Players only meeting.

[candrew]

8pm EST. Apparently there are some big names that want to leave the bubble and end the season where it is.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I'd support it.

 

[Shad]

GOOD. WE ALL KNOW THIS PLAYOFF SEASON NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANYWAYS

 

[stormkoopacv03]

I mean, I get it and support it but punishing the league and it's nba fans by expressing a complete walkout isn't the answer.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

8pm EST. Apparently there are some big names that want to leave the bubble and end the season where it is.

Who?

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

I mean, I get it and support it but punishing the league and it's nba fans by expressing a complete walkout isn't the answer.

Why not?

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I won't oppose the players if that's what they want to do.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

Fully support whatever the players decide.

 

[candrew]

Who?

An unnamed vet told Woj.

 

[AlaskanAssassin]

I'm all for players doing whatever they want to do. Everyone has free will.

However, I think NBA players might have a false sense of how much influence they have over our country, culture, and government. A police officer making an extremely bad decision and potentially killing someone isn't going to change because NBA players decided not to play a game.

Any changes NBA players, or the public in general, would like to see regarding police brutality, criminal justice reform, etc. are not going to be solved overnight. There are 300+ million people living together in this country. Police shootings, even unjustified ones, are not going to stop anytime in the near future. The goal should be to minimize and reduce these over time. If NBA players refrain from playing until all unjustified police shootings are eliminated...........they aren't going to be playing during this lifetime.

 

[One Brow]

Of all the leagues, the NBA has been the most supportive of the current protests, from what I can tell.

 

[NAOS]

I'm all for players doing whatever they want to do. Everyone has free will.

However, I think NBA players might have a false sense of how much influence they have over our country, culture, and government. A police officer making an extremely bad decision and potentially killing someone isn't going to change because NBA players decided not to play a game.

Any changes NBA players, or the public in general, would like to see regarding police brutality, criminal justice reform, etc. are not going to be solved overnight. There are 300+ million people living together in this country. Police shootings, even unjustified ones, are not going to stop anytime in the near future. The goal should be to minimize and reduce these over time. If NBA players refrain from playing until all unjustified police shootings are eliminated...........they aren't going to be playing during this lifetime.

I’d argue that Entertainment is a numbing agent. It doesn’t help the public’s attention span. It’s a distraction. Deciding to stop the season isn’t necessarily a signal that the players overestimate their impact; it’s just as easily seen as an unwillingness to put peoples’ attentions and priorities on the wrong thing.

I think enough of the players thought they could use their platform to help push the movement forward. But where’s the justice for Brionna Taylor? People need to be uncomfortable, not cloaked with the usual pacifiers.