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Phil Jackson clarifies comments regarding NBA becoming too political: ‘I don’t think people got the humor’

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Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Legendary NBA coach Phil Jackson found himself the topic of controversy last month after saying he was not watching a lot of basketball due to the game becoming too political.

Jackson made the comments on an episode of the "Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin" podcast and poked fun at NBA’s players wearing social justice messages on the back of their jerseys during the NBA’s Bubble in Orlando, FL.

Phil Jackson of the New York Knicks looks on during the NBA Draft Combine Day 2 at the Quest Multisport Center on May 12, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. (Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images) He said the NBA was "catering" to a certain audience, which turned off fans who wanted to keep politics out of sports.

Jackson was asked about his comments on the latest episode of Stacey King’s Gimme the Hot Sauce, an Audacy podcast, saying that critics had failed to understand the humor behind them.  EX-LAKERS STAR REACTS TO PHIL JACKSON ADMITTING HE DOESN'T WATCH NBA ANYMORE: 'IT'S ALL POLITICAL' "I don’t think people got the humor. . . .

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