Kyrie Irving led a players-only conference call on Friday with over 80 basketball players from the NBA and WNBA, according to multiple reports.
Players spoke for an hour and forty minutes, Haynes reported, during which a wide range of opinions were voiced, questions were answered and a common theme emerged that “whatever we do, we’re in this together.”
“I don’t support going to Orlando,” Irving said, according to Charania. “I’m not with the systematic racism and the [expletive]. Something smells a little fishy.Kyrie Irving on players call Friday, per sources: “I’m willing to give up everything I have ."Though he was vocal about his preference being not going to Orlando, Irving said he would ultimately stand with the group if they decided to play, Haynes reported.
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