NBA to Resume Playoffs on Saturday, League Agrees to More Social Justice Initiatives

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Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThe NBA and National Basketball Players Association have agreed that the playoffs will resume today after a tumultuous couple of days that saw players almost cancel the season.The league and players union released a joint statement Friday announcing resumption of the games, and said that the league and its players will work together on several initiatives to promote voting access, combat social injustice and racial inequality, and advocate for police

The Toronto Raptors will start their best-of-seven NBA Eastern Conference semifinal against the Boston Celtics on Sunday after Game 1 was postponed Thursday in the aftermath of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Kenosha, Wis., last weekend.

went on strike Wednesday night in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. In a joint statement shared on social media, National Basketball Players Association Executive Director Michele Roberts and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said of the decision, "We had a candid, impassioned and productive conversation yesterday between NBA players, coaches and team governors regarding next steps to further our collective efforts and actions in support of social justice and racial

The NBA has reached an agreement with the players union to resume playoff games this weekend and part of the deal was turning basketball arenas into voting locations this November!

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorThe NBA and its players union said today that the playoffs will resume Saturday after a three-day pause in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin.After a meeting among players, coaches and team officials, the league has committed to “further our collective efforts and actions in support of social justice and racial equality.”“We had a candid, impassioned and productive conversation yesterday between NBA players, coaches and team governors

boycotted their scheduled playoff game against the Orlando Magic in the wake of the 29-year-old Wisconsin man being shot in the back multiple times by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin.“NBA playoff games for today will not be played as scheduled. We are hopeful to resume games either Friday or Saturday," NBA Executive Vice President Mike Bass said in a statement on Thursday.

National Basketball Association (NBA) players agreed on Thursday not to boycott the rest of the season after forcing the postponement of a slate of playoff games in a protest against racial injustice and police brutality.

Black-ish star Tracee Ellis Ross has praised the decision by several NBA teams to strike over the Wisconsin police shooting of Jacob Blake earlier this week. The Milwaukee Bucks, an NBA team located around an hour outside of Kenosha, where Blake was shot, never appeared on the court for their playoff game against the Orlando Magic Wednesday night.

Megyn Kelly was slammed on Twitter on Thursday after sharing a Daily Mail article suggesting Jacob Blake had a knife when cops shot him in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorNBA players have voted to resume the playoffs but will take another night off on Thursday in response to the police shooting of a Black man in Kenosha, WI.ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and other reporters cited unidentified sources in saying players decided today to resume the season but after at least one more night off in the wake of Jacob Blake’s shooting and resulting protests.

Dwyane Wade stands firmly with the Milwaukee Bucks and his fellow NBA stars.

Tracee Ellis Ross spoke out about the shooting of Jacob Blake during an appearance on Wednesday’s “The Late Late Show”.

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Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorMajor League Soccer joined its pro sports counterparts the NBA, WNBA and several Major League Baseball teams in postponing its slate of games in the wake of player-led protests spurred by the police shooting of Jacob Blake this past weekend in Kenosha, WI.The soccer league said Wednesday evening that it was postponing the remaining five games on its schedule for the night, part of MLS’ Week 7 slate: Inter Miami CF vs. Atlanta United, FC Dallas vs.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThursday’s NBA playoff schedule, and perhaps the entire playoffs, still hang in the balance, as a meeting of NBA players and coaches Wednesday failed to reach a concensus on next steps.Wednesday’s NBA playoff games were postponed when the Milwaukee Bucks – the team nearest Kenosha, Wisconsin, where the Jacob Blake shooting incident that sparked protests and looting took place – decided not to play their game.

The Milwaukee Bucks have decided to boycott Game 5 of their playoff series against Orlando Magic in protest over racial injustice.

 shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Sunday, many NBA teams are striking during games. In a move of solidarity, Inside the NBA panelist Kenny Smith joined them, shocking viewers by walking off the set of the TNT analysis show while live on air."I think the biggest thing now, as a black man, as a former player, I think it's best for me to support the players and just not be here tonight," Smith said while taking off his microphone.

.@TheJetOnTNT stands with the NBA players. pic.twitter.com/39Sby1D5kn— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) August 26, 2020Also Read: NBA Calls Off Playoff Games Amid Boycott Over Jacob Blake ShootingEarlier Wednesday, the NBA called off its three playoff games in response to the decision by the Milwaukee Bucks to boycott their game in protest of the shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man, by police over the weekend in Kenosha, Wisconsin.