Lakers and Clippers Vote to Sit Out Rest of NBA Season

The Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers have voted to sit out the NBA season in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, according to Chris Haynes and Shams Charania:







This is an escalation of events that frankly is genuinely surprising to me. LeBron James in particular has a lot of legacy on the line with winning a championship, which the Lakers are squarely in contention for. The Clippers are also in major title contention.

Charania further reports that the rest of the teams in the bubble had voted in favor of playing, but there is uncertainty:











Could the rest of the NBA continue without them? Would the Lakers and Clippers defer to the rest of the teams' votes? Is this a final ultimatum power play to the owners, who are meeting tomorrow morning? These questions may or may not come in a night, so let's see what happens from here.

UPDATE: Woj says not quite so fast on the end of the season....








 

 

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