Even as the NBA returns to play, the important discussions around social justice must not get lost. As Raptors forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson reminded us, the media plays a key role to help keep the conversation going. (via loung_s)
All nine questions reporters lobbed at Hollis-Jefferson during his approximately eight minute session with the media were basketball-related, including how he felt being back out there after such a long layoff during Friday’s scrimmage with the Houston Rockets, how he believes he fits in the team’s offence and, full disclosure, a question asked by myself about how the bench unit he’s a part of looked like on Friday night.
To this point, after after a moment of light fun with teammate Stanley Johnson asking a few questions to kick off his media availability, the first question a reporter askedLike other Raptors, Siakam plans on wearing “Black Lives Matter” on his jersey because, likefirst pointed out, he wasn’t a fan of the limited options the league offered and this messaging “was the closest to what I wanted to say.
“I felt ‘Black Lives Matter’ was the closest to what I wanted to say and, at the same time I don’t think that really matters, man, just having something on our jersey,” Siakam said. “It’s the work that we have to do on the other side that’s gonna show. This is a point well made by Siakam. The cause is definitely more important than just the messaging of the cause, but getting that doesn’t take away from the importance of messaging, either.
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