The Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers are so emotionally drained over the shooting of an unarmed Black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin that they voted to boycott the remainder of the NBA playoffs.
According to reports, the Lakers and Clippers were the only teams to take such drastic action after Jacob Blake was shot 7 times in the back.
The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported that the other teams voted to continue the playoffs. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski noted, “The Clippers and Lakers voting on perhaps not continuing with the season was considered more of a polling, than a final vote, sources tell ESPN. The resumption of the playoffs remains still up in the air.”
NBA insider David Aldridge tweeted, “Told the players’ meeting ended “ugly,” per a source, with uncertainty about what will happen tomorrow. The union will be present at the special Board of Governors meeting, per a source.” It appears that the games slated for Thursday will be postponed as well. “Discussions on continuing season will extend into tomorrow, sources tell ESPN, but appears unlikely the three playoff games on Thursday will be played. “Everyone is still too emotional,” one high-ranking source tells ESPN. “There needs to be more time to come together on this,” tweeted Woj.
