The last 24 hours or so have been unprecedented for the NBA.
The players decided to sit out yesterday’s playoff games, which has since been extended to today, as the Clippers’ Game 6 has been postponed. There were rumblings that the season itself was in jeopardy while players continued to process the shooting of Jacob Blake, the inaction of the Wisconsin state legislature, and the ever-present fear of being Black in America.
Landry Shamet spoke with his former teammate J.J. Redick on “The Old Man and the Three” podcast about the events in Kenosha, Wisconsin; what the past few day has been like; and how the league will proceed from here.