Despite being the two teams who are favored to compete for the NBA championship both the Lakers and the Clippers seem to be in favor of boycotting the rest of the season in protest of the Jacob Blake shooting.
On Wednesday night, NBA players held a league-wide meeting to vote on whether they wanted to continue the season after several teams boycotted their playoff games.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 27, 2020
— Chris Mannix (@SIChrisMannix) August 27, 2020
According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, both the Lakers, Clippers players including LeBron James had voted to cancel the rest of the season in protest of the Black shooting.
LeBron James walked out. Rest of Lakers and Clippers exited behind him.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 27, 2020
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 27, 2020
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 27, 2020
— Blake Murphy (@BlakeMurphyODC) August 27, 2020
Every team other than the Lakers, Clippers voted in favor of continuing the season but the meeting ended “ugly”.
— David Aldridge (@davidaldridgedc) August 27, 2020
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 27, 2020
