The NBA is preparing for the possibility of postponing the game after instructing teams to be “vigilant about the impact” for a possible decision this week at the Derek Chauvin trial in Minneapolis. ESPN reported Sunday.
The report quoted sources as saying that due to possible protests, civil unrest and team reactions after the verdict, preparations are being made at the league office for the possibility that one or two leagues this week were quoted as saying by sources Games may be postponed.
Chavin, a former Minneapolis police officer, is facing charges of second-degree and third-degree murder and second-degree murder in the death of George Floyd in May 2020. Chauvin, who pleaded not guilty to the charges, was shown on video pressing his knee on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes. The final debate in the case is expected to be held on Monday.
The NBA postponed a game last week between the Minnesota Timberweats and the Brooklyn Nets as unarmed 20-year-old Daniel Wright was shot by police during a traffic stop in the Minneapolis suburb of the Brooklyn Center. The T-Valves began a four-game road trip Sunday against the Clippers in Los Angeles.
Following an early boycott of a playoff game by the Milwaukee Bucks, the NBA postponed a three-day game in the Orlando bubble last August, after another unarmed black man, Jacob Blake, was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin was. The WNBA also postponed the games at that time.
The Knots are provoked to play at home on Tuesday and Wednesday against Charlotte and Atlanta, respectively, while the Nets have games in New Orleans and Tampa (against Toronto), which will return to Brooklyn before facing Boston on Friday .
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