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Grizzlies, other NBA teams speak out on Tyre Nichols' death

Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins watched a televised interview Friday of Tyre Nichols' mother speaking about the loss of her son, and lost control of his emotions.

"I cried," Jenkins said.

The outrage, frustration, sadness and anger was evident around the basketball world on Friday, the day a video was released showing how Nichols, a 29-year-old father, was killed by five Memphis police officers. The NBA and several teams released statements of support for the family, as did the NBA and WNBA players' unions.

And the emotions around the league were palpable, as has been the case so many times after so many other incidents of violence by police against Black men and women in recent years.