https://padlet.com/scannon47/l7nxhnlcyl051qkh What were NBA players hoping to achieve, and why did they think refusing to play was a good strategy? en-us 2020-10-22 13:33:18 UTC 2020-10-22 19:00:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/scannon47/l7nxhnlcyl051qkh/wish/853685175 The NBA players were hoping speak out about racism and police brutality. Refusing to play was a good strategy because a lot of people watch the NBA and them refusing to play brings a lot of attention to them.

]]> 2020-10-22 18:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/scannon47/l7nxhnlcyl051qkh/wish/853685175 https://padlet.com/scannon47/l7nxhnlcyl051qkh/wish/853694279 The NBA players were hoping that this strategy would influence more people about the injustices black people face. And it was a terrible strategy because millions of people stopped watching the NBA because they wanted to get away from politics not go into more politics and now since their strategy was terrible they removed the logo from the court. ]]> 2020-10-22 18:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/scannon47/l7nxhnlcyl051qkh/wish/853694279 https://padlet.com/scannon47/l7nxhnlcyl051qkh/wish/853695481 They were hoping speaking out about racism and police brutality, and winning an NBA championship. They think refusing to play was a good strategy because they get watched by different people around the world .]]> 2020-10-22 18:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/scannon47/l7nxhnlcyl051qkh/wish/853695481 cfrazier530 https://padlet.com/scannon47/l7nxhnlcyl051qkh/wish/853695953 NBA players were hoping to make a stand against racism in hope that it would stop. They thought it was a good strategy because if they stopped playing then that would draw more attention and people would actually stop and listen to what they were saying and their cause.]]> 2020-10-22 18:08:56 UTC https://padlet.com/scannon47/l7nxhnlcyl051qkh/wish/853695953 https://padlet.com/scannon47/l7nxhnlcyl051qkh/wish/853696622 The NBA were hoping to achieve  opening people eyes about what is happening around them. So in order to get their full point across they gave up playing basketball that night to show nothing but respect to Jacob Blake and so that people can focus on the big picture instead of the distraction. ]]> 2020-10-22 18:09:04 UTC https://padlet.com/scannon47/l7nxhnlcyl051qkh/wish/853696622 https://padlet.com/scannon47/l7nxhnlcyl051qkh/wish/853696668 The Basketball players postponed the games until the protest were over and spoke out at meetings to spread awareness to the public to let people know about the injustice in the black community .  ]]> 2020-10-22 18:09:05 UTC https://padlet.com/scannon47/l7nxhnlcyl051qkh/wish/853696668 https://padlet.com/scannon47/l7nxhnlcyl051qkh/wish/853700834 The NBA players were hoping to stand against racism and police brutality. They thought it was a good strategy because they wanted people to pay attention to what is going on in the world.]]> 2020-10-22 18:10:00 UTC https://padlet.com/scannon47/l7nxhnlcyl051qkh/wish/853700834 https://padlet.com/scannon47/l7nxhnlcyl051qkh/wish/853701383 According to the article, The Nba league were thinking about postponing their games to pay respect to the recent shooting of Jacob Blake. It was said that they wanted to express their frustrations toward police brutality and inequality.]]> 2020-10-22 18:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/scannon47/l7nxhnlcyl051qkh/wish/853701383 scollins586 https://padlet.com/scannon47/l7nxhnlcyl051qkh/wish/853714272 The NBA players were trying to use their huge platforms to bring awareness of the racial injustices going on. They thought refusing to play  was a good strategy, because it would influence other players of all different sports not just basketball to stand with them and use their platforms to speak out to racial injustices.]]> 2020-10-22 18:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/scannon47/l7nxhnlcyl051qkh/wish/853714272 https://padlet.com/scannon47/l7nxhnlcyl051qkh/wish/853727991 The NBA players used their plan of trying to bring attention to the racial injustice that was happening in the Black community, by cancelling games, going to protest and using social platforms to bring attention. ]]> 2020-10-22 18:15:50 UTC https://padlet.com/scannon47/l7nxhnlcyl051qkh/wish/853727991