ESPN's Jalen Rose blasts Phil Jackson over NBA comments: 'When somebody shows you who they are, believe them'

 'The Big Sunday Show' panelists discuss former NBA coach Phil Jackson calling out the league for becoming too political and turning 'people off.’

Jalen Rose, a former NBA star who currently serves as an analyst for ESPN, took issue with Phil Jackson’s comments on the state of professional basketball and why he does not watch anymore.

Jackson said on "Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin" podcast the game has become too political and was catering to a certain audience when the NBA plastered social justice slogans on the court and on the backs of jerseys during the bubble portion of the 2019-20 season in wake of the death of George Floyd.

Rose responded in a video Sunday.

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Former Los Angeles Lakers head coach Phil Jackson during a news conference at the Lakers training facility on May 11, 2011 in El Segundo, California. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

"You can’t make this up. Hall of Fame coach and 11-time champion Phil Jackson claims to have stopped supporting the NBA because it became ‘too political’ when it went into the bubble and was catering to certain audiences by putting slogans on the back of jerseys and Black Lives Matter on the floor," Rose said. 

"The same Phil Jackson that won championships with some of the greatest Black athletes in the history of the game – Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant. Made millions on their backs and off their sweat equity. You’re sitting there watching the game with your grandkids and y’all think its funny when justice passes the ball to equal opportunity. When somebody shows you who they are, believe them. 

"So, stop watching … forever."

Jackson explained what turned him off to the game when the league