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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse says the idea of a boycott"is on the table" after players from his team and the Boston Celtics met Tuesday night in advance of their NBA playoff series.
Nurse adds he also has heard talk of a couple of his players leaving the NBA campus and going home, though he doesn't know if that is a team-wide belief. "They want to be part of a solution, they want to help, they want justice . . . Boycotting the game has come up for them as a way to demand a little more action, and I think that's really what they want," Nurse said in a videoconference with reporters on Wednesday."I think there's enough attention, and there's not quite enough action."
Last week, video emerged of a law enforcement officer shoving Masai Ujiri as the Raptors president tried to get on the court following the team's title-clinching win over the Golden State Warriors last year in Oakland, Calif.
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