LeBron James shared his thoughts on the moment before Thursday night's Lakers-Clippers game, whenevery player, coach and staff member took a knee during
Atlanta Falcons Home Office the national anthem.All players, coaches and refs take a knee and lock arms during the national anthem before the Lakers-Clippers game. Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) NBA RESTART: | | The gesture was a continuation of Colin Kaepernick's protestagainstracial injustice, police brutality and systematic oppre sion in the United States. Speaking candidly after the game, James said he hoped Kaepernick appreciated the act."I hope we made Kap proud," James said. "I hope we continue to make Kap proud. Every single day I hope I make him proud on how
Keith Smith Jersey I live my life, not only on the basketball floor, but off the floor. I want to always speak out against things that I feel like are unjust. I always want to be educated on things and go about it that way."Kap was someone who stood up when times weren't comfortable, when people didn't understand, people refused to listen to what he was saying. If you go back and go look at any of his postgame interviews when he was talking about why he was kneeling, it had absolutely nothing to do with the flag. It had absolutely nothing to do with the soldiers, the men and women that keep our land free.
John Cominsky Jersey He explained that, and their ears were closed, people never listened, they refused to listen, but I did. A lot of people in the Black community did listen, and we just thank for him sacrificing everything that he did to put us in a position today, even years later, to be able to have that moment like we did tonight."MORE:James that Black Lives Matter "is not a movement." Following the Lakers' win against the Clippers, James was asked about that comment in an interview with TNT. He was also asked about the progre s made by the NBA in regards to spreading awarene s."There'sbeen progre s, but in the past when we've seen progre s, we've let our foot off the gas a little bit
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Tyeler Davison Jersey people of color and it's something that we want to continue to have people's ears open to.We have ears now, but we cannot stop putting our foot on the gas, as we've been doing for the last few months."In the past when weve seen progre s, weve let our foot off the gas a little bit. We cant do that.Bron addre sed where he feels the
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