INDEPENDENCE: At the ESPY Awards on July 14, the Cavaliers’ LeBron James stood alongside Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade as the four spoke about gun violence, police brutality against African-Americans and the country’s racial divide.
Earlier this month, the Cavs’ Iman Shumpert released a rap song online titled “His Story” in which he vowed he was going to take a knee for the national anthem.
The anthem debate was spurred by 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s decision to kneel in protest to make a statement about wrongdoings against blacks and other minorities in the United States.