Posted on 04/18/2021 2:02:13 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The NBA has instructed teams to be vigilant about the impact of a potential verdict this week in the Derek Chauvin trial for the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, including the possibility of game postponements, sources told ESPN.
The looming specter of possible protests, civil unrest and team reactions in the aftermath of a verdict has the league office preparing for the prospect that a night or two of league games could be postponed this week, sources said.
Closing arguments are expected Monday in the case against Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who faces charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd's death after he held his knee on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes in May 2020. Chauvin has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Minnesota Timberwolves and Brooklyn Nets postponed a game last week after the police shooting of an unarmed Black man, Daunte Wright, during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis.
The Timberwolves started a four-game, seven-day Western Conference road trip on Sunday in Los Angeles.
The NBA and WNBA postponed a full slate of playoff games after another Black man, Jacob Blake, was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during the NBA's restart in Orlando, Florida, in August 2020. The Milwaukee Bucks boycotted a playoff game against the Orlando Magic, triggering a full stoppage of league games for three days.
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Nothing more important than the impact the trial will have on grown men throwing a ball around.
Who cares?
Everyone be vigilant. This verdict could trigger rioting all over the country, as the original George Floyd incident did.
I’ll be ready to continue not watch the nba
Its funny, when OJ was acquitted I dont remember any white folks looting Best Buy
I wonder what NBA attendance will be like in 20 cities next year? (Outside of WOKE cities like New York and L.A.)
All these warnings and threats from Maxine Waters to the NBA are to “help” the jury with their deliberations.
They’re not expecting a murder conviction?
They thought about it! That makes you complicit!!
ANTIFA is hoping and praying for a not guilty verdict.
They might get him on manslaughter. No way on murder. Just my .02.
Zeroed, locked and loaded.
The spoiled dribbling children will probably want time off with full pay if there’s a not guilty verdict. Anything short of that would be racist, of course.
NBA will continue to alienate any remaining fans left in Peoria, Illinois.
>>Its funny, when OJ was acquitted I dont remember any white folks looting Best Buy<<
Probably out looking for a Dollar store.
If nobody is watching them anymore, how will anybody know if the games are postponed?
Violent destructive rioters should be shot with lead bullets.
Just as long as we have Riots, Burning Looting and Madness in all the Democrat Blue Cities, my popcorn is ready.
Twenty in the US and the rest relocated to China.
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