The NBA players, a majority of whom are Black, decided not to extend the boycott in a meeting on their quarantined campus at Disney World in Florida, where games have occurred due to the coronavirus pandemic. Trump, during a briefing on Hurricane Laura on Thursday, criticized the NBA for postponing six games in response to the players' action. The basketball players' protest began when the Milwaukee Bucks refused to take the court for Game 5 of their playoff series against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday. Several National Football League teams canceled their practices on Thursday, while Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer and the Women's National Basketball Association postponed games on Wednesday. Trump said this month that some NBA players are "very nasty" and "frankly very dumb."

Source: Standard Digital August 28, 2020 09:00 UTC