World News – UA – Korver explains Bucks decision to boycott game in August – SportsnetCalifornia

The Milwaukee Bucks and Orlando Magic were not on the field to give information about their playoff game in a boycott to draw attention to the Jacob Blake shoot

Kyle Korver was a guest speaker at his alma mater, Creighton University, this weekend and the Milwaukee Bucks forward was asked about his team’s decision to boycott Game 5 of their first-round playoff series against the Orlando Magic in August

The decision was made in response to a police shootout on a man named Jacob Blake days earlier in Kenosha, Wisc, about 40 miles south of Milwaukee

The NBA ended up postponing the game and other teams in the league, as well as teams from other sports, followed suit and chose not to play their scheduled games in the following days

Korver explained that George Hill and Sterling Brown were the first teammates to express their desire not to play

“We all just sat there and we were like, ‘We’re all with you,’ Korver said. » It’s always interesting to me as a white man in these spaces What to do? How can I help as a white man What am I saying as a white man in this space You know what you do You are with the marginalized And when you can you amplify their voices you listen to their thoughts , you listen to their ideas, then you find your way to help « 

Last night, Kyle Korver explained the Milwaukee Bucks’ decision to stay together during an intense locker room meeting inside the NBA Bubble, and how that helped change imageTwittercom / 1wPi4brcyN

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