Former NBA player Stephen Jackson, who was friends with George Floyd, called for the postponement of the NBA season so as not to detract from the Black Lives Matter movement.
In an Instagram video posted on Sunday, Jackson said, “I love the NBA, man. That’s my family, but now ain’t the time to be playing basketball, y’all. Now ain’t the time. Playing basketball is gonna do one thing, take all the attention off the task at hand right now and what we fighting for.”
“I love the NBA, man. That was my family, but now ain’t the time to be playing basketball, y’all. Now ain’t the time. Playing basketball is gonna do one thing, take all the attention off the task at hand right now, what we fighting for,” Jackson said.
“Everybody gonna be worried about the playoffs. They gonna have all that blasted all over the TV, and nobody’s gonna be talking about getting justice for all these senseless murders by the police and nobody’s gonna be focused on the task at hand, bro,” he said.
“None of these white owners have spoken up. None of ’em are taking a stand. Yeah, they might post a video when the season start of saying what we should do, but they ain’t doing nothing. Playing basketball ain’t gonna do nothin’ but make them money and take the attention off what we fighting for, what we marching for. It’s bigger than all of us, and it’s bigger than the game. I’m sad that we still gotta explain that to people, bro,” Jackson added.
