{"id":487380,"date":"2026-03-09T23:12:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=487380"},"modified":"2026-03-09T23:12:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:12:29","slug":"nba-cancels-atlanta-hawks-planned-magic-city-tribute-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/nba-cancels-atlanta-hawks-planned-magic-city-tribute-night\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA cancels Atlanta Hawks\u2019 planned Magic City tribute night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1710\" data-end=\"1929\">The <strong data-start=\"1714\" data-end=\"1721\">NBA<\/strong> has canceled the Atlanta Hawks\u2019 planned theme night celebrating Magic City, saying it acted in response to \u201c<strong data-start=\"1830\" data-end=\"1842\">concerns<\/strong>\u201d raised by a broad array of league stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1931\" data-end=\"2238\">Commissioner <strong data-start=\"1944\" data-end=\"1959\">Adam Silver<\/strong> said the league reached out to Hawks leadership to understand the plan and rationale, but concluded that canceling the promotion was \u201cthe right decision for the broader NBA community,\u201d referencing concerns from fans, partners and employees.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2240\" data-end=\"2599\">Atlanta\u2019s event had been billed as a tribute to an \u201ciconic cultural institution,\u201d featuring food (including Magic City\u2019s famous <strong data-start=\"2368\" data-end=\"2390\">lemon pepper wings<\/strong>, linked to former Hawk <strong data-start=\"2414\" data-end=\"2430\">Lou Williams<\/strong>), music and exclusive merchandise; Spurs center <strong data-start=\"2479\" data-end=\"2494\">Luke Kornet<\/strong> was among those who publicly objected to promoting a strip club.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2601\" data-end=\"2732\">Source: <em data-start=\"2609\" data-end=\"2638\">Associated Press (via ESPN)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The league called off the promotion scheduled for Monday, March 16, 2026 vs. the Orlando Magic after citing \u201csignificant concerns\u201d from across the NBA community<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":372098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-487380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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