Ex-NBAer Jackson: Now isn’t the time to play. MORE:
, who was a friend of the late George Floyd, says now is not the right time for the NBA to resume playing basketball.
"Everybody is going to be worrying about the playoffs. They’re going to have [the games] plastered all over TV, and nobody’s going to be talking about getting justice for all these senseless murders by the police. Nobody is going to be focusing on the task at hand." Jackson’s comments in Saturday’s video come on the heels of reports that surfaced on Friday night that said that a group of multiple NBA players – with Brooklyn Nets starchief among them – are not in support of the NBA season being resumed amid the protests and unrest.
"Playing basketball ain’t going to do nothing but make them money and take the attention of what we are fighting for; what we are marching for.
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