

San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet published a blog post this week calling on the Atlanta Hawks to cancel their "Magic City Night" promotion tied to Atlanta's famous strip club. Kornet argued the promotion is at odds with creating a family-friendly environment and wrote that allowing it to continue "without protest would reflect poorly on us as an NBA community."
Kornet said others around the league were also surprised the Hawks moved forward with it, and he's even circulating a petition.
Sports media personality Michelle Beadle pushed back hard on her podcast, telling Kornet to "take a seat" and questioning both his motivation and his standing to weigh in on a game that doesn't even involve his team. She argued the criticism infantilizes the women who work there and called it another example of men deciding what women should or shouldn't want.
It's a genuinely layered debate — family atmosphere vs. celebrating Atlanta culture, player activism vs. overreach, and where the league draws the line on promotional partnerships.
What do you think — did Kornet have a point, did Beadle, or is the truth somewhere in the middle?