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MOMENT · 2020 · 6 years ago
Raptors players say out loud they might not play
Two days before the Bucks' walkout stopped the NBA bubble, Fred VanVleet and Norman Powell told reporters the Raptors had discussed boycotting games to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Toronto was preparing for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinal against Boston, and that night the two teams held a players-only meeting about not playing it. The Raptors were among the first players in the league to put the idea on the record.