Houston Rockets’ star James Harden responded to criticism Friday after he was pictured wearing a “Thin Blue Line” mask in his arrival at the NBA bubble, saying he was not making a political statement. The NBA scoring leader said he simply chose the mask out of convenience and because he thought “it looked cool. PELICANS’ ZION WILLIAMSON LEAVES NBA BUBBLE BECAUSE OF ‘URGENT FAMILY MATTER’“It was just something that covered my whole beard. Instead of hyping fans up about his arrival, the post was met with heavy criticism after it showed Harden wearing a mask depicting a popular pro-police symbol. “For the love of GOD tell me James Harden isn’t wearing a mask called ‘the blue patriot,’” one user said on Twitter.

Source: Fox News July 17, 2020 14:36 UTC