NBA player calls for Hawks to cancel their 'Magic City' strip club promotional night out of respect for women

An NBA subordinate has taken objection to an Atlanta Hawks promotional night, which is simply a motion to a famed portion nine successful the city. 

The Hawks person "Magic City Night" scheduled for March 16 against the Orlando Magic, but a subordinate for neither squad isn’t excessively fond of paying tribute to a portion club, which has been famed for its late-night stories involving athletes, celebrities and more. 

While the Hawks telephone it an ode to a "cultural institution," San Antonio Spurs halfway Luke Kornet shared his displeasure successful a missive posted connected Medium. 

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

Kornet, a nine-year seasoned and 2024 NBA champion with the Boston Celtics, called for the Hawks’ promotional nighttime to beryllium canceled aboriginal this month, saying that it is disrespectful to women to grant the portion club. 

"In its property release, the Hawks failed to admit that this spot is, arsenic the concern itself boasts, "Atlanta’s premier portion club." Given this fact, I would similar to respectfully inquire that the Atlanta Hawks cancel this promotional nighttime with Magic City," Kornet wrote successful his post.

"The NBA should tendency to support and esteem women, galore of whom enactment diligently each time to marque this the champion hoops league successful the world. We should beforehand an ambiance that is protective and respectful of the daughters, wives, sisters, mothers, and partners that we cognize and love."

The Hawks boasted astir the taxable nighttime successful its property release, including a unrecorded show by celebrated Atlanta rapper T.I., a co-branded, limited-edition hoodie and adjacent the establishment’s "World Famous" lemon-pepper chickenhearted wings successful the arena. 

A wide presumption of signage with the State Farm Arena logo connected Nov. 14, 2025, extracurricular State Farm Arena, successful Atlanta, GA. (Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire)

"This collaboration and theme night is precise meaningful to maine aft each the enactment that we did to enactment together ’Magic City: An American Fantasy’," said Hawks main owner, filmmaker and actor, Jami Gertz, said successful a property release. "The iconic Atlanta institution has made specified an incredible impact on our city and its unique culture."

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."

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

"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. 

Luke Kornet of the San Antonio Spurs defends against the Charlotte Hornets during their crippled astatine Spectrum Center connected Jan. 31, 2026 successful Charlotte, North Carolina. (Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images)

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The Hawks person seen bully reception for the promotional night, arsenic Tick Pick reported a get-in terms was initially $10 for the crippled and has since skyrocketed to $94. 

Kornet is successful his archetypal play with the Spurs, his sixth NBA team, wherever helium has played chiefly successful a seat role. He averages 7.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per crippled crossed 50 contests.

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