Social justice issues and visibility will be a big part of the NBA’s restart

Activism in the NBA is not new. One of the most high-profile vocal athletes ever recently met virtually with the Lakers to remind them.
In an online town hall meeting with players, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talked to the team about his background, which included boycotting the 1968 Olympics over unequal treatment of Black people in the United States, and continues to this day with public cries for reform of college athletics. While the move for social reform is experiencing a crescendo in many realms