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Larry Nance Jr. on the pressure NBA players put on owners to become more socially conscious and politically engaged: “I’m thrilled that we applied that pressure”

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Larry Nance Jr. shared his thoughts on the pressure the NBA players put on the owners to become more socially conscious and politically engaged.

The big man of the Cleveland Cavaliers expressed his satisfaction for the players’ move.

“I’m thrilled that we applied that pressure. You know, I think it’s a great thing that they responded to the pressure. I think it’s–I don’t know, I think it’s terrific.

If they did feel pressure–there’s bad peer pressure and in this case, it’s good peer pressure. You know, you can only get good publicity, good things and, you know, it’s great, things happened by participating in a democracy.

And that’s that’s what they did by opening their facilities. And, you know, they’ve gained some loyal allies and their players because of it,” Nance Jr. told Mary Harris of Slate.

During the NBA restart in the Orlando “bubble”, the players decided to put pressure on the owners to become more active in the Black Lives Matter movement and the fight for social change.

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