Jerseys could carry messages such as 'Black Lives Matter' or 'I Can't Breathe' – two popular rallying cries of the protest movement.
SPEAK OUT. NBA superstar LeBron James has been vocal against social injustice. Photo from Instagram/@lakers
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Chris Paul, president of the National Basketball Players Association, told ESPN's The Undefeated that players were in talks with the league about the initiative. "We're just trying to continue to shed light on the different social justice issues that guys around our league continue to talk about day in and day out," Paul told The Undefeated.
NBA players have been prominent supporters of the protests which swept across all 50 states following Floyd's death during his arrest by police on May 25.
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