Doc Rivers believes that among the many things that will emerge from NBA occasions this week, there is a new sense of camaraderie within the league’s teams.
The Los Angeles Chief Coach Clippers told reporters Saturday that they were “closer due to the last 48 hours” after protests and player meetings.
The NBA postponed the playoff games scheduled for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday after a single-player strike with the Milwaukee Bucks, following the shooting of Jacob Blake through a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on August 23.
After some initial uncertainty if the postseason would continue, the players voted to remain on the NBA campus to finish the schedule.
According to Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes, there was some frustration with the Bucks’ resolve to protest that “it wasn’t part of an arranged action plan.”
Haynes noted that Wednesday’s players’ assembly had had tense moments, adding that LeBron James led his Los Angeles Lakers teammates to the max in a strike after being pressured by the Miami Heat ahead of Udonis Haslem over what he planned to deal with the situation:
“James then said, ‘We went out’ and went out with almost all his teammates behind,” Resources said, with Dwight Howard as the Laker on the left.