By Tom Orsborn, Staff writers | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-03-10 12:29:52
2026年2月19日（周四）晚，在奥斯汀穆迪中心举行的两场“I-35系列赛”的首场比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队中锋/前锋卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) (7) 在第一节完成扣篮。针对NBA取消亚特兰大老鹰队与当地一家脱衣舞俱乐部联动的“幻影城之夜”促销活动的消息，科内特表现得比较克制，但他表示这一决定感觉是“合适的”。此前，这位马刺球员曾在自己撰写的博客文章中要求球队取消该项促销活动。
马刺中锋卢克·科内特在他反对亚特兰大老鹰队所谓“幻影城之夜 (Magic City Night)”的运动中取得了胜利。
但科内特并没有大肆庆祝，而是在NBA宣布取消老鹰队场内促销活动的一天后，表现出了克制的反应。该活动原定于3月16日举行，涉及亚特兰大地区一家标志性的脱衣舞俱乐部。
“我看到了消息，坦率地说，这感觉很合适，”科内特谈到这一新闻时表示，“显然，联盟在与人沟通、查清情况时必须按部就班，不能仅仅为了求快而冲动行事。所以，是的，我认为他们做出了正确的决定，但我很快就翻篇了。”
在科内特通过他在Medium网站上发表的博客文章要求老鹰队取消该方案一周后，NBA强制老鹰队取消了这一极具争议的促销活动。
“NBA应该致力于保护和尊重女性，其中许多人每天都在勤奋工作，努力让这里成为世界上最好的篮球联盟，”科内特写道，“我们应该营造一种保护和尊重我们的女儿、妻子、姐妹、母亲和伴侣的氛围，她们是我们认识并爱着的人。
“如果不加抗议地让这个夜晚如期举行，将使我们作为NBA社区的形象受损，具体表现为对社会中潜在的物化和虐待女性行为的默许。无论一名女性是如何进入成人娱乐行业的，该领域的许多人都遭受过永远不该承受的虐待、骚扰和暴力。”
在宣布取消时，NBA发布了联盟总裁亚当·萧华 (Adam Silver) 的声明。
“当我们得知亚特兰大老鹰队的促销计划后，我们联系了老鹰队领导层，以进一步了解他们的计划和初衷，”萧华表示，“虽然我们理解球队的立场以及他们推进活动的愿望，但我们也听到了来自包括球迷、合作伙伴和员工在内的广泛联盟利益相关者的重大担忧。我相信取消这一促销活动对更广泛的NBA社区来说是正确的决定。”
除了博客文章，30岁的科内特还在随后的媒体采访中要求老鹰队废除他们的计划。
“这并不能代表我本人以及我所知道的NBA中许多其他人的感受，”科内特上周说道。
老鹰队和其他支持该活动的人士辩称，“幻影城 (Magic City)”不仅仅是亚特兰大社区的一家脱衣舞俱乐部，他们提到这里是一个文化枢纽，在过去二十年里开启了数位唱片销量达数百万张的艺术家的职业生涯。
这个夜晚预计被定为PG级（家长指引级），特色包括该俱乐部著名的柠檬胡椒炸鸡翅、特制T恤和周边商品销售，以及亚特兰大说唱歌手T.I.带来的半场表演。
老鹰队对萧华的声明做出了简短回应。
“虽然我们对NBA取消‘幻影城之夜’促销活动的决定感到非常遗憾，但我们完全尊重这一决定，”球队表示，“作为一个特许经营球队，我们仍然致力于以真实的方式歌颂亚特兰大最美好的一面，并继续通过这种方式将我们所有人团结在一起。”
老鹰队在社交媒体上表示，T.I.将继续进行半场表演，炸鸡翅也将继续供应，但限量版连帽衫将不再提供。亚特兰大还取消了《Hawks AF Podcast》的现场录制，该节目原本邀请了球队大股东、电影制作人兼演员贾米·格尔茨 (Jami Gertz)、T.I.以及“幻影城”创始人迈克尔·“幻影先生”·巴尼 (Michael “Mr. Magic” Barney)。
科内特表示，在他发表博客后，“很多人”联系了他并表示支持。
“全联盟有很多人的想法都和我相似，”他在周二晚马刺主场对阵波士顿的赛前投篮练习后说道，“所以我认为这是其中的一部分原因，我只是想确保这个问题得到解决。让你自己像这样站上舆论场，你甚至并不想这么做，但我觉得这是必须做的。”
科内特表示，他在创办博客时并没有想到会涉足这种热点话题。在“幻影城之夜”之前的几篇文章中，他讨论了自己的天主教信仰，并对他在NBA征战期间参观过的教堂和大教堂进行了点评。
“你并不真的想这么做，但我觉得这是必须做的，”他在谈到涉足争议话题时表示，“全联盟很多人都有这种感觉。所以我只想表达出来。然后你就要处理很多人的联系，他们很高兴你发了声。显然，辩论的另一方也会有批评。但就这方面而言，这是一次有趣的经历。”
当被问及利用“文字的力量”促成改变是否带来了一些成就感时，科内特说：“这只是那种情况凑巧凑到一起的事情。我觉得有些话必须得说，而我没有其他的媒介来表达，我也不太想上社交媒体。所以我只是站出来（说了出来）。”
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What Luke Kornet said about the NBA canceling ‘Magic City Night’
San Antonio Spurs center/forward Luke Kornet (7) dunks the ball in the first quarter as the Spurs take on the Suns on Thursday night, Feb. 19, 2026 in the first of two “I-35 Series” games in Austin at the Moody Center. Kornet offered a subdued reaction to news the NBA canceled the Atlanta Hawks’ Magic City Night promotion tied to a local strip club, though he said it felt “appropriate.” The league’s decision follows a blog post Kornet wrote asking the team to cancel the promotion.
Spurs center Luke Kornet prevailed in his crusade against the Atlanta Hawks’ so-called “Magic City Night.”
But instead of taking a victory lap, he offered a subdued reaction a day after the NBA said it was canceling the Hawks’ in-arena promotion involving the iconic Atlanta-area strip club that had been scheduled for March 16.
“I saw it and, frankly, that feels appropriate,” Kornet said of the news. “Obviously, the league has to do what they have to do with talking to people and figuring stuff out and not just acting quickly or anything like that. So, yeah, I think they made the right move in that but kind of just moved on pretty quickly.”
The NBA forced the Hawks to cancel the controversial promotion one week after Kornet asked the team to scrap it in a post on the blog he publishes on the website Medium.
“The NBA should desire to protect and esteem women, many of whom work diligently every day to make this the best basketball league in the world,” Kornet wrote. "We should promote an atmosphere that is protective and respectful of the daughters, wives, sisters, mothers, and partners that we know and love.
“Allowing this night to go forward without protest would reflect poorly on us as an NBA community, specifically in being complicit in the potential objectification and mistreatment of women in our society. Regardless of how a woman finds her way into the adult entertainment industry, many in this space experience abuse, harassment, and violence to which they should never be subjected.”
In announcing the cancellation, the NBA released a statement from league commissioner Adam Silver.
“When we became aware of the Atlanta Hawks’ scheduled promotion, we reached out to Hawks leadership to better understand their plans and rationale," Silver said. "While we appreciate the team’s perspective and their desire to move forward, we have heard significant concerns from a broad array of league stakeholders, including fans, partners and employees. I believe canceling this promotion is the right decision for the broader NBA community.”
In addition to his blog post, Kornet, 30, asked the Hawks to scuttle their plans in subsequent media interviews.
“It didn’t really represent what I know myself and a lot of others in the NBA felt,” Kornet said last week.
The Hawks and other proponents of the promotion argued Magic City was more than a strip club in the Atlanta community, citing its place as a cultural hub that launched the careers of several multi-million selling artists over the past two decades.
The night was expected to be PG-rated, featuring the club’s famous lemon pepper chicken wings, special T-shirt and merchandise sales and a halftime performance by Atlanta rapper T.I.
The Hawks reacted to Silver’s announcement with a short statement.
“While we are very disappointed in the NBA’s decision to cancel our Magic City Night promotion, we fully respect its decision,” the team said. “As a franchise, we remain committed to celebrating the best of Atlanta — with authenticity — in ways that continue to unite and bring us all together.”
The Hawks said on social media T.I will continue to perform at halftime and that the wings will still be served, but that a limited-edition hoodie would no longer be available. Atlanta also cancelled a live recording of the the Hawks AF Podcast with team principal owner, filmaker and actor Jami Gertz, T.I. and Magic City founder Michael “Mr. Magic” Barney.
Kornet said “a lot of people” reached out to him with words of support after his blog post.
“There’s a lot of people across the league who kind of felt similarly,” he said after shootaround in preparation for the Spurs’ home game against Boston on Tuesday night. "So I think that was kind of a part of it and I just wanted to make sure that was addressed. Putting yourself in the public arena like that, you don’t even want to do it, but I felt like it needed to be done.”
Kornet said he didn’t launch his blog thinking he would take on such hot-button issues. In some posts prior to his one on “Magic City Night” he discussed his Catholic faith and offered reviews of churches and cathedrals he had visited in his travels around the NBA.
“You don’t really want to do it, but I felt like it needed to be done,” he said of wading into a controversial topic. “A lot of people across the league kind of felt that way. So just want to express that. And then you kind of deal with a lot of people reaching out and being glad you said something. And then obviously there’s criticism from the other side of the argument. But it’s kind of an interesting experience in terms of that.”
Asked if there was some satisfaction from utilizing the “power of the pen” to make a change, Kornet said, “It’s just kind of one of those things where the situation sort of lined up, and then I felt like something needed to be said, and I didn’t really have any other medium to do it and I don’t really want to get on social media. So I just came out (and said it).”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writers, via San Antonio Express-News