The Oklahoma City Thunder stood up to a local Oklahoma politician, who threatened legal action if the team knelt. Going viral, the OKC Thunder did kneel and KOCO News 5 reported on it, leading to several people insulting the Thunder players for kneeling, which led to an argument about race taking place in their comments.

Oklahoma City Thunder get blasted on the Facebook comments of KOCO 5 News for kneeling during National Anthem, with OKC residents calling for a boycott of the team, and some called the players “idiots,” leading to race war argument in the comments

By Jay Rich
Hip-HopVibe.com Staff Writer

Last night, the Oklahoma City Thunder took a big stand, before they faced off against the Utah Jazz, in the NBA Orlando bubble. The big story wasn’t their 110-94 win over the Jazz. Instead, the big story was the players kneeling before the game.

An Oklahoma state politician threatened legal action, if the Thunder knelt before their games. This led to Chris Paul, and the other players on the team, to kneel before their restart game. Their decision definitely owned the NBA headlines, and mainstream headlines.

Local Oklahoma TV station, KOCO 5 News, covered the Oklahoma City Thunder players kneeling, before their Utah Jazz game. The people in the comments were highly opinionated, calling for a boycott of the team, and other things, such as calling the players “babies.” This led to people speaking out in support of the team, and an argument about race erupting in those Facebook comments.

Read KOCO 5 News’ Facebook comments below: