All NBA games have been cancelled tonight in protest over another shooting of a Black man. This time it was the shooting of Jacob Blake seven times in the back. With 74.3% of players in the NBA being Black, the owners, unlike in the NFL, had little choice but to go along with the cancellations, unlike what happened to Kaepernick's much milder kneeling during the national anthem.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/n...ponement/live/The NBA has announced that all three playoff games Wednesday will be postponed and rescheduled. The decision comes after the Milwaukee Bucks players did not take the court for Game 5 of their first-round series against the Orlando Magic, which was supposed to tip off at 4 p.m. ET. The protest comes in response to the shooting of an unarmed black man named Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday. Shortly after the Bucks made a statement by not playing, the Rockets and Thunder decided to also not play today, as well as the Lakers and Trail Blazers.
Bucks owners Marc Lasry, Wes Edens and Jamie Dinan released the following joint statement:
"We fully support out players and the decision they made. Although we did not know beforehand, we would have wholeheartedly agreed with them. The only way to bring about change is to shine a light on the racial injustices that are happening in front of us. Our players have done that and we will continue to stand alongside them and demand accountability and change."
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