Brooklyn base Nets Kyrie Irving has emerged as the leader of a multiplayer boycott of the NBA against plans to restart the competition, suspended in March by the coronavirus pandemic, following the tense weeks of protests by the death of African American citizen George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis, according to the American media The Athletic.
"I do not support going to Orlando. I am not with systematic racism and this shit. Something smells a little strange. Whether we admit it or not, we are attacked as black men every day we wake up," Irving said, according to The Athletic, in a video conference. 90-minute session with more than 80 NBA and WNBA players.
On June 4, the NBA confirmed that the regular season would resume, with 22 teams, on July 31 at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando (Florida). The current campaign had been suspended on March 11, after French Utah jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19 just before the game against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
As reported by the American media, several renowned players support the boycott proposed by Irving. The president of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), Chris Paul , Los Angeles Lakers players Dwight Howard and Avery Bradley , Irving teammate of the Nets Kevin Durant or Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell were some of the members of the video call.
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The death of black American citizen George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has triggered the largest protests in recent American history against police brutality across the country.
The marches degenerated during the first days into violent riots that increased the police response, although agents from various states have been accused of responding to the peaceful marches with excessive violence, as well as attacking journalists displaced to the sites of the protests.
In addition, athletes have acknowledged that they are also concerned about the situation regarding the coronavirus pandemic, which has affected more than two million people in the United States, of whom almost 114,700 have died.
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