As part of the league’s effort to continue fighting for racial justice and against police brutality during the NBA restart, the league and the NBPA agreed to feature personalized social justice messages on jerseys.
It turns out that the players don’t have full autonomy on the personalization of those jerseys. Instead, Marc Spears of The Undefeated reported last week that players were given a list of approved messages to choose from:
The list of the suggested social messages that were agreed upon by the NBPA and the NBA and then made available to players via email, per the source, are: Black Lives Matter; Say Their Names; Vote; I Can’t Breathe; Justice; Peace; Equality; Freedom; Enough; Power to the People; Justice Now; Say Her Name; Sí Se Puede (Yes We Can); Liberation; See Us; Hear Us; Respect Us; Love Us; Listen; Listen to Us; Stand Up; Ally; Anti-Racist; I Am A Man; Speak Up; How Many More; Group Economics; Education Reform; and Mentor.