NBA expected to resume playoff games following player protests over Jacob Blake shooting

NBA playoff games are expected to resume after Wednesday's games were postponed due to player protests over Jacob Blake's shooting.

According to various reports, players agreed to continue playoffs games after a meeting on Thursday. The NBA's board of governors also met to discuss the matter,reported there has yet to be a resolution to when games will be rescheduled. "Over the last few days in our home state of Wisconsin, we've seen the horrendous video of Jacob Blake being shot in the back seven times by a police officer in Kenosha, and the additional shooting of protestors," the Bucks said in a statement, according to NBA.com. "Despite the overwhelming plea for change, there has been no action, so our focus today cannot be on basketball.

Before resuming games in Orlando after a five-month Covid-19 pause, the NBA agreed it would use its platform to help its players continue address racial matters and bring awareness to police brutality. League owners also stepped up financial support to fight social and economic injustices in the Black community.

In addition, some club owners have also stepped up individually. Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai offered an additional"You have to admit that racism exists, and you have to understand that there are systemic imbalances in society that cause racism and cause lack of economic mobility and lack of wage trajectory." Wu Tsai told CNBC on Monday.

idontgetit

DAm Double DAM I thought these goons were gonna make a real stand and sit out the Playoffs!!!! they r cowards!!! Greedy azz all talk no action weak kneed COWARDS KingJames

Welcome to the big show!! NOW WE MUST GET PAID! Let’s see if they cancel their China trip to protest the tyranny of the CCP

A 1 day boycott. So brave!

😴😴

Thank God... Now I can sleep tonight

Don’t care

Who cares

And the thugs have blinked. If you support law and order and the police, do not go back to watching. Let their ratings and revenues fall. We lived without them for months during the pandemic. Remember Michael Jordan's quote: 'Republicans buy sneakers too'.

For the good of the country we should cancel the NBA, WNBA, MLB & NFL for a year, if not longer.

Blake had a warrant for his arrest based on charges of third-degree sexual assault, trespassing, and disorderly conduct in connection with domestic abuse. Let's see if Trump pardons him. Surely Joe will if he wins

Absurd!

KennethHowardC3 💙💙💙💙💙

I thought we are protesting.. lmfao

When the NBA realized that nobody really cared, they decided to begin playing again.

Well that was fast

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