Los Angeles Clippers point guard Lou Williams called sports “a distraction” in the current climate, a comment that came following a call hosted by Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving on Friday night.
Irving, vice president of the NBA Players Association, held a Zoom call that included more than 80 NBA players and a handful of WNBA players discussing social justice reform and if their leagues should return to games next month. Some players, including Irving, are against playing games so that they can focus on racial oppression and systemic racism in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death.