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Players, coaches kneel before Jazz win on NBA’s reopening night – Sydney Morning Herald
Players and coaches from the Pelicans and Jazz knelt alongside one another in Florida before tip-off in the first NBA game for more than 100 days.
The NBA has a rule going back to the early 1980s that players must stand for the national anthem. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, anticipating that players would kneel during these games at Walt Disney World, has made clear that he supports peaceful protests.
Many players warmed up wearing shirts that said Black Lives Matter.” Thursday also marked the debut of new jerseys bearing messages that many players chose to have added, such as Equality” and Peace.” Ingles wore a shirt with “Ally” on the b…
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