NBA cancels team's promotion celebrating famed strip club

The NBA stepped successful to cancel the Atlanta Hawks’ "Magic Monday" promotion adjacent week, commissioner Adam Silver said.

The Hawks were acceptable to big "Magic Monday" erstwhile the Orlando Magic were going to travel to municipality connected March 16. The franchise was acceptable to besides observe the city’s famed Magic City portion club, which is celebrated for its citrus capsicum wings.

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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks to media aft the 75th NBA All Star Game astatine Intuit Dome connected Feb. 15, 2026. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

But aft evident backlash astir the promotion, the league decided to person it canceled.

"When we became alert of the Atlanta Hawks’ scheduled promotion, we reached retired to Hawks enactment to amended recognize their plans and rationale," Silver said, via ESPN. "While we admit the team’s position and their tendency to determination forward, we person heard important concerns from a wide array of league stakeholders, including fans, partners and employees. 

"I judge canceling this promotion is the close determination for the broader NBA community."

Controversy sparked past week erstwhile San Antonio Spurs halfway Luke Kornet wrote a lengthy blog post, urging the Hawks to reconsider the event.

Atlanta Hawks guardant Jonathan Kuminga (0) celebrates his handbasket against the Portland Trail Blazers during the 2nd fractional of an NBA hoops game, Sunday, March 1, 2026, successful Atlanta.  (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

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He suggested NBA players and officials "promote an ambiance that is protective and respectful of the daughters, wives, sisters, mothers, and partners that we cognize and love."

Kornet wrote that allowing the nighttime to proceed "without protestation would bespeak poorly connected america arsenic an NBA community, specifically successful being complicit successful the imaginable objectification and mistreatment of women successful our society."

He added that "others passim the league" were amazed by the Hawks’ determination to person this promotional night.

Luke Kornet of the San Antonio Spurs reaches for the shot during the 3rd 4th against the Brooklyn Nets astatine Barclays Center connected February 26, 2026 successful the Brooklyn borough of New York City.  (Ishika Samant/Getty Images)

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"We tendency to supply an situation wherever fans of each ages tin safely travel and bask the crippled of hoops and wherever we tin observe the past and civilization of communities successful bully conscience. The solemnisation of a portion nine is not behaviour aligned with that vision," helium wrote.

Fox News’ Scott Thompson and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

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