The Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James went on to sail early Wednesday morning on their way to a fourth straight win with a 92:94 win over Memphis with the help of 52 points shared by James and Anthony Davis (26 points each). At the end of the game, King James received the full praise from his coach Frank Vogel (“He’s like a superhero, every time it amazes me again”), but the champion’s star, preferred to engage at the end of the match, with a little more substantial things that have bothered American society over the past year .
The U.S. reported this morning that Kenosha County prosecutor has decided not to prosecute Rustan Shasky, the white police officer who fired seven bullets at African-American Jacob Blake, who was paralyzed as a result of the shooting. The NBA players decided to suspend the games in the bubble in Orlando for a few days.
“I heard about the decision that was made in Knosha, and I felt like I was punched in the heart and stomach,” LeBron told the media. “Each other and keep pushing for change. I know that even when we play basketball, a lot of important things happen in the world beyond that. I’m sad.”
And if that’s not enough, James went on to show social involvement as he tweeted and addressed his Twitter followers: “I want to put together an ownership group for Atlanta Dream. Who cares?”. King’s tweet comes amid WNBA players ‘protest against Atlanta Dream owner Kelly Loeffler, which came out against the actress’ initiative to appear with jerseys bearing names of victims of police violence.
It should be noted that following a protest by the Women’s League, Loopler apparently lost her seat in the Senate in Georgia tonight, a loss that could also cost her ownership of her beloved team.