The NBA has responded with power and purpose to the shooting of Jacob Blake. On Wednesday the Milwaukee Bucks, whose home base is very close to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where the shooting (and protests, and then the shooting of protesters) took place, decided to strike in unison, forcing the NBA to cancel Game 5 of their playoff series with the Orlando Magic. Other teams quickly followed suit, and all Wednesday’s games were postponed.
NBA teams were quick to put out statements in support of the move. The Knicks have been criticized in the past for being slow to send out their own public displays of support for social justice causes — remember the furor when they were the last team to make a statement after the George Floyd murder?