Mark Jackson angered a lot of people with his support of Floyd Mayweather

By Jack Crosby | May 3, 2015

April 18, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; ESPN broadcaster Mark Jackson (left), broadcaster Jeff Van Gundy (center), and broadcaster Mike Breen (right) talk before game one of the first round of the NBA Playoffs between the Golden State Warriors and the New Orleans Pelicans at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /

During Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals, Mark Jackson decided to voice his support for Floyd Mayweather and people were not happy

Boy, if we thought it was awkward that Mark Jackson is calling the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference semifinals, things just got a lot more awkward after some comments that he made on the broadcast table.

During the second quarter of the game, the conversation between the commentators turned to the fight on Saturday night between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. Surprisingly enough, Jackson was the only one that vehemently voiced his support for Mayweather, even going so far as to say that we should only focus on what he does in the boxing ring, not, you know, that whole domestic violence thing from his past that we’ve been hearing about all week.

Of course, once people heard this, the outrage was immense.

I wonder if Mark Jackson's apology/clarification for his dumb Floyd Mayweather comments happens before the end of this game #NBAPlayoffs
— ErhanK (@ErHanK75) May 3, 2015

And of course who's defending Mayweather? Mark Jackson
— citygirldc (@citygirldc) May 3, 2015

Hey Mark Jackson: I sure wish you talked with such passion in your press conferences as Warriors coach than you did now about Mayweather.
— SFSportschick (@SFsportschick) May 3, 2015

Hope this game is a blowout so there's plenty of time for Mark Jackson to talk more about how great Floyd Mayweather is.
— Dustin (@dustinjkent) May 3, 2015

Mark Jackson isn't doing himself any favors professing that he's a big supporter of Floyd Mayweather.
— Ryan Silapan (@RyanSilapan) May 3, 2015

Mark Jackson is awful. Too much to ask him too shut up about Mayweather already? #NBAPlayoffs not #boxing
— Rich Ehisen (@WordsmithRich) May 3, 2015

Yeah, not the best move that Jackson could have made, and you can’t quite blame some of these people for the outrage over the remarks.

Basically, this is the internet to Mark Jackson right now…

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