Ex-Lakers star reacts to Phil Jackson admitting he doesn't watch NBA anymore: 'It's all political'

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Hall of Fame NBA coach Phil Jackson said over the weekend that he isn’t paying attention to today’s game for a specific reason, and Metta Sandiford-Artest has an opinion on why that is.

Jackson told the "Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin" podcast that he hasn’t watched the NBA since the bubble happened during the 2019-20 season in Orlando. 

"They did something that was kind of wonky," Jackson admitted. 

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Phil Jackson of the New York Knicks during the NBA Draft Combine Day 2 at the Quest Multisport Center on May 12, 2017, in Chicago. (Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images)

What exactly did they do? Jackson didn’t necessarily like seeing the words "Equality," "Justice," and others on the back of the players’ jerseys. 

Of course, this was a time of social unrest in the country due to the George Floyd murder and Black Lives Matter movement. The NBA and its players wished to make a statement when they returned to play in the bubble. 

"They had things on their backs like ‘Justice.’ I made a little funny thing like, ‘Justice just went to the basket and Equal Opportunity just knocked him down.’... So, my grandkids thought that was pretty funny to play up those names. So, I couldn’t watch that," Jackson said. 

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Sandiford-Artest, formally known as Ron Artest and Metta World Peace for a time, told Brandon "Scoop B" Robinson that he believes Jackson’s comments could be due to a lack of communication, or not understanding other’s perspectives. 

"Nobody’s coming with any programs to bring people together.