The voice of NBA professionals was once again heard loudly in all fields, now to unanimously condemn the riots and the assault on the Capitol in Washington, which occurred this Wednesday.

In the same way that coaches and players condemned and denounced racial injustice and police action while they were in the Orlando bubble, this time they did so across the country, where 11 games were played.

The first voice heard was that of Philadelphia Sixers coach

Doc Rivers

, who was once invited to speak at a

Joe Biden

rally

after the president-elect used his words in an October speech, calling the racial unit in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Rivers again denounced the unbridled crowd on Wednesday in Washington, although he warned that "democracy will prevail."

"I'll say it because I don't think a lot of people want to do it: Can you imagine today if they were all black, storming the Capitol and what has happened?" Asked Rivers.

"To me, it's a picture that's worth a thousand words for all of us to see. It's something we must take into account. No police dogs attacking people, no clubs beating people. People peacefully escorted out of the Capitol. It shows that you can disperse a crowd peacefully, I guess, "Rivers argued before his team's victory over the Washington Wizards.

For his part, Wizards coach

Scott Brooks

declared that it was "disgusting" to see the mob storming the Capitol.

"We should be better than all that."

The star point guard of the Golden State Warriors,

Stephen Curry

, through his social networks reminded President Donald Trump what he had said about how to act against the protesters of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Trump criticized the protesters for being "violent" and asked that the participants be arrested, prompting Curry to send a message to the Republican president, asking if he would say the same about the riots that his supporters carried out on Capitol Hill.

"Did the cat eat your tongue?" Curry wrote.

More critical and direct was the Warriors coach,

Steve Kerr

, who before the game that his team played against the Los Angeles Clippers in San Francisco, said that the only person responsible for what happened was President Trump.

"The lies about the theft of the elections that came from his mouth directly influenced and incited the assault on the Capitol building," Kerr denounced.

"What happened is a reminder that truth matters and should not be allowed to continue deceiving people with permanent lies for four years and more from power."

Kerr is a leading activist, passionate about establishing laws prohibiting the possession of firearms, and fighting for social justice.

He is a member of the NBA group that formed the Coaches Committee for Racial Justice last summer.

Among other members of the committee led by coach Lloyd Pierce (Atlanta), Gregg Popovich (San Antonio) and Rivers (Philadelphia).

Kerr also praised the great work done by the women's league (WNBA) and NBA players that allowed Georgia to win the two senatorial seats that were held by the Republicans and Biden to achieve eight million more votes than Trump in the elections. past presidential elections.

"It's amazing that today's athletes - players in the WNBA, NBA, all different sports - feel comfortable and confident speaking their minds," Kerr stressed.

"Also, trying to help create change in this country in areas where they feel change is necessary. It is very, very inspiring."

Before the game began, the Warriors and Clippers players knelt as the national anthem played and wore the Black Lives Matter jerseys.

Also in Miami, players from the Heat and Boston Celtics knelt during the performance of the national anthem and had previously discussed the possibility of not playing the match in protest of the Kenosha (Wisconsin) prosecutor's decision not to press charges against the police officer who shot Jacobs Blake, a black man, in the back as he was about to be arrested.

The outcry from the players, supported by Celtics coaches

Brad Stevens

and Heat

coaches

Eric Spoelstra

, was also due to what happened Wednesday afternoon on Capitol Hill.

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