All press is good press, they say

I mean obviously it’s different from stripping, but Dr. Buss was the first one to bring dancers into the games and wanted to recreate the club atmosphere.

Jumbo’s night in LA would go fucking bananas. Right now with the Olympics the Metro system in LA is being reshaped and the D Line in particular. The metro just put out “Ride the D” merch and it’s selling like hot cakes.

I would buy tickets to a Jumbo’s Clown Room G League Ignite game.

Jumbos Clown Room night at the Crypt? I’ll be first in line

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We’re gonna find out Luke Kornet was paid 2 million by Magic City

Elite ball knowledge

That’s a good point. Thanks to Luke Kornet they get to have a Magic City two weeks for no extra charge.

Lmao how do I live in New Orleans and know what Jumbos is 😂😂😂 Reddit is undefeated

they’re not tricks michael! illusions

Not really my taste sorry…

Oh wait, what’s that? You meant to put “Yuri” as the third word in that sentence? My bad. I agree.

That’s what we call “human civilzation was born for this cultural peak” similar to the Impressionist art era

I could go on a tangent for 1860 hours about this but I will spare the laypeople

They are patrons in the truest sense

I am pretty sure one of the subreddit’s most (in)famous commenters posts nothing but that on reddit, like maybe it was both game clips and that.. The name escapes me right now…but the profile is an…experience. 

“I will say it again:

My name is James Harden and I approve of this message”

Actually had to double check and make sure this wasn’t a Harden quote lmao

“I’m All-Star James Harden and this is my favorite strip club on the Citadel.”

Lmaooo

I’m not only the Magic City president, I’m also a client!

And watches Gia Paige for her acting

Unironically though people do just go to magic city for the wings.  Which is the main reason the Hawks are doing this promotion - to let residents of Atlanta get the legendary magic city wings without having to go into a strip club.  Luke Kornet didn’t do his research and turned this into something else entirely.

did NOT think i’d end up spending this week explaining prohibitionist vs. liberationist ideology to basketball fans

Even most sex-positive feminists don’t support promoting a corporation like Magic City that has been sued multiple times for exploiting its workers.

Most people that are criticizing this aren’t saying “ban strip clubs.” They’re saying don’t actively use an NBA team to celebrate a company that takes advantage of women.

The thing is I think Draymond is just reacting to what he thinks Kornet said. I think Kornet’s take was actually fairly balanced between not denigrating sex work as a whole while also acknowledging the exploitation of the industry as it exists in the US. Not a perfect statement, but the fact that Draymond misinterpreted or misrepresented Kornet’s “esteem” claim is telling

Some artists draw. Some paint. Some be pussy poppin on a handstand. 

Perhaps we were too harsh

Truly an intellectual of our times.

I too was unfamiliar with his game.

Heartbreaking: Worst Person You Know Said Something Funny

A grown man with a wife and 3 kids saying this is crazy

Corporation promoting gambling and strippers, 😂

We’re in a new era boys

Draymond, being from Saginaw, then spending 4 years in East Lansing, grew up with the sag nasty (and to be fair, Saginaw Valley State University) girls at the Deja Vu, then the slight improvement with the Lansing Deja Vu.

Magic City is like a Monet compared to a over caffeinated 12 year old scribblings.

No wonder he appreciates the art.

Seriously lol, folks acting like it’s based on anything other than a performance for horny men

“Daddy I got a job at Magic City! I’m an artist like you said 20 years ago on that podcast!” His daughter says as Draymond has to be nothing but happy for her or look like a massive hypocrite

This is the kind of nonsense puritan argument that only works among those who already agree with its premise.

“You all think stripping is OK until your daughter does it!”

And what if I’d still be OK with stripping even if my daughter did it? What’s your argument now? What is wrong with stripping?

So what? I can appreciate the work of the military and not want my kids to go kill/get killed

I don’t want my kids getting CTE playing football, doesn’t mean I can’t watch and appreciate the sport does it?

Yes, and I don’t even think most on this sub realize his whole argument is off because he didn’t understand that “to esteem” someone is different than “self-esteem”

Oh my god I was so confused about Draymond’s comments but it all makes sense now

also never been but i know people who have. this sub thinks it’s like their local strip club around the corner but it’s popular because those women in there are apparently really athletic

It’s also important to remember Draymond hails from Saginaw Michigan, and the only strip club for 50 miles is the Saginaw Deja Vu, which leaves a LOT to be desired. Especially at 3pm on a Tuesday.

I’ve been twice. First time was NYE and it was a bust. I didn’t get the hype because nobody was doing anything particularly impressive and the energy was weird. Second time was with a bachelorette party and it was amazing. There were women hanging from the ceiling in full splits twerking and we were in awe. I’ve been to other strip clubs in Atlanta and none of them compare to the acrobatics that I saw in Magic City.

Yea it’s not your typical run of the mill strip club. I went to Atlanta for my 22nd birthday and I wanted to see what the hype was about because it’s always referenced in media. Between the type of woman and the food it was definitely one of the best one I’ve personally been too.

Yep. I love our Atlanta strip clubs, I’m a customer. This is a bad look. Kids entertainment, all ages entertainment, and adult entertainment are different things. 

This is exactly it. Such a bad a look for the league and the city

Lmfao god bless a hawks fan that says this instead of “ummm you wouldn’t get it if you’re not from Atlanta”

Lmao what? I guarantee in every NBA arena every single night they play songs about gangbanging.

And NBA games are already plastered with ads for gambling and alcohol. The girls ain’t gonna take their titties out at the game lol

Yeah, he didn’t actually think any of it through

They legit have good food.

Y’all are mixing up “to esteem” with “to have self-esteem”.

“The NBA should esteem women” means they should respect and admire women. Kornet’s not saying the strippers have low self-esteem.

Except it’s not. Cuz nowhere did Luke demoralize or speak on behalf of the strippers at magic city. He literally said “Regardless of how a woman finds her way into the adult entertainment industry, many in this space experience abuse, harassment, and violence to which they should never be subjected.”

He didn’t say women couldn’t be strippers. He didn’t say the place itself was wrong. He said the industry is filled with abuse harassment and violence and the nba shouldn’t promote that. And that’s completely fair. If you wanna have a discussion about feminism and sex work then there’s places to do that but saying “don’t promote a strip club” isn’t anti women.

If you’ve never been a woman who is not Southern/conservative/religious but surrounded by men who are, I can understand why you’d take Kornet’s statement at face value. But it was the typical paternalistic attitude aimed at controlling women under the guise of protection that comes standard with “nice” men with that background. I find Draymond’s statement much less objectionable, but everyone is bringing their own personal biases to this conversation. The reality is that most men will likely always struggle with advocating for women to have full agency over their lives when those choices don’t align with what they think is “right” and “moral.” 

Calling it an art will get some laughs but i agree, a lot of women there take pride of their work 

Just looked it up, it’s tiny! It looks like a converted barn with cardboard cut out facade. I was expecting a massive place the way they’re talking about it, that they have so many people working there that they can send the kitchen staff to cater for 17,000 people at an NBA arena.

Because NBA players are their best customers 😂

Could’ve just not said anything. Oh wait it’s Draymond

Yeah sex work is just that: work.

Many artists who become rich don’t pursue their craft as much any more. Look at George RR Martin

Even distasteful art is still art 🤷

I’ve been to Magic City many times over four decades. I’ve seen maybe three pole artists. The rest just twerk dat ass and happen to rest their hand on your crotch when they ask if you wanna buy a table dance. 

Fun for the whole family!

Yeah shaking butt for dollar bills is not a low class profession. 

It is low class, you think it’s some form of higher art by getting naked and shaking your shit for dollar bills? The fuck

Was Luke making it a class issue though? I took it as bringing up the concerns about the abuse sex workers often tend to face.

“Allowing this night to go forward without protest would reflect poorly on us as an NBA community, specifically in being complicit in the potential objectification and mistreatment of women in our society.

Regardless of how a woman finds her way into the adult entertainment industry, many in this space experience abuse, harassment, and violence to which they should never be subjected.”

I agree some others have definitely been sexist/racist/classist and pearl clutching about it but I think Luke made a perfectly valid and reasonable point.

Kornet didn’t call stripping low class or inferior. He said it exploits women. 

I have no problem with strip clubs and have been to more than a few in my day but the league goes out of its way to promote itself as a family friendly entertainment option and encourages children. If you can’t see the conflict here then I don’t know what to tell you.

It can be simultaneously true that strip clubs are valid to be viewed as a form of art and the performers working there deserve respect and their dignity intact. But also that the industry is problematic for how it treats vulnerable women and the correlation with the industry and trafficking etc. The NBA is a family focused event and not showcasing a strip club to preserve family themes amd prevent exposure to aspect 2 doesnt denigrate the women involved and still respects them

To me its the hypocrisy after constantly saying nba is a family program

Genuine why do they deserve respect? I dont respect ticket inspectors. Some jobs I dont respect. I dont think sex work is genuine, its a last resort. No one should aspire to be a sex worker.

So if NBA promotes strippers and sex workers and you have a young daughter at the game who finds the strippers pretty, are you going to tell your daughter that’s a respectable career choice to make and encourage to follow that dream to start flashing her pussy to everyone in town with $50?