Players and coaches around the NBA say they have been frustrated and are upset after seeing video that showed the police shooting of Jacob Blake following a month and a half in the NBA bubble calling for reform.
With the second round of the post-season set to begin Thursday when Toronto plays Boston, players from both teams say there have been discussions about whether they should boycott games following the police shooting in Wisconsin of Jacob Blake, a Black man.
“So we definitely need to take a different approach and we need to try new things out to try to get this thing working the way that we know it should and get our voices heard even more.” Now with Blake’s shooting coming so soon after the start of the playoffs, Toronto guard Fred VanVleet said it was hard to get excited about the second-round matchup with Boston — if they decide to play it.
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