The Milwaukee Bucks veteran point guard George Hill believes that basketball has to be the last thought amid social unrest.
With the protests against the racial injustice and systemic racism being in place for the last couple of weeks, Hill has basketball in his mind as an ‘afterthought’, per ESPN’s Eric Woodyard.
“I’ve been working every day since this all started with my body, my game and things like that, but as a whole, I can care less about basketball right now,” Hill noted.
“That’s like my last worry. That’s just the game I’m blessed to play. When the ball goes up in the air, I’m ready to play, I love the competitive side of it, but that’s not who I am. So, that’s my last thought on my mind is basketball. I can care less what’s going on. I think there’s bigger issues and bigger things to tackle in life right now than a basketball game, but that’s just my personal opinion.”
Then, he referred to George Floyd, who was killed in the hands of the Minneapolis police two weeks ago. The NBA veteran got emotional speaking about police brutality and racial injustice that impacted his life in different ways.
“If I didn’t have that talent, I possibly would’ve been that George Floyd. I possibly would’ve been all my family members that got gunned down in the streets in Indianapolis. So, yes, this for me, it impacts me even more because I’ve seen the killing going on, and I’ve seen the police brutality.
I’ve seen that my cousin is laying in the street for an hour and a half before another police officer gets there. I’ve seen that. So, I get emotional because it really hurts. I’ve got interracial kids, and I’m scared just for my whole life.”
