afi100guy Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I figured this was best for here. Kings celebrated Chinese New Year with shirts (Year of the Monkey) on first day of Black History Month. Kings pull 'Year of the Monkey' tees after DeMarcus Cousins complains I get it and not sure how this made it through Kings Promotions team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAC Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I think biggest issue was first day of black history month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I think biggest issue was first day of black history month. I applaud Boogie for taking a stand. He didn't invoke MJ's "Republicans buy shoes, too" line. Poor planning by the marketing department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Cat Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 To be fair to the Kings Chinese New Year is in February also. The 8th to be exact. Their only home games before this were last night and tomorrow. I guess maybe the figured the promotion would be better for the organization to be held on a Monday night against the Bucks rather than a Wednesday night against the Bulls. I'm guessing all things equal the Bulls game would draw a better crowd on its own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugatti Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I applaud Boogie for taking a stand. He didn't invoke MJ's "Republicans buy shoes, too" line. Poor planning by the marketing department. This here. I also applaud the Kings for recognizing the mistake and correcting it. I get what they were attempting, but it was not the time or place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugatti Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 To be fair to the Kings Chinese New Year is in February also. The 8th to be exact. Their only home games before this were last night and tomorrow. I guess maybe the figured the promotion would be better for the organization to be held on a Monday night against the Bucks rather than a Wednesday night against the Bulls. I'm guessing all things equal the Bulls game would draw a better crowd on its own.I don't think they meant anything by it either. It makes sense, but it doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumper_Dad Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 There is a village somewhere in Africa with Chinese New Year Shirts about to be delivered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKY Bandit Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 There is a village somewhere in Africa with Chinese New Year Shirts about to be delivered. Maybe a small town in Haiti. Good call by Boog and the Kings to pull the promotion. How bad is it that the players are calling out concerns that some front office guy/gal should have caught weeks earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumper_Dad Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Will it be OK to put out Chinese New Year Shirts next year...the Year of the Rooster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jericho Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I cant believe they did this, talk about no tolerance toward the Chinese New Year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Cat Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Will it be OK to put out Chinese New Year Shirts next year...the Year of the Rooster! Apparently the Kings had a Chinese New Year celebration last year, for the year of the goat. No reports of Jordan being offended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawildcat Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Maybe a small town in Haiti. Good call by Boog and the Kings to pull the promotion. How bad is it that the players are calling out concerns that some front office guy/gal should have caught weeks earlier. Not that this is an excuse, but I would bet the people in charge of this promo are white. Not too many white people think about Black History Month, TBH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jericho Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Not that this is an excuse, but I would bet the people in charge of this promo are white. Not too many white people think about Black History Month, TBH. Actually they are Lilly White. Why give teh shirts to some poor country. Dont we have enough poor over here to give them to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theguru Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Actually they are Lilly White. Why give teh shirts to some poor country. Dont we have enough poor over here to give them to? Because the people in Africa won't complain about the free shirts not being politically correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAC Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 To be fair to the Kings Chinese New Year is in February also. The 8th to be exact. Their only home games before this were last night and tomorrow. I guess maybe the figured the promotion would be better for the organization to be held on a Monday night against the Bucks rather than a Wednesday night against the Bulls. I'm guessing all things equal the Bulls game would draw a better crowd on its own. I think the NBA has a huge push to make the NBA more international and obviously the Chinese market in both the US and of course China is a main focus. Just heard the same on my company call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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