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Sports pundit Michelle Beadle ripped into San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet over his blog post calling for the Atlanta Hawks to end their “Magic City Night” promotion and calling out the famous Magic City strip club.
Kornet called on the Hawks to rescind the promotion and suggested NBA players and officials “foster an atmosphere that is protective and respectful of the daughters, wives, sisters, mothers and partners that we know and love.”
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San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet (7) reacts in the second quarter against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on March 1, 2026. (Brad Penner/Imagn Images)
Beadle said on his podcast, “Beadle & Decker,” that Kornet should “take a seat.”
“Luke Kornet, I need you to sit down,” she said. “I love you, man, because you’re a Spur, and that’s how this game works. And all due respect to his … he wrote a long, long blog about why the Atlanta Hawks should respectfully repeal ‘Magic Monday.’ … As a woman, I’m not offended by the idea of ‘Magic Monday.’ maybe sheep.
“Secondly, and more importantly, thank you, white knight. We don’t need this. I’ve had enough of men telling us what we can and shouldn’t and what we should have and what we should need and how we should act. No, no, no, these are not trafficked 12-year-olds, okay? We have, and none of these people have grown, is not a job that’s not brought forth—. I don’t understand, shame on you for that industry as part of this blog.And most importantly, it’s not even a Spurs game, it has nothing to do with you and he actually wants people to sign.
Michelle Beadle attends the 8th Annual Nike Basketball 3ON3 Tournament at Microsoft Square on August 5, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Leon Bennett/WireImage)
Kornet wrote that allowing the night to continue “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 community.”
He added that “others around the league” were surprised by the Hawks’ decision to hold this promotional night.
“We want to create an environment where fans of all ages can safely come and enjoy the game of basketball and where we can celebrate the community’s history and culture with a clear conscience. The celebration of a strip club is not behavior consistent with that vision,” he wrote.
Luke Kornet of the San Antonio Spurs reaches for the ball in the third quarter against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center on February 26, 2026 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Ishika Samant/Getty Images)
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The Hawks have since seen an increase in ticket demand since the controversy started.
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