The NBA players have voted to continue playing this season, though the official return date is still unknown.
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00:00 History was made on Wednesday afternoon when six NBA teams, beginning with the Milwaukee Bucks,
00:04 chose not to play their slate of playoff games in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
00:09 Later that night, news broke the LA Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers were not in support
00:14 of continuing the NBA season. However, after choosing to reconvene on Thursday morning,
00:19 the players have since decided to resume the playoffs according to a report from ESPN's
00:23 Adrian Wojnarowski. In addition to Wednesday's schedule of playoff games, Thursday's had been
00:28 postponed as well, which means the Clippers and Dallas Mavericks will not play game six of their
00:33 first round series tonight. The Athletic's Sean Strani reported that the league and players are
00:37 aiming to restart games on Friday, signaling that LA and Dallas could resume play as soon as this
00:42 weekend. Additionally, players have been reportedly been vocal about finding "new and improved ways
00:48 to make statements regarding social justice, which is understandable." Many players are frustrated
00:53 with the league's limiting the messages that can be worn on the back of uniforms, so that could be
00:56 something that we see change in the near future. Clippers personnel have seemingly played a big
01:01 role in this process. We don't know exactly what they did or said until they speak publicly about
01:04 it. What we do know, though, is that Kawhi Leonard and Doc Rivers have been very involved. The LA
01:10 Times' Brad Turner reported Wednesday night that Leonard, along with Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron
01:14 James, spoke up during the meeting about not continuing play, while Wojnarowski listed Rivers
01:19 among a group of people that were leading the discussion. Additionally, Cleveland Cavaliers
01:23 forward Kevin Love tweeted, "Doc Rivers is a blank is the blank best," shortly before it was
01:29 announced that the season would resume. Throughout this time in the bubble, Rivers has been adamant
01:34 about players using this platform to bring awareness to social justice issues, but it's also
01:37 that we must let the youth lead the way. On Tuesday, Rivers will wait what his message would be to
01:42 players considering sitting out the remainder of the season, saying, "Go after your dreams. At the
01:47 end of the day, the one thing we decided when we were little kids, we're in the backyard by ourselves,
01:51 we had these news about wedding championships. Donald Sterling was not in our dreams and neither
01:55 were these cops. So they're not gonna take anybody, they're not gonna take any dreams away." There are
02:01 reportedly more meetings set to take place of the day, which are expected to include a plan of
02:04 action as the league moves forward through this process.