The NBA plans to go to Disney World next month to finish a season, with a schedule calling for the 22 remaining teams to play…
The NBA plans to go to Disney World next month to finish a season, with a schedule calling for the 22 remaining teams to play more than 150 more games and for the league to eventually crown a champion.
Coaches are seeing potentially a bigger purpose as well.
Many players and coaches have spoken out in recent days following the death of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into his neck for several minutes even after he stopped moving and pleading for air.
But two coaches said Saturday that once the league arrives at Disney, they would expect the NBA’s visibility to be an asset again in the hope for actual change.
“I don’t think anybody is really ready to move on. And we shouldn’t,” Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said.
“If anything, many times before, so tragically, there would be a similar incident of social injustice like this and then two weeks later people forget about it. This will be an opportunity for the entire association to land in one spot… to keep this conversation going and use our platform to make sure that this doesn’t go away.
