NBA players have more on their plate than ever before, and Lou Williams gave us a hint of what it's like.
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00:00 A week ago, the NBA almost came to a complete shutdown as players boycotted the shooting
00:06 of Jacob Blake.
00:08 It resulted in a very intense and emotional players-only meeting where players found themselves
00:14 discussing all different types of social issues, and Lou Williams gave us a little bit of a
00:18 sneak peek at what it was like, and he simply said it was an overwhelming time.
00:23 He said, "We're expected to entertain you guys, save the world, speak up on issues that
00:27 are very personal, that hits home for us.
00:30 We're overwhelmed."
00:31 And when you think about it, NBA players have more to deal with right now than they've ever
00:35 dealt with in their entire lives.
00:37 No one is looking at what baseball players are doing, no one is looking at what hockey
00:42 players are doing, football players, but everyone is looking at what NBA players are doing.
00:47 And granted, that's the responsibility they put on themselves when they decided to no
00:51 longer shut up and dribble, but it's still unfair at the same time to demand that much
00:56 out of them.
00:57 He said, "You know, people are telling us to play, not play."
01:01 He said, "You know, it's not play.
01:03 Put your career in jeopardy, put your futures on hold, how you make a livelihood.
01:06 A lot of people are quick to say, 'Why don't you guys stop playing and just protest?'
01:11 And those same people are going to work the next day."
01:13 And when you put it in that perspective, it makes a lot of sense in terms of what they're