Here's why NBA stars Jaylen Brown, Kyrie Irving and Blake Griffin reached out to Donda players after Kanye West's antisemitic comments.
No one, it seems, is willing to play Donda Academy and its roster of top college basketball prospects. The reason is well-chronicled: Donda founder and billionaire entertainerWhat about the players? They had a dream of playing at Donda Academy: a star-studded roster, a top-tier schedule that included several prestigious national tournaments, an unparalleled arrangement with sports apparel giant Adidas; and an online academic curriculum that could be completed in a couple of hours a day.
Today, Adidas has severed ties with Donda and the schedule is gutted, with four national tournaments dropping the Doves.What is the Donda Academy? Administrators sent emails to parents last week saying the school was closing but reversed course soon thereafter. Students, teachers and security personnel were observed Friday during a visit to the new campus in a Chatsworth industrial park.The basketball team operates separately, using the Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks for classrooms, a weight room and basketball courts. The players spend about six hours a day at the facility.
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