The court where the NBA will resume playing games later this month officially says, “Black Lives Matter.”
The league promised its players it would print the slogan on the main court at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex inside the NBA bubble in Orlando, Florida, and on Tuesday the painted message was revealed.
Here is the NBA restart court in Orlando: the spaced out chairs are the socially distanced bench, Black Lives Matter is written on the court. pic.twitter.com/XGJu1w4QLC
— Malika Andrews (@malika_andrews) July 21, 2020
In the wake of the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and the ensuing protests, the NBA, whose players are primarily Black, also allowed players to choose one of 29 social justice messages to wear on their jerseys in lieu of their names.
The league plans to resume action on July 30, starting with a game between the New Orleans Pelicans and Utah Jazz.
• Adam Zielonka can be reached at azielonka@washingtontimes.com.
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