LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. NBA players voted for the football player again in a meeting on Thursday morning after walking on Wednesday’s sled, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
The agreement took place at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in a meeting that lasted a little less than an hour, sources said. It was the second meeting of the players in the last 15 hours.
Thursday’s scheduled playoff games are being postponed, sources said.
In Wednesday night’s meeting, frustration increased and tensions grew among the players, who were irritated by a lack of strategic unity, sources said.
The Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers voted against repeating the playoffs yesterday and were the first two teams to leave the meeting, sources said.
LeBron James and Kawhi Leonard expressed a desire to return home, sources said, but at Thursday’s meeting, James said it was in the best interest of the players to finish what they started.
Anthony Davis was on board with what the players decided, sources said.
A source of frustration Wednesday night came away from the players who were not on the same page, and emotion got the best of some. The hope of the collective was after a good night’s rest, the players were able to meet again on Thursday and get to this point. And that’s exactly what happened.
The players’ association’s directors Chris Paul and Andre Iguodala explained the financial implications of the bail on the season, detailing how the CBA can be split by the owners and put them in a position of reduced salaries going forward.
The players protested against the shooting of Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man who was shot several times in the back on Sunday by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, when he tried to get into his car. The incident was recorded on video. His three sons – ages 3, 5 and 8 – were in the car in the incident, his family’s lawyer said.
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