Milwaukee Bucks become first NBA team to boycott playoff game to protest social injustice https://t.co/y7qBZBXLiv
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 26, 2020
Athletes in this era are upholding the finest traditions of heroes like Muhammad Ali. You can't have your entertainment if these players aren't even safe driving home for fear of a police stop. You want your "sport?" Peace and quiet and a relief from protests? Change policing. https://t.co/eiWD4r2a0u
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) August 26, 2020
If you have a problem with players choosing social change over sports, that’s a problem. The sooner ppl understand that the sport of basketball is insignificant in comparison to these events taking place in our country. The sooner you’ll understand what players are thinking. https://t.co/2adMzereel
— Antonio Daniels (@adaniels33) August 26, 2020
When I went to Milwaukee in 2016 to cover the police shooting of Sylville Smith I was struck by the role the Bucks front office was playing in trying to soothe the unrest. 2 years later, Bucks guard Sterling Brown was assaulted by police. Now 45 mins south, Jacob Blake’s shooting https://t.co/TeBK9oRXvh
— Wesley (@WesleyLowery) August 26, 2020
We are at an inflection point. ✊🏼 https://t.co/Zg3GhNAGJY
— Michael Silver (@MikeSilver) August 26, 2020
The Bucks are showing a hell of a lot more guts and moral clarity than almost every other American institution.
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) August 26, 2020
Sad! 