. Bryant&#8217;s fans want the silhouette to represent their iconic sports hero. The logo already represents another NBA icon, a fellow named Jerry West, himself a damn good athlete and role model.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t misunderstand me. I would not consider it the end of the world as we know it if the NBA were to change its logo to reflect Kobe&#8217;s image instead of Zeke from Cabin Creek.<\/p>\n<p>I just want to caution against reacting prematurely in this moment of profound sadness. The emotional inertia of the moment is a difficult force to resist. I understand that. It strikes me the same way I feel when I hear about legislative bodies enacting new laws in direct response to tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the sports world is suffering. Kobe Bryant had much more to accomplish in his post-NBA life.<\/p>\n<p>Should the NBA do what this good man&#8217;s legion of fans want? If so, then the world should first let its emotions simmer.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=KobeBryant%20%23NBAlogo%20%23JerryWest&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a look at the silhouette you see here. It&#8217;s the official logo of the National Basketball Association. The NBA world is grieving &#8212; indeed, so is the rest of the international sports world &#8212; at the death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant, who was among nine people who perished in a fiery helicopter crash &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=40965\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Think carefully about this, NBA<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[9192,9188,9191],"class_list":["post-40965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports-news","tag-jerry-west","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-nba-logo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40967,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40965\/revisions\/40967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}