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Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse was surprised to hear some of his players say they hadn't wanted to come to the NBA bubble in the first place.
"Playing these games certainly gives our guys a much better platform for social justice and any cause . . . that was kind of the conversations that I had individually and I expressed to the team," the coach said Saturday. Nurse said earlier this week that some of his players had wanted to leave the NBA bubble. Many players, not only Raptors, felt that leaving to protest was more important than playing.
Putting aside the emotions of the past few historic days might prove to be the toughest task when the ball finally goes up again. "I continue to get personal stories from our players about incidents they have been through themselves with law enforcement officers which are personal and disheartening and disappointing," Nurse said.
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