Warriors’ Steve Kerr, Celtics’ Ime Udoka and players from each team wear orange for the “End Gun Violence” movement
“The biggest thing I think is to vote,” Kerr said on Sunday. “What I understand is that a lot of races, congressional races that are out there, despite the fact that the majority of people in this country want gun safety measures put in place, a lot of those races are decided by people who aren’t so much for any kind of gun safety measures.
The movement with in the NBA has traveled outside of the Finals, too. At a rally in Uvalde, an hour west of San Antonio, Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich criticized Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott and senator Ted Cruz for their inaction on every mass shooting in the state, citing a 2018 shooting another high school in Texas.
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