Good morning, sweet world, and welcome to the No Dunks podcast on the Athletic Network.

It's Thursday, August 27th.

I'm Jay Skeets.

And joining us here, as always, we got Tass Melis. Good morning, everybody. Morning, Tassie. We got the bearded one. Trey Kirby. Hey, yo. Hey, yo. We have the international man of mystery, taking it to the max. Got new headphones today. Lee Ellis. Friends. Last and out of least. Double ears there, Leo. Making the magic happen. J.D. Hello.

There he is, and here we are.

I really appreciate you all joining us today, whether you're catching this live on

YouTube or listening later to the podcast.

Thank you so much.

This one's obviously going to be a little bit different.

The NBA players made a very loud statement on Wednesday.

Three NBA playoff games were postponed after players staged a walkout in protest over the

shooting of Jacob Blake by police officers in Wisconsin.

And just to try and put the focus back on social justice, specifically police and systemic

racism.

The Milwaukee Bucks players led the way.

I think that's safe to say.

And later, standing together outside their locker room, they read this statement, which had

specific demands, and I just wanted to really point those out.

They said, quote, we are calling for justice for Jacob Blake and demand the officers

be held accountable.

For this to occur, it is imperative for the Wisconsin State

Legislature to reconvene after months of inaction

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