Miami (AFP)
Australian San Antonio Spurs point guard Patty Mills announced Wednesday that he will donate more than $ 1 million in his last eight NBA regular season games to anti-racism organizations in Australia.
"I am proud to say that every penny I earn during these eight matches (nearly 900,000 euros) will be donated directly to the associations + Black Lives Matter Australia +, + Black Deaths in Custody + and to a campaign called + We Got You + which aims to end racism in sport in Australia, "said Mills in a video on social media.
"I'm going to play in Orlando (where the end of the season will be contested, editor's note) because I can't leave money that could go to the black community," added Mills, who has defended movements working for social justice. during his eleven years in the NBA.
The 31-year-old player, crowned champion in 2014, is one of the players wishing to support the anti-racism movement despite the situation of forced quarantine for players and members of the 22 clubs participating in the end of the season in a "bubble" in Orlando.
NBA players began arriving Wednesday in Orlando, Florida on the eve of the start of training camp for the resumption of the championship July 30 in the "bubble" of Disney World, despite a context of resurgence new coronavirus in Florida.
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