1 00:00:01,958 --> 00:00:03,541 announcer: The following is a presentation 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 3 00:00:03,625 --> 00:00:05,375 of HBO Sports. 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 5 00:00:13,541 --> 00:00:15,875 - They're all in now, waiting for one more 6 00:00:15,958 --> 00:00:17,541 to load on the outside. 7 00:00:17,625 --> 00:00:19,500 Shecky Greene, Secretariat is in the gate. 8 00:00:19,583 --> 00:00:22,041 My Gallant is moving in. 9 00:00:22,124 --> 00:00:24,583 Secretariat throws his head a bit. 10 00:00:26,750 --> 00:00:28,208 And they're off! 11 00:00:28,291 --> 00:00:29,833 Away. 12 00:00:29,917 --> 00:00:33,166 [sentimental music] 13 00:00:33,249 --> 00:00:37,625 ♪ ♪ 14 00:00:37,708 --> 00:00:39,875 [cheers and applause] 15 00:00:39,958 --> 00:00:44,667 - The 1999 U.S. Open Women's Singles Champion, 16 00:00:44,750 --> 00:00:46,833 Serena Williams. 17 00:00:48,333 --> 00:00:49,541 - It gets to Jordan. 18 00:00:49,625 --> 00:00:50,875 Jordan in the circle, 19 00:00:50,958 --> 00:00:52,375 puts the shot in the air, good! 20 00:00:52,458 --> 00:00:55,917 The game's over, and the Bulls have won! 21 00:00:55,999 --> 00:00:57,375 [gunshot] 22 00:00:57,458 --> 00:01:00,208 - It's Usain Bolt! [unintelligible] 23 00:01:00,291 --> 00:01:03,375 [cheers and applause] 24 00:01:03,458 --> 00:01:05,958 - Bradshaw trying to get away, 25 00:01:06,041 --> 00:01:08,500 and his pass is... 26 00:01:08,583 --> 00:01:10,166 broken up by Tatum! 27 00:01:10,249 --> 00:01:12,500 [unintelligible] 28 00:01:12,583 --> 00:01:13,999 [cheers and applause] 29 00:01:14,083 --> 00:01:16,041 And it's over! 30 00:01:16,124 --> 00:01:18,166 - Bonds hits one high! 31 00:01:18,249 --> 00:01:19,875 Hits it deep! 32 00:01:19,958 --> 00:01:23,333 It is out of here! 33 00:01:23,416 --> 00:01:27,041 756! 34 00:01:27,124 --> 00:01:29,875 - And what a special moment for these fans. 35 00:01:29,958 --> 00:01:31,708 - Duchesne's passing deep to Taylor to Gretzky. 36 00:01:31,792 --> 00:01:32,750 He scores! 37 00:01:32,833 --> 00:01:35,083 He's done it! 38 00:01:35,166 --> 00:01:36,917 Wayne Gretzky, the great one, 39 00:01:36,999 --> 00:01:39,249 has become the greatest of them all! 40 00:01:39,333 --> 00:01:42,541 [dramatic music] 41 00:01:42,625 --> 00:01:45,958 [cheers and applause] 42 00:01:47,999 --> 00:01:49,667 - Hate being that mascot. 43 00:01:50,958 --> 00:01:51,875 [cheers and applause] 44 00:01:51,958 --> 00:01:53,083 - Well, the crowd lets you know 45 00:01:53,166 --> 00:01:54,792 what they think of it. 46 00:01:54,875 --> 00:02:01,750 ♪ ♪ 47 00:02:01,833 --> 00:02:06,833 - [unintelligible] 48 00:02:06,917 --> 00:02:09,375 ♪ ♪ 49 00:02:44,583 --> 00:02:46,458 [dog barks] 50 00:02:46,541 --> 00:02:49,041 - Man, I miss the fans. 51 00:02:49,124 --> 00:02:52,875 I miss the fans. Oh, man. 52 00:02:52,958 --> 00:02:54,708 I miss the traveling. 53 00:02:54,792 --> 00:02:57,375 Like, I miss the card games 54 00:02:57,458 --> 00:02:59,625 on the plane with my teammates. 55 00:02:59,708 --> 00:03:01,291 - Right. - I miss-- 56 00:03:01,375 --> 00:03:03,999 I miss even the fans talking crazy, 57 00:03:04,083 --> 00:03:04,999 you know what I mean? 58 00:03:05,083 --> 00:03:06,333 Well, not too crazy, but I mean, 59 00:03:06,416 --> 00:03:09,500 I miss the fan--I miss them, like, being against you, 60 00:03:09,583 --> 00:03:11,249 like, in the arena. 61 00:03:11,333 --> 00:03:13,500 I miss that energy. 62 00:03:13,583 --> 00:03:14,500 - Mm-hmm. 63 00:03:14,583 --> 00:03:15,833 - And I ain't thought about none of that 64 00:03:15,917 --> 00:03:17,708 till you just asked, and I'm, like, going there, 65 00:03:17,792 --> 00:03:19,833 like, I miss-- 66 00:03:19,917 --> 00:03:22,667 I miss, like, pregame warm-ups. 67 00:03:22,750 --> 00:03:24,541 Like, I miss all the different stuff 68 00:03:24,625 --> 00:03:26,583 that I do before a game, 69 00:03:26,667 --> 00:03:29,375 like, all the different rituals that I got, 70 00:03:29,458 --> 00:03:31,667 you know what I mean, like how I tie my shoes 71 00:03:31,750 --> 00:03:33,375 this way, the prayer that I say, 72 00:03:33,458 --> 00:03:35,208 the different dap that I do, 73 00:03:35,291 --> 00:03:38,041 fact that I hit the back stanchion 74 00:03:38,124 --> 00:03:40,917 a certain amount of times before the jump ball. 75 00:03:40,999 --> 00:03:43,833 I miss, before we run out on the court, 76 00:03:43,917 --> 00:03:46,708 you know, our team-- there's a team prayer 77 00:03:46,792 --> 00:03:50,375 and dap everybody up, 78 00:03:50,458 --> 00:03:52,333 hit shoulders with a certain teammate, 79 00:03:52,416 --> 00:03:54,208 and then me and Dennis Schroder 80 00:03:54,291 --> 00:03:57,541 and Mike Muscala, we always yell, "Straight up!" 81 00:03:57,625 --> 00:04:00,583 Like, all that different type stuff is-- 82 00:04:00,667 --> 00:04:03,041 it's part of what you miss. 83 00:04:03,124 --> 00:04:04,708 - I miss playing. 84 00:04:04,792 --> 00:04:06,249 I miss being with my team. 85 00:04:06,333 --> 00:04:07,999 I miss trying to win a championship. 86 00:04:08,083 --> 00:04:10,208 I miss going to war with my sisters. 87 00:04:10,291 --> 00:04:12,333 Like, that's a real thing. 88 00:04:14,124 --> 00:04:16,291 - I can't wait to just be back in the gym 89 00:04:16,375 --> 00:04:18,124 competing on a high level 90 00:04:18,208 --> 00:04:19,917 and training on a high level again, too, 91 00:04:19,999 --> 00:04:21,416 because training at home is great, 92 00:04:21,500 --> 00:04:22,583 but it's not the-- 93 00:04:22,667 --> 00:04:25,416 [laughing] It's definitely not the same thing. 94 00:04:25,500 --> 00:04:27,083 - High fly! 95 00:04:27,166 --> 00:04:28,750 He crushed it! 96 00:04:28,833 --> 00:04:32,833 Mookie Betts slaughters a grand slam. 97 00:04:32,917 --> 00:04:35,083 - I miss work, miss the job, miss the guys, 98 00:04:35,166 --> 00:04:37,917 and I was tripping. 99 00:04:37,999 --> 00:04:39,416 I was like, "We gotta play something. 100 00:04:39,500 --> 00:04:40,875 We gotta do something." 101 00:04:40,958 --> 00:04:42,625 - If it goes in, she leads. 102 00:04:42,708 --> 00:04:44,750 - I definitely used playing my sport 103 00:04:44,833 --> 00:04:48,416 as a therapeutic thing. 104 00:04:48,500 --> 00:04:51,958 You know, sweating and having a good time. 105 00:04:52,041 --> 00:04:54,291 - I'm missing full-contact practice 106 00:04:54,375 --> 00:04:55,625 with shoulder pads and helmet. 107 00:04:55,708 --> 00:04:57,625 - Being able to play in front of the fans 108 00:04:57,708 --> 00:04:59,124 and see the party in the stands. 109 00:04:59,208 --> 00:05:01,166 - The distraction, the diversion, 110 00:05:01,249 --> 00:05:03,792 the excitement, just being able to cheer. 111 00:05:03,875 --> 00:05:06,792 - Normally, you celebrate not only with the team 112 00:05:06,875 --> 00:05:07,792 but also with the fans. 113 00:05:07,875 --> 00:05:10,041 You celebrate all together. 114 00:05:10,124 --> 00:05:12,124 - All us as hoopers and players or whatnot, 115 00:05:12,208 --> 00:05:14,958 we still got the mindset of a fan, right? 116 00:05:15,041 --> 00:05:18,999 So that's honestly what I miss the most. 117 00:05:19,083 --> 00:05:26,041 ♪ ♪ 118 00:05:29,166 --> 00:05:32,208 March 11th, I'm living in Oklahoma by myself. 119 00:05:34,750 --> 00:05:36,625 My family living in LA. 120 00:05:36,708 --> 00:05:39,541 I'd only played a couple games throughout the season 121 00:05:39,625 --> 00:05:41,833 where nobody, like, from my family was at the game, 122 00:05:41,917 --> 00:05:44,583 like, not my parents, nobody, my wife, nothing, so... 123 00:05:44,667 --> 00:05:46,291 I actually--this happened to be a time 124 00:05:46,375 --> 00:05:48,708 where I'm in town by myself. 125 00:05:48,792 --> 00:05:51,708 [solemn music] 126 00:05:51,792 --> 00:05:53,875 ♪ ♪ 127 00:05:53,958 --> 00:05:55,166 - I got to the arena. 128 00:05:55,249 --> 00:05:58,333 Everything was just normal, regular game day. 129 00:05:58,416 --> 00:06:01,625 I went through my routine. I went to the weight room. 130 00:06:01,708 --> 00:06:04,166 I do some--did some treatments. 131 00:06:04,249 --> 00:06:07,958 I did my shooting time on the court. 132 00:06:08,041 --> 00:06:09,792 And then, you know, we got ready. 133 00:06:09,875 --> 00:06:12,333 We watched some film, and we got ready for the game. 134 00:06:12,416 --> 00:06:13,625 - Everything was done the same. 135 00:06:13,708 --> 00:06:14,667 You know, there was not one thing 136 00:06:14,750 --> 00:06:16,708 that really you can point to to be, like, 137 00:06:16,792 --> 00:06:18,333 "Oh, that was out of place." Like, everything-- 138 00:06:18,416 --> 00:06:19,875 We went to dinner the night before. 139 00:06:19,958 --> 00:06:22,375 We shoot around breakfast, up until taking my nap, 140 00:06:22,458 --> 00:06:24,708 woke up, ready to go. 141 00:06:24,792 --> 00:06:26,041 - This was actually a big game for us, 142 00:06:26,124 --> 00:06:28,667 playing against Utah, 'cause we both were, like, 143 00:06:28,750 --> 00:06:31,583 four and five in the standings. 144 00:06:31,667 --> 00:06:33,208 I had just watched Utah 145 00:06:33,291 --> 00:06:34,667 play two nights before that, 146 00:06:34,750 --> 00:06:37,208 and Rudy Gobert, their starting center, played. 147 00:06:37,291 --> 00:06:38,750 - Hammer home! - Rudy. 148 00:06:38,833 --> 00:06:40,541 - Yes, indeed. 149 00:06:40,625 --> 00:06:42,083 - Didn't see him get injured or nothing, 150 00:06:42,166 --> 00:06:43,583 but I saw that he was out the lineup. 151 00:06:43,667 --> 00:06:45,917 - Now, they don't have the services of Rudy Gobert. 152 00:06:45,999 --> 00:06:47,124 He's out with an illness, 153 00:06:47,208 --> 00:06:49,708 so that changes the dynamics for the Jazz. 154 00:06:49,792 --> 00:06:52,041 - Rudy was sick, but we didn't know. 155 00:06:52,124 --> 00:06:56,083 We just thought it was a, you know, regular cold. 156 00:06:56,166 --> 00:06:58,208 - We go out for warm-ups, and, you know, 157 00:06:58,291 --> 00:07:00,375 they're telling us not to touch hands 158 00:07:00,458 --> 00:07:02,541 with guys or whatnot. 159 00:07:02,625 --> 00:07:04,917 Then I started going down to the other end. 160 00:07:04,999 --> 00:07:06,541 I see Donovan, and he was like, 161 00:07:06,625 --> 00:07:07,625 "Yo, yo, yo!" 162 00:07:07,708 --> 00:07:10,041 And so I ain't gonna lie, it crossed my mind. 163 00:07:10,124 --> 00:07:11,750 I was like, "Damn, do I need to..." 164 00:07:11,833 --> 00:07:12,708 Eh. 165 00:07:12,792 --> 00:07:14,667 But that's my man, so I was like... 166 00:07:16,041 --> 00:07:19,041 But we talked for a second, boom, boom, boom. 167 00:07:19,124 --> 00:07:20,458 - We had to go toe-to-toe, 168 00:07:20,541 --> 00:07:23,416 so we really didn't say too much to each other. 169 00:07:23,500 --> 00:07:25,541 - All the pregame stuff-- 170 00:07:25,625 --> 00:07:28,083 national anthem, 171 00:07:28,166 --> 00:07:29,166 dap up all your teammates 172 00:07:29,249 --> 00:07:30,750 before you go out on the court, 173 00:07:30,833 --> 00:07:32,249 and then pyoom! 174 00:07:32,333 --> 00:07:36,291 ♪ ♪ 175 00:07:36,375 --> 00:07:39,416 I see Donnie Strack, who was our head trainer, 176 00:07:39,500 --> 00:07:41,124 come running by in his suit. 177 00:07:41,208 --> 00:07:43,124 - We see the officials conferring here 178 00:07:43,208 --> 00:07:45,124 prior to the start of this game. 179 00:07:45,208 --> 00:07:47,458 - I turned around, and I see the referees 180 00:07:47,541 --> 00:07:50,249 at the score table, and I was like, 181 00:07:50,333 --> 00:07:52,708 "Uh-oh, something is going on here." 182 00:07:52,792 --> 00:07:54,291 - The suits come running out on the floor 183 00:07:54,375 --> 00:07:56,792 like it's, you know, the FBI running out. 184 00:07:56,875 --> 00:07:58,124 You're just kind of like, "What the hell's going on? 185 00:07:58,208 --> 00:07:59,124 Like, what's happening?" 186 00:07:59,208 --> 00:08:00,416 - So I walk over there. 187 00:08:00,500 --> 00:08:02,083 I said, "Donnie, what's going on?" 188 00:08:02,166 --> 00:08:03,958 Donnie looked at me with this look, 189 00:08:04,041 --> 00:08:06,124 and he was like, "Not right now, Chris. 190 00:08:06,208 --> 00:08:07,208 I can't tell you." 191 00:08:08,708 --> 00:08:10,750 So my mind started going all types of places, 192 00:08:10,833 --> 00:08:13,500 like, "What could be happening?" 193 00:08:13,583 --> 00:08:16,166 Earlier in the season, 194 00:08:16,249 --> 00:08:19,333 our team had went to a movie theater 195 00:08:19,416 --> 00:08:21,583 to watch the movie "Just Mercy." 196 00:08:21,667 --> 00:08:23,041 - Now, you can buddy up with these white folks 197 00:08:23,124 --> 00:08:25,500 and make 'em laugh and try to make 'em like you, 198 00:08:25,583 --> 00:08:27,541 whatever that is, and you say, "Yes, sir," "No, ma'am," 199 00:08:27,625 --> 00:08:28,583 but when it's your turn, 200 00:08:28,667 --> 00:08:30,124 they ain't got to have no fingerprints. 201 00:08:30,208 --> 00:08:32,583 - During the movie, our team security came down, 202 00:08:32,667 --> 00:08:33,875 the movie stopped, and they was like, 203 00:08:33,958 --> 00:08:35,166 "There's an active shooter in here." 204 00:08:35,249 --> 00:08:36,999 - It was supposed to be a quiet and relaxing afternoon 205 00:08:37,083 --> 00:08:39,333 for the Oklahoma City Thunder, but the entire team 206 00:08:39,416 --> 00:08:41,375 was at Penn Square Mall when shots rang out. 207 00:08:41,458 --> 00:08:43,333 Security was made aware of the situation, 208 00:08:43,416 --> 00:08:44,833 and they were quickly evacuated 209 00:08:44,917 --> 00:08:46,291 from the theater that they were in. 210 00:08:46,375 --> 00:08:48,833 - So I'm like, "Okay, is that what's going on?" 211 00:08:48,917 --> 00:08:50,708 - And I'm thinking, like, flood in the ceiling 212 00:08:50,792 --> 00:08:53,041 or man on the loose with a gun, like, you know, 213 00:08:53,124 --> 00:08:57,291 'cause that's really what I thought was the possibility. 214 00:08:57,375 --> 00:08:59,750 - And then I look at Donnie say, "Rudy Gobert." 215 00:09:01,416 --> 00:09:03,750 So then I asked Joe Ingles and them down there, I said, 216 00:09:03,833 --> 00:09:05,708 "Yo, where is Rudy?" 217 00:09:05,792 --> 00:09:07,083 - He was like, "What are you talk-- 218 00:09:07,166 --> 00:09:08,083 "like, he's just sick. 219 00:09:08,166 --> 00:09:09,375 Like, what do you mean? Like, he's"-- 220 00:09:09,458 --> 00:09:12,291 So on the injury report, he's sick. 221 00:09:12,375 --> 00:09:13,416 - I walk back to our bench, 222 00:09:13,500 --> 00:09:16,375 and I'm telling our team, I'm like, 223 00:09:16,458 --> 00:09:18,124 "Something ain't right." 224 00:09:19,792 --> 00:09:22,249 So then they tell us to go back to the locker room. 225 00:09:22,333 --> 00:09:24,833 - Due to unforeseen circumstances, 226 00:09:24,917 --> 00:09:27,500 the game tonight has been postponed. 227 00:09:27,583 --> 00:09:29,291 - You see a lot of us just, like, waving 228 00:09:29,375 --> 00:09:30,750 'cause no one told us what was happening. 229 00:09:30,833 --> 00:09:32,541 We were just like, "All right, game's canceled. 230 00:09:32,625 --> 00:09:33,500 "We'll just get ready to go back home 231 00:09:33,583 --> 00:09:35,416 and figure it out from there." 232 00:09:36,625 --> 00:09:39,541 - Players are going back to the locker rooms. 233 00:09:39,625 --> 00:09:42,208 [crowd booing] 234 00:09:42,291 --> 00:09:44,708 Whoa. Fans are booing. 235 00:09:47,500 --> 00:09:49,792 - That's when that trigger went off, like, 236 00:09:49,875 --> 00:09:52,208 "Oh, okay. 237 00:09:52,291 --> 00:09:55,083 This might have something to do with COVID." 238 00:09:55,166 --> 00:09:58,083 ♪ ♪ 239 00:09:58,166 --> 00:10:01,625 - The World Health Organization says a mysterious new virus 240 00:10:01,708 --> 00:10:04,750 is likely to be from the same family 241 00:10:04,833 --> 00:10:07,750 that produced the deadly SARS and MERS outbreaks. 242 00:10:07,833 --> 00:10:11,249 So far, 59 people have been infected with the virus, 243 00:10:11,333 --> 00:10:13,416 putting health authorities all over the world 244 00:10:13,500 --> 00:10:14,750 on high alert. 245 00:10:14,833 --> 00:10:17,208 - For the off-season, I played in China. 246 00:10:17,291 --> 00:10:20,667 ♪ ♪ 247 00:10:20,750 --> 00:10:22,958 I was hearing so much about it 248 00:10:23,041 --> 00:10:25,416 and how it was affecting the country that I was in. 249 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:26,958 - China says the number of people 250 00:10:27,041 --> 00:10:29,792 infected by a mysterious respiratory virus 251 00:10:29,875 --> 00:10:32,124 has more than tripled over the weekend. 252 00:10:32,208 --> 00:10:34,958 - I was kind of scared that borders would be closed off 253 00:10:35,041 --> 00:10:36,792 if I didn't leave at a certain point, 254 00:10:36,875 --> 00:10:39,958 so in January, I canceled my contract 255 00:10:40,041 --> 00:10:42,458 and got me and my fiancée back home. 256 00:10:42,541 --> 00:10:43,792 - Chinese authorities have traced 257 00:10:43,875 --> 00:10:46,625 a new, deadly virus back to this seafood market 258 00:10:46,708 --> 00:10:48,041 in the city of Wuhan. 259 00:10:48,124 --> 00:10:49,625 - The virus is getting stronger 260 00:10:49,708 --> 00:10:52,416 and is being spread by human-to-human contact, 261 00:10:52,500 --> 00:10:55,792 and that is especially worrisome. 262 00:10:55,875 --> 00:10:58,500 - The first time I remember hearing the word "COVID," 263 00:10:58,583 --> 00:11:00,291 I was playing in New Orleans. 264 00:11:00,375 --> 00:11:02,249 I remember the shoes that I wore that game. 265 00:11:02,333 --> 00:11:05,416 On the outside, I wrote, "Pray for Wuhan." 266 00:11:07,375 --> 00:11:09,999 - I was in Florida. 267 00:11:10,083 --> 00:11:12,375 I was doing TV for the Players Championship, 268 00:11:12,458 --> 00:11:13,833 and that's when it really hit America. 269 00:11:13,917 --> 00:11:16,166 - It was a Thursday night, and my teammate had called me 270 00:11:16,249 --> 00:11:17,833 and said, "You need to turn on the news. 271 00:11:17,917 --> 00:11:20,124 You are not allowed to go to practice anymore." 272 00:11:20,208 --> 00:11:21,667 - Canada, Australia, and Malaysia 273 00:11:21,750 --> 00:11:23,999 confirmed their first cases this weekend, 274 00:11:24,083 --> 00:11:26,875 and a patient in Africa is undergoing testing. 275 00:11:26,958 --> 00:11:30,708 - For me personally, I always took corona very serious. 276 00:11:30,792 --> 00:11:33,333 I never thought it was something to be laughed at. 277 00:11:33,416 --> 00:11:34,792 - For me, it was kind of like, 278 00:11:34,875 --> 00:11:37,958 "If I do get it, what's gonna happen?" 279 00:11:38,041 --> 00:11:41,333 - That deadly coronavirus is now spreading so quickly 280 00:11:41,416 --> 00:11:42,833 that the World Health Organization 281 00:11:42,917 --> 00:11:45,708 is calling it a global emergency. 282 00:11:45,792 --> 00:11:47,333 - The first time somebody actually talked to me 283 00:11:47,416 --> 00:11:49,999 about the coronavirus, it was at the Super Bowl. 284 00:11:51,833 --> 00:11:54,458 - And they have done it. 285 00:11:54,541 --> 00:11:57,583 Chiefs are Super Bowl champions. 286 00:11:57,667 --> 00:12:00,750 - Somebody asked me during the media interview, 287 00:12:00,833 --> 00:12:03,541 "What do you think about the coronavirus?" 288 00:12:03,625 --> 00:12:04,708 Beginning of February, 289 00:12:04,792 --> 00:12:06,208 everybody thought it was a virus 290 00:12:06,291 --> 00:12:09,833 that was, you know, in China and it was gonna stay in China, 291 00:12:09,917 --> 00:12:12,166 and then, you know, slowly but surely, you saw it, 292 00:12:12,249 --> 00:12:14,875 you know--it went to South Korea, then Iran, 293 00:12:14,958 --> 00:12:16,708 then Europe, and then United States, 294 00:12:16,792 --> 00:12:19,083 then Canada, and one of the picture 295 00:12:19,166 --> 00:12:22,750 that really struck me was all those patients in Italy. 296 00:12:22,833 --> 00:12:25,041 [unintelligible radio chatter] 297 00:12:25,124 --> 00:12:27,708 - This is what a total lockdown looks like 298 00:12:27,792 --> 00:12:31,083 in the center of the coronavirus epidemic in Italy. 299 00:12:31,166 --> 00:12:33,875 - The normal thing in Bergamo is the church bell ringing 300 00:12:33,958 --> 00:12:36,083 when somebody dies. 301 00:12:36,166 --> 00:12:39,375 [bell tolling] 302 00:12:42,458 --> 00:12:45,083 Because there were so many people dying, 303 00:12:45,166 --> 00:12:47,708 the church bell were ringing, like, every half an hour. 304 00:12:47,792 --> 00:12:51,375 [unintelligible chatter] 305 00:12:51,458 --> 00:12:55,458 - The sheer numbers of people succumbing to the coronavirus 306 00:12:55,541 --> 00:12:59,041 is overwhelming every hospital in Northern Italy. 307 00:12:59,124 --> 00:13:00,124 - I have a medical degree, 308 00:13:00,208 --> 00:13:01,458 I have a doctorate of medicine, 309 00:13:01,541 --> 00:13:04,416 and I have a lot of friends who are emergency physician, 310 00:13:04,500 --> 00:13:06,458 and they were telling me, "This is crazy. 311 00:13:06,541 --> 00:13:08,583 "Like, it's an industrialized country, 312 00:13:08,667 --> 00:13:09,917 and they're going through that." 313 00:13:09,999 --> 00:13:12,500 So that's kind of when I realized, like, 314 00:13:12,583 --> 00:13:15,208 "All right, maybe the worst is still to come." 315 00:13:16,875 --> 00:13:20,291 [foreboding music] 316 00:13:20,375 --> 00:13:22,333 - I was on my way home, 317 00:13:22,416 --> 00:13:23,625 and first, I received a call 318 00:13:23,708 --> 00:13:27,375 from the general counsel of the NBA, who said, 319 00:13:27,458 --> 00:13:29,249 "We have just learned that Rudy Gobert 320 00:13:29,333 --> 00:13:30,667 has tested positive." 321 00:13:30,750 --> 00:13:33,416 - Rudy Gobert has tested positive for the coronavirus, 322 00:13:33,500 --> 00:13:37,291 so the teams right now are in their locker rooms. 323 00:13:37,375 --> 00:13:38,750 They haven't been allowed to leave. 324 00:13:38,833 --> 00:13:40,999 There's a lot of confusion here. 325 00:13:41,083 --> 00:13:42,208 - When we got to the locker room, 326 00:13:42,291 --> 00:13:44,958 Coach was like, "Look, Rudy has it, 327 00:13:45,041 --> 00:13:47,166 "and we're here. 328 00:13:47,249 --> 00:13:49,625 "Like, we're gonna be stuck here for a little bit, 329 00:13:49,708 --> 00:13:51,124 and they're gonna come test us and all," 330 00:13:51,208 --> 00:13:53,416 and that's when it was just like, 331 00:13:53,500 --> 00:13:55,458 "Oh, shit." 332 00:13:55,541 --> 00:13:57,124 - Immediately, what do you start doing? 333 00:13:57,208 --> 00:14:00,333 You start thinking about the fact that, 334 00:14:00,416 --> 00:14:02,958 "Okay, he's on that team, right? 335 00:14:03,041 --> 00:14:05,667 "So does that mean everybody else 336 00:14:05,750 --> 00:14:07,375 on that team has it?" 337 00:14:07,458 --> 00:14:08,958 You start thinking about the interactions 338 00:14:09,041 --> 00:14:11,667 that you had with that team. 339 00:14:11,750 --> 00:14:15,333 - Chris called me and said, "What in the world's going on? 340 00:14:15,416 --> 00:14:19,625 "Do you know the Utah Jazz are still in their locker room 341 00:14:19,708 --> 00:14:22,458 and they're not being permitted to leave?" 342 00:14:22,541 --> 00:14:25,124 - I'm not gonna lie, I was really scared. 343 00:14:25,208 --> 00:14:27,166 People were kind of making, like, the jokes, 344 00:14:27,249 --> 00:14:29,500 the scared jokes, like, "Hey, what if you have it? 345 00:14:29,583 --> 00:14:31,458 Ha, ha," like, but then, like, kind of get nervous, 346 00:14:31,541 --> 00:14:32,833 you know what I mean? 347 00:14:32,917 --> 00:14:34,833 Like, "Don't touch me." Like, that type of stuff. 348 00:14:34,917 --> 00:14:38,708 And it came out playful, but it was genuinely, like, 349 00:14:38,792 --> 00:14:40,875 concern and being scared. 350 00:14:40,958 --> 00:14:43,208 - I was worried about my safety. 351 00:14:43,291 --> 00:14:45,958 I was worried about the safety of my teammates 352 00:14:46,041 --> 00:14:49,041 and everybody who was in the arena. 353 00:14:49,124 --> 00:14:50,833 I knew what was going on in Italy. 354 00:14:50,917 --> 00:14:54,667 I knew how bad the virus could be. 355 00:14:54,750 --> 00:14:57,875 It only takes one player to spread the virus 356 00:14:57,958 --> 00:15:02,416 for all the people that are, you know, inside the arena. 357 00:15:02,500 --> 00:15:03,875 - If I've got the germs, I've already got the germs. 358 00:15:03,958 --> 00:15:05,333 I mean, I've already been in there. 359 00:15:05,416 --> 00:15:07,667 - I was actually really looking forward to this game. 360 00:15:07,750 --> 00:15:10,541 - I can't be upset over them canceling the game like that. 361 00:15:10,625 --> 00:15:12,583 I mean, this is a severe crisis. 362 00:15:14,291 --> 00:15:17,166 - Simultaneously, our phone was just going off the hook. 363 00:15:17,249 --> 00:15:18,708 Like, everyone's calling-- 364 00:15:18,792 --> 00:15:21,917 my mom, my sister, my friends, agent-- 365 00:15:21,999 --> 00:15:23,249 like, everybody. 366 00:15:23,333 --> 00:15:25,041 - My mind automatically goes to, like, 367 00:15:25,124 --> 00:15:26,583 "How crazy is Twitter right now? 368 00:15:26,667 --> 00:15:28,083 "How crazy is Instagram? 369 00:15:28,166 --> 00:15:29,541 Like, how crazy is social media?" 370 00:15:29,625 --> 00:15:32,041 'Cause everything happens in real time now. 371 00:15:34,541 --> 00:15:38,625 - The immediate focus was canceling that game, 372 00:15:38,708 --> 00:15:41,583 but then, of course, the next immediate issue was, 373 00:15:41,667 --> 00:15:43,958 there were other games scheduled that night. 374 00:15:44,041 --> 00:15:49,833 ♪ ♪ 375 00:15:52,333 --> 00:15:53,875 - You know, the first half went off the hitch, 376 00:15:53,958 --> 00:15:56,875 and then we get to the third quarter, and bam. 377 00:15:59,541 --> 00:16:01,792 And everybody obviously saw my reaction. 378 00:16:01,875 --> 00:16:02,999 I was stunned. 379 00:16:06,333 --> 00:16:08,375 This thing is just exploding to the point 380 00:16:08,458 --> 00:16:10,124 where you think about your family. 381 00:16:10,208 --> 00:16:11,750 You know, you want to really make sure 382 00:16:11,833 --> 00:16:13,792 you're doing this the right way, you know, 383 00:16:13,875 --> 00:16:16,291 'cause now it's much more personal, 384 00:16:16,375 --> 00:16:18,583 and you've seen what's happening in other countries, 385 00:16:18,667 --> 00:16:20,792 but just the whole idea that it's come this close 386 00:16:20,875 --> 00:16:23,833 and potentially a couple players have it, 387 00:16:23,917 --> 00:16:25,792 just "stunning" isn't the right word. 388 00:16:25,875 --> 00:16:27,999 I mean, it's crazy. This can't be true. 389 00:16:28,083 --> 00:16:30,917 I mean, it's not within the realm of possibilities. 390 00:16:30,999 --> 00:16:33,667 It's just, it seemed more like out of a movie than reality. 391 00:16:33,750 --> 00:16:35,625 - We had a positive case. 392 00:16:35,708 --> 00:16:38,208 We didn't know whether other members 393 00:16:38,291 --> 00:16:41,625 of the Utah Jazz had been infected by Rudy Gobert, 394 00:16:41,708 --> 00:16:44,249 or maybe they had infected him, and, of course, 395 00:16:44,333 --> 00:16:45,999 we didn't know if any of the members 396 00:16:46,083 --> 00:16:48,958 of the Oklahoma City Thunder had also been infected, 397 00:16:49,041 --> 00:16:51,999 so it seemed clear to me in that moment 398 00:16:52,083 --> 00:16:53,999 we had no choice. 399 00:16:54,083 --> 00:16:57,166 We needed to take a pause in the season. 400 00:16:57,249 --> 00:16:59,667 - When the NBA was canceled, I was like, 401 00:16:59,750 --> 00:17:00,750 "Oh, this is real now." 402 00:17:04,291 --> 00:17:06,500 - Okay. [laughs] 403 00:17:06,583 --> 00:17:07,999 I don't--I was like, 404 00:17:08,083 --> 00:17:09,708 "I don't know what to do with this information." 405 00:17:09,792 --> 00:17:12,500 - That doesn't just happen for no reason. 406 00:17:12,583 --> 00:17:15,500 - LeBron James responded to the NBA's decision, 407 00:17:15,583 --> 00:17:18,291 tweeting, "Man, we canceling sporting events, 408 00:17:18,375 --> 00:17:20,833 "school, office work, et cetera, et cetera. 409 00:17:20,917 --> 00:17:23,583 What we really need to do is cancel 2020." 410 00:17:23,667 --> 00:17:26,208 - The players, the coaches, even the staff members 411 00:17:26,291 --> 00:17:28,583 that I've talked to said that they received the news 412 00:17:28,667 --> 00:17:31,667 that the rest of the NBA season has been postponed 413 00:17:31,750 --> 00:17:33,999 until further notice through Twitter, 414 00:17:34,083 --> 00:17:35,375 through texting with reporters, 415 00:17:35,458 --> 00:17:37,667 through talking to their teammates, and now... 416 00:17:37,750 --> 00:17:39,917 That night, everything just moved so quickly 417 00:17:39,999 --> 00:17:41,750 that I didn't even actually have enough time 418 00:17:41,833 --> 00:17:44,416 to think through how long it was going to be, 419 00:17:44,500 --> 00:17:45,541 what this meant, 420 00:17:45,625 --> 00:17:47,875 what the larger repercussions were. 421 00:17:47,958 --> 00:17:50,667 There is a little bit of uncertainty and nervousness 422 00:17:50,750 --> 00:17:51,833 is what I'd call it. 423 00:17:51,917 --> 00:17:54,667 I forgot the shirt that I wanted to change into, 424 00:17:54,750 --> 00:17:57,541 so I was wearing a huge jacket on air that night 425 00:17:57,625 --> 00:17:58,833 because I was really wearing, like, 426 00:17:58,917 --> 00:18:00,625 a pajama top underneath it. 427 00:18:00,708 --> 00:18:02,083 That this could get far more serious. 428 00:18:02,166 --> 00:18:04,999 I just don't think that I even took a second 429 00:18:05,083 --> 00:18:08,458 to think about all of that until the next day. 430 00:18:08,541 --> 00:18:11,458 [dramatic music] 431 00:18:11,541 --> 00:18:13,124 ♪ ♪ 432 00:18:13,208 --> 00:18:15,583 - We do start this half hour with more 433 00:18:15,667 --> 00:18:18,750 on how the coronavirus is impacting the sports world. 434 00:18:18,833 --> 00:18:20,583 - This morning, every major sports league 435 00:18:20,667 --> 00:18:22,583 in the country is calling a time-out. 436 00:18:22,667 --> 00:18:25,124 - Cycling's most famous race, the Tour de France, 437 00:18:25,208 --> 00:18:26,792 has been postponed. 438 00:18:26,875 --> 00:18:28,375 - Major League Baseball announcing a stop 439 00:18:28,458 --> 00:18:29,458 to spring training. 440 00:18:29,541 --> 00:18:31,208 Augusta National, home of the Masters, 441 00:18:31,291 --> 00:18:33,249 postponing the prestigious golf tournament. 442 00:18:33,333 --> 00:18:35,458 - The NHL season is officially on pause, 443 00:18:35,541 --> 00:18:36,917 as is Major League Soccer. 444 00:18:36,999 --> 00:18:40,583 - The Big West, Pac-12, Big East, SEC, and ACC 445 00:18:40,667 --> 00:18:43,041 have all canceled their individual tournaments. 446 00:18:43,124 --> 00:18:45,667 - No more winter or spring seasons, 447 00:18:45,750 --> 00:18:46,958 and that includes the lucrative 448 00:18:47,041 --> 00:18:51,458 and highly anticipated NCAA March Madness tournament. 449 00:18:51,541 --> 00:18:56,249 - In order to protect players and refs and coaches and fans, 450 00:18:56,333 --> 00:18:58,833 this was really the only way that they could go. 451 00:18:58,917 --> 00:19:02,083 - These are billion-dollar organizations 452 00:19:02,166 --> 00:19:04,667 that are now postponing because of a virus, 453 00:19:04,750 --> 00:19:06,291 so it smacks you in the face 454 00:19:06,375 --> 00:19:08,458 of how real this virus truly is. 455 00:19:08,541 --> 00:19:10,625 - The first thing that went through my head was, 456 00:19:10,708 --> 00:19:12,291 we were at the top of the league, 457 00:19:12,375 --> 00:19:14,625 playing probably our best hockey of the season. 458 00:19:14,708 --> 00:19:16,458 All of a sudden, all those things are gone. 459 00:19:16,541 --> 00:19:18,291 - It sounds crazy; I got kind of sad 460 00:19:18,375 --> 00:19:21,124 'cause it was like, "Dang, our team was really good," 461 00:19:21,208 --> 00:19:22,750 and I could see that in spring training, 462 00:19:22,833 --> 00:19:24,792 and I knew that we really had a chance 463 00:19:24,875 --> 00:19:26,625 to win a World Series. 464 00:19:26,708 --> 00:19:28,999 - With a little more than four months to go 465 00:19:29,083 --> 00:19:31,875 until the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics 466 00:19:31,958 --> 00:19:33,500 are supposed to start, 467 00:19:33,583 --> 00:19:35,083 the International Olympic Committee 468 00:19:35,166 --> 00:19:37,291 will hold an emergency meeting Tuesday 469 00:19:37,375 --> 00:19:39,375 with international sports bodies. 470 00:19:39,458 --> 00:19:41,458 - Tonight, the Canadian Olympic Committee 471 00:19:41,541 --> 00:19:43,833 came out and said they will not send athletes 472 00:19:43,917 --> 00:19:46,833 to the Olympics if the games are not postponed. 473 00:19:46,917 --> 00:19:48,833 - What we're hearing, Gita, is, overnight, 474 00:19:48,917 --> 00:19:50,875 the Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, 475 00:19:50,958 --> 00:19:53,541 has said for the first time there is a chance 476 00:19:53,625 --> 00:19:56,083 that the Olympics will be postponed. 477 00:19:56,166 --> 00:19:59,333 - There was just so much of back-and-forth information, 478 00:19:59,416 --> 00:20:01,833 information changing today, tomorrow. 479 00:20:01,917 --> 00:20:02,875 - If it gets postponed, how late 480 00:20:02,958 --> 00:20:04,166 is it gonna get postponed? 481 00:20:04,249 --> 00:20:06,833 Are we gonna postpone it three months? 482 00:20:06,917 --> 00:20:08,999 But if we stop practice for three months, 483 00:20:09,083 --> 00:20:10,083 it's gonna take a lot longer to come-- 484 00:20:10,166 --> 00:20:12,541 so it was just... 485 00:20:12,625 --> 00:20:15,208 this big whirlwind that was happening. 486 00:20:15,291 --> 00:20:16,416 - They've had this meeting today, 487 00:20:16,500 --> 00:20:19,999 and Shinzo Abe has asked for the games to be postponed 488 00:20:20,083 --> 00:20:22,708 until the summer of next year, 2021. 489 00:20:22,792 --> 00:20:24,875 - The 2020 Summer Olympics now the latest 490 00:20:24,958 --> 00:20:26,667 major sports cancellation caused 491 00:20:26,750 --> 00:20:28,708 by the global COVID-19 pandemic. 492 00:20:28,792 --> 00:20:30,041 - This is the first time 493 00:20:30,124 --> 00:20:31,667 that Olympic Games has been postponed. 494 00:20:31,750 --> 00:20:33,583 It has been canceled before in wartime, 495 00:20:33,667 --> 00:20:35,750 but it's never been postponed. 496 00:20:35,833 --> 00:20:38,041 - The NBA and NFL and MLB 497 00:20:38,124 --> 00:20:40,208 are enormous, enormous sport properties, 498 00:20:40,291 --> 00:20:42,083 but it's a bit different when it's, like, 499 00:20:42,166 --> 00:20:44,208 literally people from all over the world 500 00:20:44,291 --> 00:20:46,541 flying in to whatever location. 501 00:20:46,625 --> 00:20:47,875 So I mean, I feel okay. 502 00:20:47,958 --> 00:20:49,958 I feel happy about the decision for sure. 503 00:20:52,333 --> 00:20:54,124 - Oftentimes, during crisis, 504 00:20:54,208 --> 00:20:56,291 you know, we turn to sports as a distraction, 505 00:20:56,375 --> 00:20:57,708 and now we won't have that 506 00:20:57,792 --> 00:21:00,875 during what is a global pandemic. 507 00:21:00,958 --> 00:21:03,875 [somber piano music] 508 00:21:03,958 --> 00:21:10,958 ♪ ♪ 509 00:21:21,875 --> 00:21:23,541 - Year? 510 00:21:23,625 --> 00:21:25,083 I don't even remember when this year started, 511 00:21:25,166 --> 00:21:26,833 tell you the truth. [chuckles] 512 00:21:28,458 --> 00:21:30,917 It feel like-- like, sometimes now 513 00:21:30,999 --> 00:21:33,583 I feel like two weeks is almost a full year. 514 00:21:35,708 --> 00:21:36,708 I don't know. 515 00:21:36,792 --> 00:21:38,249 I be riding around sometimes 516 00:21:38,333 --> 00:21:40,291 trying to figure out how we got here. 517 00:21:40,375 --> 00:21:43,333 Not necessarily how, but... 518 00:21:43,416 --> 00:21:44,667 I don't know. 519 00:21:44,750 --> 00:21:46,500 It's wild. 520 00:21:48,541 --> 00:21:50,166 I remember the day we talked about doing this, 521 00:21:50,249 --> 00:21:51,792 and it was about COVID. 522 00:21:51,875 --> 00:21:55,124 It was the day that sports stood still, 523 00:21:55,208 --> 00:21:57,375 but it was COVID, right? 524 00:21:57,458 --> 00:21:59,958 There's been so many, you know, turns, 525 00:22:00,041 --> 00:22:01,458 so many roller coasters, 526 00:22:01,541 --> 00:22:05,458 and it's amazing to see how we got to this point 527 00:22:05,541 --> 00:22:07,041 and understand that... 528 00:22:09,208 --> 00:22:13,041 This didn't just affect the basketball world, right? 529 00:22:13,124 --> 00:22:16,375 It was football. It was hockey. It was tennis. 530 00:22:16,458 --> 00:22:18,041 It was everybody. 531 00:22:18,124 --> 00:22:21,833 Everybody was affected by this, 532 00:22:21,917 --> 00:22:25,792 and COVID ended up just being the starting point. 533 00:22:29,875 --> 00:22:31,958 I just wanted to get to my family. 534 00:22:32,041 --> 00:22:32,958 Nothing else. 535 00:22:33,041 --> 00:22:35,833 It was just, "Okay, this is going on. 536 00:22:35,917 --> 00:22:38,833 I need to be with my family." 537 00:22:38,917 --> 00:22:40,500 - Breathe through your mouth. 538 00:22:40,583 --> 00:22:43,999 - We ended up getting tested on that Friday. 539 00:22:44,083 --> 00:22:47,375 They did the nasal swab where they touch your brain. 540 00:22:47,458 --> 00:22:48,375 [laughs] 541 00:22:48,458 --> 00:22:50,208 And then the waiting game. 542 00:22:50,291 --> 00:22:51,208 [grunts] 543 00:22:51,291 --> 00:22:52,500 The waiting game is the-- 544 00:22:52,583 --> 00:22:54,375 maybe the hardest part, 545 00:22:54,458 --> 00:22:56,667 you know, 'cause you don't-- 546 00:22:56,750 --> 00:22:57,833 you don't know. 547 00:22:57,917 --> 00:22:59,249 It's that uncertainty. 548 00:22:59,333 --> 00:23:01,750 Well, we took our test on Friday. 549 00:23:01,833 --> 00:23:04,875 They said they was gonna have our results on Sunday. 550 00:23:04,958 --> 00:23:07,792 So they didn't have our results. 551 00:23:07,875 --> 00:23:09,333 So now it's Monday. 552 00:23:09,416 --> 00:23:10,875 They said, "You can't travel 553 00:23:10,958 --> 00:23:12,750 till you get your results back," 554 00:23:12,833 --> 00:23:15,708 but I want to get to my family. 555 00:23:15,792 --> 00:23:17,875 [airplane engine roaring] 556 00:23:17,958 --> 00:23:22,208 ♪ ♪ 557 00:23:22,291 --> 00:23:23,917 I'm like, "Okay, maybe when I land, 558 00:23:23,999 --> 00:23:26,541 I'll have a text with my results, right? 559 00:23:26,625 --> 00:23:27,500 No. 560 00:23:27,583 --> 00:23:29,041 I'm here in LA, 561 00:23:29,124 --> 00:23:31,208 and now I'm at my house, 562 00:23:31,291 --> 00:23:33,541 but I'm sitting outside my house 563 00:23:33,625 --> 00:23:36,041 'cause I ain't got my results back yet. 564 00:23:36,124 --> 00:23:37,583 My wife brought me some lunch out. 565 00:23:37,667 --> 00:23:39,458 She had, like, sat it over somewhere 566 00:23:39,541 --> 00:23:40,875 and was like, "I'ma go in the house. 567 00:23:40,958 --> 00:23:42,041 You come get it." 568 00:23:42,124 --> 00:23:46,541 Sitting out here waiting for my results, so... 569 00:23:46,625 --> 00:23:49,083 Don't really even want to tell my kids that I'm there 570 00:23:49,166 --> 00:23:50,750 because they're not gonna understand. 571 00:23:50,833 --> 00:23:53,792 They're like, "Dad here. I can't go see him." 572 00:23:53,875 --> 00:23:55,583 It's crazy how good I just feel 573 00:23:55,667 --> 00:23:58,583 even knowing that they're inside, 574 00:23:58,667 --> 00:23:59,583 you know what I mean? 575 00:23:59,667 --> 00:24:00,917 Like, I feel great. 576 00:24:00,999 --> 00:24:03,625 Got to the afternoon, still didn't have the results. 577 00:24:03,708 --> 00:24:06,208 Got to that night, still didn't have the results. 578 00:24:06,291 --> 00:24:09,375 And I remember seeing my kids. 579 00:24:09,458 --> 00:24:10,917 We got, like, a little pool house, 580 00:24:10,999 --> 00:24:12,249 sort of, like, clear windows, 581 00:24:12,333 --> 00:24:13,917 and you can see into the house. 582 00:24:13,999 --> 00:24:17,124 I went in there, and I could see my kids. 583 00:24:17,208 --> 00:24:19,833 I was grateful that I could see them, 584 00:24:19,958 --> 00:24:23,166 but now I want to touch them. 585 00:24:23,249 --> 00:24:24,958 Like, I want to hug my kids. 586 00:24:25,041 --> 00:24:27,458 Like, I hadn't seen them in so long. 587 00:24:27,541 --> 00:24:31,667 And...I couldn't. 588 00:24:31,750 --> 00:24:38,708 ♪ ♪ 589 00:24:39,708 --> 00:24:42,583 - You never thought that it'd be you. 590 00:24:42,667 --> 00:24:44,166 You know, I don't think anybody thinks that 591 00:24:44,249 --> 00:24:45,375 until it is them. 592 00:24:49,708 --> 00:24:52,291 When I got back home, I was told 593 00:24:52,375 --> 00:24:53,833 I can't be around my family, 594 00:24:53,917 --> 00:24:58,208 and so I had my own area downstairs: 595 00:24:58,291 --> 00:25:00,625 living room, a TV, 596 00:25:00,708 --> 00:25:02,667 stuff for Xbox, and then a bedroom 597 00:25:02,750 --> 00:25:04,249 on the other side of that wall. 598 00:25:07,958 --> 00:25:09,291 There's, like, a glass door, so, like, 599 00:25:09,375 --> 00:25:11,208 I'd put my hand right there, 600 00:25:11,291 --> 00:25:13,875 and my sister would do that, like, every morning. 601 00:25:13,958 --> 00:25:15,500 It was kind of like a, like, prison. 602 00:25:15,583 --> 00:25:16,999 Like, you put the food, and then you open the door, 603 00:25:17,083 --> 00:25:18,667 and then you-- you know what I mean? 604 00:25:18,750 --> 00:25:21,917 So--at least from what I've seen on TV. 605 00:25:24,333 --> 00:25:25,458 Taking my temperature every day, 606 00:25:25,541 --> 00:25:26,792 people checking in to make sure I do that 607 00:25:26,875 --> 00:25:29,375 on a regular basis. 608 00:25:29,458 --> 00:25:30,999 They told you to do the test where you, like... 609 00:25:31,083 --> 00:25:32,667 [inhales deeply] You breathe in 610 00:25:32,750 --> 00:25:33,999 and you wait ten seconds, 611 00:25:34,083 --> 00:25:35,500 and I'm like, "I'm getting to 9 1/2," 612 00:25:35,583 --> 00:25:37,041 and I'm like, "Am I getting there? No? 613 00:25:37,124 --> 00:25:38,833 Okay, cool." 614 00:25:38,917 --> 00:25:41,375 Then just play Xbox, like, all night. 615 00:25:41,458 --> 00:25:44,083 I'm just taking the proper precautions, 616 00:25:44,166 --> 00:25:46,166 you know, as was told to me by the health authorities. 617 00:25:46,249 --> 00:25:49,583 I gotta stay in isolation, so I'm solo in here, 618 00:25:49,667 --> 00:25:51,041 playing video games all day, 619 00:25:51,124 --> 00:25:53,166 and can't wait to get back out there. 620 00:25:53,249 --> 00:25:55,458 I'm hearing about friends' parents who are dying, 621 00:25:55,541 --> 00:25:57,833 friends' parents who are sick, friends who are sick. 622 00:25:57,917 --> 00:25:59,708 I'm like, "Oh, shit, like, 623 00:25:59,792 --> 00:26:03,083 where do I fall into that line?" 624 00:26:05,124 --> 00:26:06,208 "Is it gonna be Wednesday? 625 00:26:06,291 --> 00:26:07,541 "Is it gonna be Thursday it's gonna hit? 626 00:26:07,625 --> 00:26:09,375 Is it gonna be Friday?" 627 00:26:09,458 --> 00:26:10,500 Just worried. 628 00:26:10,583 --> 00:26:11,875 Like, that's really what it was, you know, 629 00:26:11,958 --> 00:26:13,833 and then you just wake up worried, 630 00:26:13,917 --> 00:26:17,375 you know, and you go to sleep worried. 631 00:26:17,458 --> 00:26:19,792 Wine definitely took care of the sleep. 632 00:26:21,708 --> 00:26:24,958 As I've gotten closer to the days of being cleared, 633 00:26:25,041 --> 00:26:29,041 I'm looking to be okay, but I'm thinking, like, 634 00:26:29,124 --> 00:26:30,583 "Is my mom gonna get it, my sister gonna get it, 635 00:26:30,667 --> 00:26:32,625 "my dad gonna get it? 636 00:26:32,708 --> 00:26:34,541 What about them?" 637 00:26:34,625 --> 00:26:41,625 ♪ ♪ 638 00:26:50,999 --> 00:26:52,416 - After winning the Super Bowl, 639 00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:55,249 I decided to go on a trip with my girlfriend. 640 00:26:55,333 --> 00:26:57,416 We rented a boat, and we sailed 641 00:26:57,500 --> 00:27:00,249 down the Caribbean to a few islands. 642 00:27:00,333 --> 00:27:03,333 We got back the day the government of Canada 643 00:27:03,416 --> 00:27:06,708 put in a restriction for returning travelers. 644 00:27:06,792 --> 00:27:10,458 We started that 14-day isolation period at home, 645 00:27:10,541 --> 00:27:12,291 and it was tough. 646 00:27:12,375 --> 00:27:14,667 - One thing about this quarantine is, 647 00:27:14,750 --> 00:27:16,833 if you don't like being with the person that you with 648 00:27:16,917 --> 00:27:18,291 or with your kids, it's gonna show you. 649 00:27:18,375 --> 00:27:19,999 [laughter] 650 00:27:20,083 --> 00:27:22,958 It's gonna show you quick, fast, and in a hurry. 651 00:27:23,041 --> 00:27:24,625 - There's a pro and a con to living with people. 652 00:27:24,708 --> 00:27:26,166 Like, you could have company during this, 653 00:27:26,249 --> 00:27:28,500 or you could be like, "Yo." [laughs] 654 00:27:28,583 --> 00:27:29,625 You know, like-- 655 00:27:29,708 --> 00:27:30,958 so I'm alone. 656 00:27:31,041 --> 00:27:32,625 Like, you know, I have my own space. 657 00:27:32,708 --> 00:27:33,958 I can move around how I move around, 658 00:27:34,041 --> 00:27:35,500 and I don't feel any pressure, 659 00:27:35,583 --> 00:27:37,458 but I could imagine, if I had a roommate, 660 00:27:37,541 --> 00:27:39,124 how I would feel. 661 00:27:39,208 --> 00:27:40,500 - There's only so much communication 662 00:27:40,583 --> 00:27:42,500 you can have between you and your significant other. 663 00:27:42,583 --> 00:27:43,458 At some point, it's like, 664 00:27:43,541 --> 00:27:45,458 "Bro, I'ma need you to go upstairs, 665 00:27:45,541 --> 00:27:46,750 "and I'ma gonna need to go down here 666 00:27:46,833 --> 00:27:49,875 'cause I need alone time." [laughs] 667 00:27:49,958 --> 00:27:51,166 - The longest I've ever been home 668 00:27:51,249 --> 00:27:53,208 probably in a season is two weeks, 669 00:27:53,291 --> 00:27:55,458 and you get the summer, but I guess it was kind of 670 00:27:55,541 --> 00:27:57,500 a little peek into retirement, 671 00:27:57,583 --> 00:27:59,917 which kind of scared me a little bit, to be honest. 672 00:27:59,999 --> 00:28:02,833 - We were a little bit panicked and crazy. 673 00:28:02,917 --> 00:28:05,667 We stocked up our fridge. We stocked up our cabinets. 674 00:28:05,750 --> 00:28:07,500 We stocked up on toilet paper. 675 00:28:07,583 --> 00:28:08,958 - I was like, "Hey, I don't see any toilet paper. 676 00:28:09,041 --> 00:28:09,999 Can I get some toilet paper?" 677 00:28:10,083 --> 00:28:11,166 And the guy looked at me and was like, 678 00:28:11,249 --> 00:28:12,500 "Toilet paper? We're all out." 679 00:28:12,583 --> 00:28:13,792 And I was like, "What?" 680 00:28:13,875 --> 00:28:16,291 - I didn't think toilet paper was that big of a necessity. 681 00:28:16,375 --> 00:28:17,708 - He was like, "Yo, but I got you." 682 00:28:17,792 --> 00:28:20,500 He goes behind the register, like, under something, 683 00:28:20,583 --> 00:28:22,500 pulls it out, and is like, "Yo, I got you." 684 00:28:22,583 --> 00:28:24,667 - I had bought my own blood pressure machine. 685 00:28:24,750 --> 00:28:26,958 I bought an ultrasound thing. 686 00:28:27,041 --> 00:28:28,875 I bought a scale, which I really did not 687 00:28:28,958 --> 00:28:31,708 want to do, but they made me weigh myself. 688 00:28:31,792 --> 00:28:33,750 - I was buying two tubes of toothpaste, 689 00:28:33,833 --> 00:28:35,708 tea tree oil, elderberry gummies. 690 00:28:35,792 --> 00:28:36,958 I don't know when I'll be back out here. 691 00:28:37,041 --> 00:28:40,375 Like, this doesn't even make sense to me, right? 692 00:28:40,458 --> 00:28:43,083 [dog barking] 693 00:28:43,166 --> 00:28:44,041 - Callie! 694 00:28:44,124 --> 00:28:45,375 Hey, hey, sorry. Just gotta open the door. 695 00:28:45,458 --> 00:28:47,708 Kane, don't open the door. Are you crazy? 696 00:28:47,792 --> 00:28:50,166 No? Why not? Oh, okay. 697 00:28:50,249 --> 00:28:52,208 You gonna go down? Okay. Can you take Nuggie out here? 698 00:28:52,291 --> 00:28:55,583 Oh, "havoc" is just not the word for it. 699 00:28:55,667 --> 00:28:57,041 It's just not. 700 00:28:57,124 --> 00:29:00,625 [dog barking] 701 00:29:03,999 --> 00:29:05,708 - I wake up that morning. 702 00:29:05,792 --> 00:29:07,375 Still nothing. 703 00:29:07,458 --> 00:29:08,708 It wasn't till later that day, 704 00:29:08,792 --> 00:29:11,625 maybe, like, around 3:00 or 4:00. 705 00:29:11,708 --> 00:29:14,958 Man, just found out that my test was negative. 706 00:29:15,041 --> 00:29:17,917 Yesterday, I was in the car, couldn't see the kids, 707 00:29:17,999 --> 00:29:19,249 my kids don't know, 708 00:29:19,333 --> 00:29:21,583 so I'm about to go give them the biggest hug. 709 00:29:21,667 --> 00:29:25,958 I ain't seen them since All-Star weekend? 710 00:29:26,041 --> 00:29:28,625 ♪ ♪ 711 00:29:28,708 --> 00:29:30,166 Chris! 712 00:29:31,999 --> 00:29:33,500 Chris! 713 00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:38,166 Chris! 714 00:29:39,500 --> 00:29:40,875 Is he outside? 715 00:29:44,124 --> 00:29:45,625 Chris! 716 00:29:47,458 --> 00:29:50,083 It was crazy because when I finally 717 00:29:50,166 --> 00:29:52,792 got my test back and I walked outside 718 00:29:52,875 --> 00:29:54,291 and I called his name... 719 00:29:54,375 --> 00:29:55,458 Chris! 720 00:29:55,541 --> 00:29:56,833 - Yeah? 721 00:29:56,917 --> 00:29:57,833 - Come here. 722 00:29:57,917 --> 00:29:59,999 He was shooting on the basketball goal. 723 00:30:00,083 --> 00:30:01,583 I said, "Chris! Chris!" 724 00:30:01,667 --> 00:30:02,875 Come here! 725 00:30:04,833 --> 00:30:06,124 He heard me, and he stopped shooting, 726 00:30:06,208 --> 00:30:07,667 and he came and walked. 727 00:30:07,750 --> 00:30:10,416 And, like, he got right here, 728 00:30:10,500 --> 00:30:12,124 and he looked at me and stopped. 729 00:30:12,208 --> 00:30:15,500 Why you creeping? 'Cause I ain't got no mask on? 730 00:30:15,583 --> 00:30:17,291 - No. 731 00:30:17,375 --> 00:30:18,500 - What? 732 00:30:18,583 --> 00:30:20,166 I got my test back. I'm negative. 733 00:30:20,249 --> 00:30:22,249 - Yes! 734 00:30:26,667 --> 00:30:29,625 - It let me know that he saw everything that was going on, 735 00:30:29,708 --> 00:30:32,458 and he was not only happy that he finally got a chance 736 00:30:32,541 --> 00:30:34,792 to hug me and see me 'cause I hadn't seen him 737 00:30:34,875 --> 00:30:36,541 in a month, but it showed me 738 00:30:36,625 --> 00:30:38,833 that he was really worried, you know what I mean, 739 00:30:38,917 --> 00:30:42,583 like, genuinely worried about me and my health. 740 00:30:46,124 --> 00:30:47,667 - You know, we take things for granted 741 00:30:47,750 --> 00:30:50,041 here in this country like we're gonna figure everything out. 742 00:30:50,124 --> 00:30:52,833 You know, we've figured out viruses before. 743 00:30:52,917 --> 00:30:54,625 This was just one more time. 744 00:30:54,708 --> 00:30:56,833 And I just thought, "Okay, you know, 745 00:30:56,917 --> 00:30:59,041 we're gonna figure it out," and then all of a sudden, 746 00:30:59,124 --> 00:31:00,999 those doubts started creeping into my mind, 747 00:31:01,083 --> 00:31:02,958 and you start thinking about your family, 748 00:31:03,041 --> 00:31:04,999 friends, employees, everybody, 749 00:31:05,083 --> 00:31:06,750 and so all of a sudden, 750 00:31:06,833 --> 00:31:08,541 that uncertainty level just creeped up, 751 00:31:08,625 --> 00:31:10,500 and it was-- I was like everybody else. 752 00:31:10,583 --> 00:31:11,833 What the hell comes next? 753 00:31:11,917 --> 00:31:14,166 - This morning, Arizona is seeing 754 00:31:14,249 --> 00:31:16,667 one of the largest increases in COVID-19 cases 755 00:31:16,750 --> 00:31:17,792 in the country. 756 00:31:17,875 --> 00:31:19,875 - Cases continuing to spike in the South. 757 00:31:19,958 --> 00:31:23,333 Hospitals there are now seeing a record number of patients. 758 00:31:23,416 --> 00:31:26,041 - Dire new projections showing coronavirus 759 00:31:26,124 --> 00:31:30,667 could kill 200,000 Americans by November 1st. 760 00:31:30,750 --> 00:31:31,667 - I was scared, I think. 761 00:31:31,750 --> 00:31:33,625 I was scared to see, like, 762 00:31:33,708 --> 00:31:35,416 our world kind of collapsing. 763 00:31:35,500 --> 00:31:36,708 - It's normal for us to all feel 764 00:31:36,792 --> 00:31:39,583 a little bit nervous and scared. 765 00:31:39,667 --> 00:31:40,999 - All of a sudden, the news came out 766 00:31:41,083 --> 00:31:42,999 of these pregnant women getting it 767 00:31:43,083 --> 00:31:45,541 and then the fetuses getting coronavirus, 768 00:31:45,625 --> 00:31:47,583 and that was just truly terrifying. 769 00:31:47,667 --> 00:31:50,416 - I was very afraid for our little one 770 00:31:50,500 --> 00:31:53,375 that had just one year at that moment. 771 00:31:53,458 --> 00:31:56,458 - My biggest concern was my parents first. 772 00:31:56,541 --> 00:32:00,124 My dad is 73, my mom is 63, 773 00:32:00,208 --> 00:32:03,333 and they both have to work. 774 00:32:04,541 --> 00:32:06,583 - My biggest concern, really, 775 00:32:06,667 --> 00:32:09,750 was keeping my family safe. 776 00:32:09,833 --> 00:32:12,875 I was in Minnesota, and then my dad told me 777 00:32:12,958 --> 00:32:15,917 that my mom was positive for COVID, 778 00:32:15,999 --> 00:32:21,375 so I flew down to Jersey for a day to check on her. 779 00:32:27,333 --> 00:32:28,416 What's up, guys? 780 00:32:28,500 --> 00:32:29,999 Just something to update you on my life. 781 00:32:30,083 --> 00:32:32,124 I just can't sleep. 782 00:32:32,208 --> 00:32:36,249 Found the strength to do this video. 783 00:32:36,333 --> 00:32:37,750 You know, I think it's important 784 00:32:37,833 --> 00:32:40,416 that everyone understands the severity 785 00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:43,124 of what's happening in the world right now 786 00:32:43,208 --> 00:32:44,917 with this coronavirus. 787 00:32:44,999 --> 00:32:47,917 I just remember doing that video. 788 00:32:47,999 --> 00:32:50,124 It was, 789 00:32:50,208 --> 00:32:52,500 if I'm right-- it's been a long summer-- 790 00:32:52,583 --> 00:32:55,375 it was, like, 4:30 in the morning. 791 00:32:55,458 --> 00:32:57,458 My mom was doing really bad 792 00:32:57,541 --> 00:33:00,792 and was not in the best of conditions. 793 00:33:00,875 --> 00:33:03,083 She kept getting worse. She kept getting worse. 794 00:33:03,166 --> 00:33:05,667 And the hospital was doing everything they can. 795 00:33:05,750 --> 00:33:07,999 I was doing everything I could. 796 00:33:08,083 --> 00:33:09,458 Still am. 797 00:33:09,541 --> 00:33:10,708 And... 798 00:33:12,416 --> 00:33:14,041 She just wasn't getting better. 799 00:33:14,124 --> 00:33:16,208 Her fever was never cutting from 103, 800 00:33:16,291 --> 00:33:19,792 maybe go down to 101.9 with the meds 801 00:33:19,875 --> 00:33:23,041 and then immediately spike back up during the night. 802 00:33:23,124 --> 00:33:25,500 She was very uncomfortable. 803 00:33:25,583 --> 00:33:27,208 Her lungs were getting worse. 804 00:33:27,291 --> 00:33:29,333 Her cough was getting worse. 805 00:33:29,416 --> 00:33:31,958 And I've always been a guy that live very private. 806 00:33:32,041 --> 00:33:35,291 I've never been a person to... 807 00:33:35,375 --> 00:33:36,875 really let people inside my life, 808 00:33:36,958 --> 00:33:38,875 but I felt that this was one of those moments 809 00:33:38,958 --> 00:33:41,166 that the guard had to come down. 810 00:33:41,249 --> 00:33:44,833 They said that, you know, she went sideways, 811 00:33:44,917 --> 00:33:47,333 and things went sideways quick. 812 00:33:47,416 --> 00:33:50,750 And her lungs were extremely getting worse, 813 00:33:50,833 --> 00:33:53,541 and she was having trouble breathing, 814 00:33:53,625 --> 00:33:55,249 and... 815 00:33:57,208 --> 00:33:59,333 You know, they were just explaining to me 816 00:33:59,416 --> 00:34:02,541 that she had to be put on a ventilator, 817 00:34:02,625 --> 00:34:04,750 you know, and she was getting-- she was getting worse, 818 00:34:04,833 --> 00:34:06,333 and she was confused by everything, 819 00:34:06,416 --> 00:34:09,375 and I'm trying to talk to her about everything and, 820 00:34:09,458 --> 00:34:11,875 you know, encourage and stay positive. 821 00:34:11,958 --> 00:34:13,750 I just wanted to use my story 822 00:34:13,833 --> 00:34:15,208 and the things I was going through 823 00:34:15,291 --> 00:34:18,708 to make other people understand how serious it is, 824 00:34:18,792 --> 00:34:21,667 maybe save their family, maybe save themselves. 825 00:34:23,083 --> 00:34:25,750 If I save one life, 826 00:34:25,833 --> 00:34:29,083 that's all I ever wanted to do in that video, 827 00:34:29,166 --> 00:34:31,708 'cause I didn't know if I was gonna be losing one. 828 00:34:31,792 --> 00:34:33,708 I send my love to all your families. 829 00:34:33,792 --> 00:34:35,541 Praying for every single one of you guys. 830 00:34:35,625 --> 00:34:37,208 Life may keep throwing punches at me, 831 00:34:37,291 --> 00:34:38,917 but I'll keep getting back up, 832 00:34:38,999 --> 00:34:40,375 and I ain't gonna quit at any time, 833 00:34:40,458 --> 00:34:41,583 and neither will my whole family, 834 00:34:41,667 --> 00:34:43,875 and neither will my mother, so... 835 00:34:43,958 --> 00:34:45,833 Dominican women are strong. 836 00:34:45,958 --> 00:34:47,083 I know they are. 837 00:34:47,166 --> 00:34:50,541 My mother is the strongest woman I know, 838 00:34:50,625 --> 00:34:52,958 and I know she'll beat this, 839 00:34:53,041 --> 00:34:55,792 and we're gonna rejoice when she does. 840 00:34:55,875 --> 00:34:57,458 Love you guys, 841 00:34:57,541 --> 00:34:59,416 and I'll talk to you later. 842 00:34:59,500 --> 00:35:01,208 [somber music] 843 00:35:01,291 --> 00:35:05,249 When I got the call my mom didn't make it, 844 00:35:05,333 --> 00:35:07,625 it was a surreal moment. 845 00:35:07,708 --> 00:35:10,375 I remember being upset about tearing my knee 846 00:35:10,458 --> 00:35:13,416 during the season and being just so disappointed in myself 847 00:35:13,500 --> 00:35:17,583 and just trying to rush and rush 848 00:35:17,667 --> 00:35:19,750 and not paying attention to family 849 00:35:19,833 --> 00:35:21,083 as much as I would like. 850 00:35:21,166 --> 00:35:23,291 And this is the first time 851 00:35:23,375 --> 00:35:25,458 I've really had to slow down and say, 852 00:35:25,541 --> 00:35:29,166 you know, "What's really important in my life?" 853 00:35:29,249 --> 00:35:36,249 ♪ ♪ 854 00:35:43,041 --> 00:35:45,792 - I think the main thing that I've learned from all this 855 00:35:45,875 --> 00:35:49,291 is, like, I've pursued sport in a context 856 00:35:49,375 --> 00:35:52,291 that's just very, like, locked in all the time, 857 00:35:52,375 --> 00:35:54,291 keyed in, and I realize now I'm just, like, 858 00:35:54,375 --> 00:35:56,124 "This can be taken away from you in a way, too, 859 00:35:56,208 --> 00:35:57,291 "and there are no guarantees, 860 00:35:57,375 --> 00:35:59,166 so you have to enjoy life every day." 861 00:35:59,249 --> 00:36:01,750 - It's tough, and I think that's why 862 00:36:01,833 --> 00:36:03,667 the game is so important. 863 00:36:03,750 --> 00:36:06,124 I mean, I always knew I loved to hoop, 864 00:36:06,208 --> 00:36:07,333 but I need it. 865 00:36:07,416 --> 00:36:08,333 Like, I need it. 866 00:36:08,416 --> 00:36:10,625 Like, those three hours at practice 867 00:36:10,708 --> 00:36:13,458 are, like, the only time where you just get to hoop 868 00:36:13,541 --> 00:36:15,375 and not think about nothing else. 869 00:36:15,458 --> 00:36:17,875 - Any athlete's gonna tell you that our ability 870 00:36:17,958 --> 00:36:21,833 to work out and to play our game and our sport, 871 00:36:21,917 --> 00:36:23,333 it's an oasis for us. 872 00:36:23,416 --> 00:36:24,792 It's a way for us to get out 873 00:36:24,875 --> 00:36:26,500 all those frustrations and emotions, 874 00:36:26,583 --> 00:36:29,667 and everything that we're feeling of real life, 875 00:36:29,750 --> 00:36:32,708 we get out through our workouts. 876 00:36:32,792 --> 00:36:34,041 - At the beginning of the quarantine, 877 00:36:34,124 --> 00:36:36,833 I think the hardest thing was actually to get equipment. 878 00:36:36,917 --> 00:36:39,375 Like, everything was sold out everywhere, 879 00:36:39,458 --> 00:36:41,375 but quickly, I was able to transition 880 00:36:41,458 --> 00:36:43,333 and kind of work out on my own. 881 00:36:43,416 --> 00:36:45,166 [hip-hop music] 882 00:36:45,249 --> 00:36:47,124 - Being a professional athlete, 883 00:36:47,208 --> 00:36:48,833 how am I gonna be ready for a season 884 00:36:48,917 --> 00:36:50,500 if a season's happening? 885 00:36:50,583 --> 00:36:52,124 How do I prepare? 886 00:36:52,208 --> 00:36:53,375 - ♪ Nothing can stop me ♪ 887 00:36:53,458 --> 00:36:54,583 ♪ I'm all the way up ♪ 888 00:36:54,667 --> 00:36:56,708 - You learn how to use your house 889 00:36:56,792 --> 00:36:57,875 a little bit better. 890 00:36:57,958 --> 00:36:58,875 - ♪ All the way up ♪ 891 00:36:58,958 --> 00:37:00,208 ♪ I'm all the way up ♪ 892 00:37:00,291 --> 00:37:01,541 ♪ I'm all the way up ♪ - Yeah. 893 00:37:01,625 --> 00:37:03,208 - ♪ I'm all the way up ♪ 894 00:37:03,291 --> 00:37:04,416 ♪ Nothing can stop me ♪ 895 00:37:04,500 --> 00:37:05,541 ♪ I'm all the way up ♪ 896 00:37:05,625 --> 00:37:07,208 - I've been doing Zoom sessions 897 00:37:07,291 --> 00:37:08,708 one-on-one with a coach. 898 00:37:08,792 --> 00:37:10,999 - ♪ Nothing can stop me, I'm all the way up ♪ 899 00:37:11,083 --> 00:37:12,500 - Oh! - ♪ All the way up ♪ 900 00:37:12,583 --> 00:37:13,917 ♪ All the way up ♪ 901 00:37:13,999 --> 00:37:15,249 ♪ All the way up ♪ - Oh! 902 00:37:15,333 --> 00:37:16,708 - ♪ I'm all the way up ♪ 903 00:37:16,792 --> 00:37:18,041 - Eventually, I was able to put my hands 904 00:37:18,124 --> 00:37:20,375 on a squat rack, on a bench press, 905 00:37:20,458 --> 00:37:21,875 on weights and stuff. 906 00:37:21,958 --> 00:37:23,583 I put everything on my roof, 907 00:37:23,667 --> 00:37:25,541 so I'm really weather-dependent. 908 00:37:25,625 --> 00:37:27,541 So at the beginning, it was kind of cold outside, 909 00:37:27,625 --> 00:37:29,041 and now it's, like, 90 degrees. 910 00:37:29,124 --> 00:37:30,416 - ♪ I'm all the way up ♪ 911 00:37:30,500 --> 00:37:37,541 ♪ ♪ 912 00:37:41,875 --> 00:37:42,917 - Ooh! 913 00:37:42,999 --> 00:37:45,792 I already knew that I had time management issues, 914 00:37:45,875 --> 00:37:50,708 but this let me know that to a whole nother extent. 915 00:37:50,792 --> 00:37:53,875 But it also let me know even more so 916 00:37:53,958 --> 00:37:57,541 what I'm capable of if I put my mind to it. 917 00:37:57,625 --> 00:38:00,083 I already knew I was going to Jordan, 918 00:38:00,166 --> 00:38:01,958 but Nike told me that they used me 919 00:38:02,041 --> 00:38:03,541 for that campaign, right? 920 00:38:03,625 --> 00:38:06,458 So that was big, to try to get my name out there. 921 00:38:06,541 --> 00:38:09,375 You know, as far as having the meetings 922 00:38:09,458 --> 00:38:10,750 that I've had day in and day out 923 00:38:10,833 --> 00:38:12,416 and having the phone calls and stuff 924 00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:15,458 and also making sure that I get my workouts in... 925 00:38:15,541 --> 00:38:17,375 Look right here. 926 00:38:17,458 --> 00:38:19,333 This is my workout. 927 00:38:19,416 --> 00:38:22,583 But I think it also let me know how, 928 00:38:22,667 --> 00:38:25,958 during this whole quarantine, 929 00:38:26,041 --> 00:38:28,249 some of the best moments 930 00:38:28,333 --> 00:38:31,291 have been yesterday, working out with my son. 931 00:38:31,375 --> 00:38:33,291 [sentimental music] 932 00:38:33,375 --> 00:38:37,166 Just me and him on the court. 933 00:38:37,249 --> 00:38:38,792 Our family movie nights 934 00:38:38,875 --> 00:38:40,416 when we all just go in the family room 935 00:38:40,500 --> 00:38:43,124 and we watch a movie, 936 00:38:43,208 --> 00:38:44,583 you know what I mean? 937 00:38:46,750 --> 00:38:48,708 It's about being present. 938 00:38:51,041 --> 00:38:52,291 Whereas I think, a lot of times, 939 00:38:52,375 --> 00:38:54,792 people see happiness or think happiness 940 00:38:54,875 --> 00:38:58,875 is the house we got or the car that we got 941 00:38:58,958 --> 00:39:00,333 or these different things, 942 00:39:00,416 --> 00:39:03,541 but I sort of found about myself is that, 943 00:39:03,625 --> 00:39:07,500 like, my true happiness is when I'm present 944 00:39:07,583 --> 00:39:09,249 and I'm with my crew. 945 00:39:09,333 --> 00:39:11,124 ♪ Frank, shut up ♪ 946 00:39:11,208 --> 00:39:13,166 ♪ Can't you see two men are talking ♪ 947 00:39:13,249 --> 00:39:15,291 ♪ But I thought I ♪ 948 00:39:15,375 --> 00:39:18,249 ♪ Told your can to get to walking ♪ 949 00:39:18,333 --> 00:39:24,291 ♪ Now I think you all better leave this place ♪ 950 00:39:24,375 --> 00:39:27,291 [suspenseful music] 951 00:39:27,375 --> 00:39:28,667 ♪ ♪ 952 00:39:28,750 --> 00:39:31,041 - Fight fans have been seeing reports, Bob, 953 00:39:31,124 --> 00:39:33,333 that live televised boxing 954 00:39:33,416 --> 00:39:34,500 is in good position 955 00:39:34,583 --> 00:39:35,833 to be back sooner 956 00:39:35,917 --> 00:39:37,625 than many other pro sports. 957 00:39:37,708 --> 00:39:39,708 Based on everything you know, 958 00:39:39,792 --> 00:39:42,500 what's a realistic timeline for that? 959 00:39:42,583 --> 00:39:46,291 - We hope to be operational sometime in June. 960 00:39:46,375 --> 00:39:48,416 - Although the numbers suggest 961 00:39:48,500 --> 00:39:50,708 that we are a long way from out of the woods, 962 00:39:50,792 --> 00:39:54,375 there seems to be a surge now towards reopening. 963 00:39:54,458 --> 00:39:56,166 - What we've seen over the course 964 00:39:56,249 --> 00:39:58,667 of even the last few weeks-- 965 00:39:58,750 --> 00:40:01,041 heck, even the last few days-- 966 00:40:01,124 --> 00:40:04,041 has suggested a lot of progress has been made. 967 00:40:04,124 --> 00:40:06,708 - How do you take a sport that is somewhat 968 00:40:06,792 --> 00:40:08,999 inherently dangerous 969 00:40:09,083 --> 00:40:13,667 and put it into the context of a pandemic? 970 00:40:13,750 --> 00:40:15,249 - Fellas, the owners say, "Play ball." 971 00:40:15,333 --> 00:40:17,041 The players reportedly agree to show up. 972 00:40:17,124 --> 00:40:19,458 Call me a cynic; I'll buy it when they lay the chalk down 973 00:40:19,541 --> 00:40:20,458 the last week of July. 974 00:40:20,541 --> 00:40:22,458 Jim, still some loose ends to tie up here. 975 00:40:22,541 --> 00:40:24,583 What are the remaining hurdles that need to be cleared 976 00:40:24,667 --> 00:40:27,124 to ensure baseball in the summer of 2020? 977 00:40:27,208 --> 00:40:28,249 - Baseball's gonna be back, 978 00:40:28,333 --> 00:40:29,583 and the players are gonna report 979 00:40:29,667 --> 00:40:30,917 by July 1st. 980 00:40:30,999 --> 00:40:34,083 - How do you feel about the idea of sports returning 981 00:40:34,166 --> 00:40:35,958 and these conversations around them? 982 00:40:36,041 --> 00:40:37,792 - There are so many unknowns 983 00:40:37,875 --> 00:40:40,583 that I doubt that we have football or baseball 984 00:40:40,667 --> 00:40:42,541 on a professional level. 985 00:40:42,625 --> 00:40:46,291 But I do think it's possible that the NBA can somehow 986 00:40:46,375 --> 00:40:48,917 get through this postseason, these playoffs, 987 00:40:48,999 --> 00:40:51,416 in fits and starts if necessary, 988 00:40:51,500 --> 00:40:53,750 only if they're ready, and I'd like to-- 989 00:40:53,833 --> 00:40:55,458 I like the signs that we're seeing 990 00:40:55,541 --> 00:40:57,999 that yeah, they're raring to go. 991 00:40:58,083 --> 00:40:59,917 - We spoke a lot about what was happening 992 00:40:59,999 --> 00:41:02,917 with the Bundesliga in Germany, 993 00:41:02,999 --> 00:41:07,166 La Liga in Spain, the EPL in England. 994 00:41:07,249 --> 00:41:11,792 Those leagues were moving faster than U.S. leagues were, 995 00:41:11,875 --> 00:41:13,416 maybe because the virus 996 00:41:13,500 --> 00:41:15,249 sort of was on a different path. 997 00:41:15,333 --> 00:41:17,750 - We've already seen what this looks like in some countries. 998 00:41:17,833 --> 00:41:19,291 - Taiwan's Professional Baseball League 999 00:41:19,375 --> 00:41:21,917 has announced that it will start the regular season 1000 00:41:21,999 --> 00:41:25,249 with an opening-day game without a live audience. 1001 00:41:25,333 --> 00:41:26,458 - This match would normally have 1002 00:41:26,541 --> 00:41:29,124 over 80,000 pairs of eyes trained on it 1003 00:41:29,208 --> 00:41:30,958 from inside Signal Iduna Park. 1004 00:41:31,041 --> 00:41:32,999 - It's been said that fans make the game what it is, 1005 00:41:33,083 --> 00:41:35,291 in many ways, the true home-court advantage. 1006 00:41:35,375 --> 00:41:38,124 Now the prospect they could be benched by the virus 1007 00:41:38,208 --> 00:41:39,416 here in the United States. 1008 00:41:39,500 --> 00:41:41,166 - Obviously, I would be very disappointed, you know, 1009 00:41:41,249 --> 00:41:42,792 not having the fans 'cause that's what I play for. 1010 00:41:42,875 --> 00:41:44,999 I play for my family. I play for my fans. 1011 00:41:45,083 --> 00:41:46,625 They're saying no one could actually come to the game 1012 00:41:46,708 --> 00:41:47,875 if they decide to go to that point, 1013 00:41:47,958 --> 00:41:49,375 so I'll be disappointed in that. 1014 00:41:49,458 --> 00:41:52,500 - The sense for the players on the floor was, 1015 00:41:52,583 --> 00:41:55,500 they need that ambient noise. 1016 00:41:55,583 --> 00:41:58,500 It's just part of what energizes them. 1017 00:41:58,583 --> 00:42:03,041 It's--you know, it's the music of the game, 1018 00:42:03,124 --> 00:42:06,667 and that, you know, to the extent that 1019 00:42:06,750 --> 00:42:09,917 we could try to replicate it, we all believed we should. 1020 00:42:13,249 --> 00:42:15,833 - When we stopped playing, the presumption, frankly, 1021 00:42:15,917 --> 00:42:17,500 was that we would not restart. 1022 00:42:17,583 --> 00:42:20,958 Simultaneously, we were trying to figure out 1023 00:42:21,041 --> 00:42:23,792 what a restart could look like if there was-- 1024 00:42:23,875 --> 00:42:25,750 if it was healthy and safe. 1025 00:42:27,416 --> 00:42:29,583 The NBPA has an executive committee. 1026 00:42:29,667 --> 00:42:31,375 Chris is our president. 1027 00:42:31,458 --> 00:42:32,541 And I don't think there was a day 1028 00:42:32,625 --> 00:42:34,750 I didn't talk with him. 1029 00:42:34,833 --> 00:42:36,333 - I've been the president 1030 00:42:36,416 --> 00:42:39,708 of the Players Association since 2013. 1031 00:42:39,792 --> 00:42:42,833 A lot of responsibility comes with this position, 1032 00:42:42,917 --> 00:42:45,208 but I'm very fortunate to have 1033 00:42:45,291 --> 00:42:47,875 an outstanding group of committed guys. 1034 00:42:47,958 --> 00:42:51,375 When the shutdown happened, there were a lot of people 1035 00:42:51,458 --> 00:42:53,208 who looked to me for direction 1036 00:42:53,291 --> 00:42:55,750 or just to know what's going on. 1037 00:42:55,833 --> 00:42:57,375 When you got 450 players, 1038 00:42:57,458 --> 00:42:59,667 guys just want to feel included in these decisions 1039 00:42:59,750 --> 00:43:02,375 that affect their lives, right? 1040 00:43:02,458 --> 00:43:04,625 You have to make sure that you're accessible. 1041 00:43:05,958 --> 00:43:09,667 That's why it was nice that we got an executive committee. 1042 00:43:09,750 --> 00:43:13,416 You got eight other guys over here that you can talk to 1043 00:43:13,500 --> 00:43:15,875 about what's going on with the league. 1044 00:43:17,208 --> 00:43:19,583 It wasn't a question of, "How are we gonna play?" 1045 00:43:19,667 --> 00:43:22,583 It was a question of, "Do we want to play?" 1046 00:43:22,667 --> 00:43:25,249 Right? Like, do we want to play? 1047 00:43:25,333 --> 00:43:27,583 Do we feel like this is the right thing to do 1048 00:43:27,667 --> 00:43:28,833 as far as playing? 1049 00:43:28,917 --> 00:43:31,083 - The virus is still claiming lives at an alarming rate, 1050 00:43:31,166 --> 00:43:33,249 hitting African Americans especially hard. 1051 00:43:33,333 --> 00:43:36,541 - According to data collected by the CDC through late May, 1052 00:43:36,625 --> 00:43:39,083 Black and Latino people have been three times 1053 00:43:39,166 --> 00:43:40,917 as likely to become infected 1054 00:43:40,999 --> 00:43:42,583 compared to their white neighbors. 1055 00:43:42,667 --> 00:43:44,541 - 1 of every 1,000 Black people 1056 00:43:44,625 --> 00:43:46,416 have died from COVID so far. 1057 00:43:46,500 --> 00:43:49,083 - With our players, what I wanted to understand 1058 00:43:49,166 --> 00:43:51,458 was whether or not, once infected, 1059 00:43:51,541 --> 00:43:54,958 whether there was any significance 1060 00:43:55,041 --> 00:43:56,667 to being a person of color and how you were able 1061 00:43:56,750 --> 00:43:58,625 to recover or not recover from it. 1062 00:43:58,708 --> 00:44:01,625 - I ain't want to risk me, none of the guys in the league, 1063 00:44:01,708 --> 00:44:02,625 none of our families, 1064 00:44:02,708 --> 00:44:04,333 none of our players, didn't want to, 1065 00:44:04,416 --> 00:44:06,625 but I love to hoop, right? 1066 00:44:06,708 --> 00:44:08,917 So of course I wanted to play. 1067 00:44:08,999 --> 00:44:10,917 - I was reading more about viruses 1068 00:44:10,999 --> 00:44:13,458 than I ever thought in my life I would read, 1069 00:44:13,541 --> 00:44:15,625 and what we needed was something 1070 00:44:15,708 --> 00:44:18,083 that would be sufficiently contained. 1071 00:44:19,708 --> 00:44:22,792 - When we began talking about situations 1072 00:44:22,875 --> 00:44:26,625 involving what's come to be called a bubble, 1073 00:44:26,708 --> 00:44:30,500 we began to think about different locations 1074 00:44:30,583 --> 00:44:32,958 where it could take place. 1075 00:44:33,041 --> 00:44:36,458 Alex Martins, CEO of the Orlando Magic, 1076 00:44:36,541 --> 00:44:37,999 called me and said, 1077 00:44:38,083 --> 00:44:41,333 "We have a relationship with Disney," 1078 00:44:41,416 --> 00:44:45,833 and he thought that might be an ideal location. 1079 00:44:45,917 --> 00:44:49,375 It's an enormous geographical area 1080 00:44:49,458 --> 00:44:51,958 that contains arenas, golf courses, 1081 00:44:52,041 --> 00:44:54,833 streams for fishing, lots of restaurants, 1082 00:44:54,917 --> 00:44:58,500 and it was clear that if we could figure out 1083 00:44:58,583 --> 00:45:00,999 a way to do this safely 1084 00:45:01,083 --> 00:45:04,166 that this might be the ideal place to do it. 1085 00:45:04,249 --> 00:45:05,833 - The frightening thing about the bubble was, 1086 00:45:05,917 --> 00:45:07,416 it could be a disaster. 1087 00:45:07,500 --> 00:45:10,291 We could be essentially creating a petri dish. 1088 00:45:10,375 --> 00:45:11,833 - You could make all these different plans 1089 00:45:11,917 --> 00:45:13,166 and say what you want to do, 1090 00:45:13,249 --> 00:45:17,416 but we just didn't know enough about COVID 1091 00:45:17,500 --> 00:45:19,917 to really make these decisions. 1092 00:45:19,999 --> 00:45:22,416 All right, so everything was all hypothetical. 1093 00:45:22,500 --> 00:45:25,375 - The players are on the front line here, 1094 00:45:25,458 --> 00:45:27,166 and to the extent that 1095 00:45:27,249 --> 00:45:29,792 they would be going back out onto the court, 1096 00:45:29,875 --> 00:45:32,333 and even with all the best protocols in place, 1097 00:45:32,416 --> 00:45:36,416 ultimately maskless, breathing each other's air, 1098 00:45:36,500 --> 00:45:38,875 that nothing could possibly be done 1099 00:45:38,958 --> 00:45:41,333 unless the players were satisfied 1100 00:45:41,416 --> 00:45:45,375 that their health and safety were the highest priority 1101 00:45:45,458 --> 00:45:47,750 and that they felt comfortable. 1102 00:45:47,833 --> 00:45:54,750 ♪ ♪ 1103 00:45:54,833 --> 00:45:57,416 - God! Ah! 1104 00:45:57,500 --> 00:46:01,083 [unintelligible radio chatter] 1105 00:46:01,166 --> 00:46:03,750 [tense music] 1106 00:46:03,833 --> 00:46:06,708 - I woke up-- I woke up in the morning 1107 00:46:06,792 --> 00:46:08,249 and was sitting in the bed with my wife, 1108 00:46:08,333 --> 00:46:12,375 and I looked, and I saw it on social media, and I... 1109 00:46:14,291 --> 00:46:18,667 I was like, "What the f"-- 1110 00:46:18,750 --> 00:46:20,249 I don't know. I was tripping. 1111 00:46:20,333 --> 00:46:21,541 - Bro, you've got him down, man. 1112 00:46:21,625 --> 00:46:22,750 Let him breathe at least, man. 1113 00:46:22,833 --> 00:46:23,917 - I can't breathe. 1114 00:46:23,999 --> 00:46:25,375 - I've been trying to help out. - I can't breathe. 1115 00:46:25,458 --> 00:46:27,083 [shouts] - Let him breathe. 1116 00:46:27,166 --> 00:46:29,708 - What the hell you think, man? 1117 00:46:29,792 --> 00:46:31,083 - Like, I don't know what's gonna happen. 1118 00:46:31,166 --> 00:46:33,583 I don't know if he gonna get up and fight the guy. 1119 00:46:33,667 --> 00:46:36,833 Like, I didn't have somebody to say, like, 1120 00:46:36,917 --> 00:46:39,667 "Look at this, how they killed this Black man." 1121 00:46:39,750 --> 00:46:40,792 - What are you on? 1122 00:46:40,875 --> 00:46:42,291 - I can't breathe. 1123 00:46:42,375 --> 00:46:44,166 Please, your knee in my neck. 1124 00:46:44,249 --> 00:46:45,792 I can't breathe. Shit! 1125 00:46:45,875 --> 00:46:47,792 Mama! 1126 00:46:47,875 --> 00:46:48,833 - Let's get up and get in the car. 1127 00:46:48,917 --> 00:46:49,833 - Mama! 1128 00:46:49,917 --> 00:46:51,625 - Get up and get in the car right. 1129 00:46:51,708 --> 00:46:52,917 - I can't! 1130 00:46:52,999 --> 00:46:55,792 - I woke my wife up, right? 1131 00:46:55,875 --> 00:46:57,124 And... 1132 00:46:57,208 --> 00:46:59,124 - The knee. My neck. 1133 00:46:59,208 --> 00:47:01,249 - I don't know. I was messed up. 1134 00:47:01,333 --> 00:47:04,625 I was really messed up 1135 00:47:04,708 --> 00:47:07,667 and didn't know what to think or know what to say. 1136 00:47:07,750 --> 00:47:09,958 I just know I was pissed. I was mad. 1137 00:47:10,041 --> 00:47:10,917 - No, bro, look at him. 1138 00:47:10,999 --> 00:47:13,166 He's nonresponsive right now, bro. 1139 00:47:13,249 --> 00:47:15,166 - Check for a pulse. - Bro, are you serious? 1140 00:47:15,249 --> 00:47:17,124 You gonna just let him sit there with that on his neck? 1141 00:47:17,208 --> 00:47:18,999 - Let me see a pulse! 1142 00:47:19,083 --> 00:47:20,708 - And... 1143 00:47:24,124 --> 00:47:26,124 I don't know, I think I heard my brother out here, 1144 00:47:26,208 --> 00:47:28,833 calling me, and I remember later on that morning, 1145 00:47:28,917 --> 00:47:31,208 my daughter came in our bathroom. 1146 00:47:35,416 --> 00:47:37,708 I think she might have looked at me or my wife 1147 00:47:37,792 --> 00:47:39,208 and saw we was kind of emotional, 1148 00:47:39,291 --> 00:47:42,291 and my daughter asked what was going on, 1149 00:47:42,375 --> 00:47:46,124 and in that moment, I told her. 1150 00:47:46,208 --> 00:47:47,708 I told her what happened. 1151 00:47:47,792 --> 00:47:51,500 And she got emotional, my daughter, who is seven-- 1152 00:47:51,583 --> 00:47:54,999 she'll be eight in August-- and she started crying, 1153 00:47:55,083 --> 00:47:57,875 and she said that she was worried about my son. 1154 00:47:57,999 --> 00:48:04,999 ♪ ♪ 1155 00:48:06,166 --> 00:48:07,333 I don't know. 1156 00:48:07,416 --> 00:48:11,166 I think the part that probably pisses me off the most 1157 00:48:11,249 --> 00:48:12,833 is that it happens 1158 00:48:12,917 --> 00:48:16,917 and then nothing happens after that. 1159 00:48:18,541 --> 00:48:21,333 - ♪ H-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-hey ♪ 1160 00:48:21,416 --> 00:48:25,041 - ♪ Go, go, go ♪ 1161 00:48:25,124 --> 00:48:26,416 - ♪ Just go ♪ - ♪ Buncha young ♪ 1162 00:48:26,500 --> 00:48:29,541 - ♪ Go, go, go ♪ 1163 00:48:29,625 --> 00:48:30,875 - ♪ We have, we have ♪ - ♪ Hey ♪ 1164 00:48:30,958 --> 00:48:33,708 - ♪ Whatever it takes, rid this dictator ♪ 1165 00:48:33,792 --> 00:48:36,166 ♪ POTUS my tail, ass debater ♪ 1166 00:48:36,249 --> 00:48:38,833 ♪ Prime-time primo, rhyme-time crime ♪ 1167 00:48:38,917 --> 00:48:41,416 ♪ Like no other in this lifetime ♪ 1168 00:48:41,500 --> 00:48:43,917 ♪ White House killer, dead in lifelines ♪ 1169 00:48:43,999 --> 00:48:46,541 ♪ Vote this joke out or die tryin' ♪ 1170 00:48:46,625 --> 00:48:47,917 ♪ Unprecedented, demented ♪ 1171 00:48:47,999 --> 00:48:48,958 - Across this country, 1172 00:48:49,041 --> 00:48:50,708 they are shouting another name as well: 1173 00:48:50,792 --> 00:48:51,708 Breonna Taylor. 1174 00:48:51,792 --> 00:48:53,249 - Say her name! 1175 00:48:53,333 --> 00:48:54,625 crowd: Breonna Taylor. 1176 00:48:54,708 --> 00:48:55,750 - Say her name! 1177 00:48:55,833 --> 00:48:57,416 crowd: Breonna Taylor. 1178 00:48:57,500 --> 00:48:59,625 - Back in March, she was shot eight times 1179 00:48:59,708 --> 00:49:01,541 while she slept in her bed in Louisville. 1180 00:49:01,625 --> 00:49:04,041 - Kentucky attorney general Daniel Cameron 1181 00:49:04,124 --> 00:49:07,750 announced no charges will be brought for her death. 1182 00:49:07,833 --> 00:49:10,875 - Every emotion that you can possibly go through, 1183 00:49:10,958 --> 00:49:12,750 we went through. 1184 00:49:12,833 --> 00:49:15,291 White Americans saw the reality in which 1185 00:49:15,375 --> 00:49:18,500 Black and brown people in this country live. 1186 00:49:19,999 --> 00:49:22,416 I was a part of a really beautiful protest, 1187 00:49:22,500 --> 00:49:25,458 not only in Philadelphia but D.C. as well, 1188 00:49:25,541 --> 00:49:28,083 and you're at these marches-- 1189 00:49:28,166 --> 00:49:30,792 and I'm getting chills now just thinking about it-- 1190 00:49:30,875 --> 00:49:35,458 and you see that there's a lot of bad in this world 1191 00:49:35,541 --> 00:49:37,625 but there's a lot of good people still here, 1192 00:49:37,708 --> 00:49:40,333 and they're not only Black; they're every color, 1193 00:49:40,416 --> 00:49:41,958 and they're standing beside me. 1194 00:49:42,041 --> 00:49:43,792 They're fighting for me. They're using their voices. 1195 00:49:43,875 --> 00:49:46,249 They're using their white privilege. 1196 00:49:46,333 --> 00:49:48,583 They're having hard conversations and dialogues 1197 00:49:48,667 --> 00:49:51,083 about something that they don't truly understand 1198 00:49:51,166 --> 00:49:52,999 but they can be sympathetic to. 1199 00:49:53,083 --> 00:49:54,792 That's the beautiful thing about it, 1200 00:49:54,875 --> 00:49:55,958 and that's what gives me hope. 1201 00:49:56,041 --> 00:49:58,416 That's what continues to motivate and drive me 1202 00:49:58,500 --> 00:49:59,958 in this fight is, 1203 00:50:00,041 --> 00:50:02,708 if we can all kind of bound together 1204 00:50:02,792 --> 00:50:03,792 'cause there's power in numbers, 1205 00:50:03,875 --> 00:50:05,792 then we can create real change. 1206 00:50:08,500 --> 00:50:10,625 - Even though I hadn't left the house at all 1207 00:50:10,708 --> 00:50:13,333 for any reason, even though my mind 1208 00:50:13,416 --> 00:50:14,999 was telling me, you know, "You really should stay home. 1209 00:50:15,083 --> 00:50:16,166 You know, you have family here," 1210 00:50:16,249 --> 00:50:19,249 but my soul was telling me I gotta make it work. 1211 00:50:22,041 --> 00:50:24,124 I did my quarantine before being able 1212 00:50:24,208 --> 00:50:25,750 to go back into my house. 1213 00:50:27,792 --> 00:50:29,375 You know, I look back at a decision 1214 00:50:29,458 --> 00:50:31,166 that I'm very proud I was able to make, 1215 00:50:31,249 --> 00:50:33,416 especially in the circumstances that I was in. 1216 00:50:37,249 --> 00:50:38,667 - The bulletproof vest was kind of like a, 1217 00:50:38,750 --> 00:50:39,667 "Hands up, don't shoot." 1218 00:50:39,750 --> 00:50:40,999 Like I said, like, I'm tired-- 1219 00:50:41,083 --> 00:50:42,375 tired of it, you know what I mean? 1220 00:50:42,458 --> 00:50:44,500 And I feel like that was kind of a symbol to be like, 1221 00:50:44,583 --> 00:50:48,083 "Look, like, I'm an African American male. 1222 00:50:48,166 --> 00:50:49,375 Don't shoot me." 1223 00:50:49,458 --> 00:50:51,291 So this is the vest. 1224 00:50:54,249 --> 00:50:55,541 - I got a lot of respect for cops. 1225 00:50:55,625 --> 00:50:59,249 My dad was a police officer, worked in law enforcement. 1226 00:50:59,333 --> 00:51:02,166 I have family right now that's in law enforcement. 1227 00:51:02,249 --> 00:51:03,917 But I always say there is--you know, 1228 00:51:03,999 --> 00:51:05,708 there's those bad apples in every department 1229 00:51:05,792 --> 00:51:07,458 that kind of ruin it for the rest. 1230 00:51:10,124 --> 00:51:11,958 I was on my way to my buddy's funeral, 1231 00:51:12,041 --> 00:51:13,667 and I rolled through a stop sign. 1232 00:51:13,750 --> 00:51:16,625 [siren wailing] 1233 00:51:19,583 --> 00:51:21,375 I see him lock eyes with me, 1234 00:51:21,458 --> 00:51:23,541 and he just kind of, like, stops. 1235 00:51:23,625 --> 00:51:27,083 [unintelligible radio chatter] 1236 00:51:27,166 --> 00:51:30,416 When he what I looked like, you know, 1237 00:51:30,500 --> 00:51:32,333 it was just a whole different demeanor. 1238 00:51:35,166 --> 00:51:36,083 He unbuckles his gun, 1239 00:51:36,166 --> 00:51:37,625 and he keeps his hand on the gun, 1240 00:51:37,708 --> 00:51:39,375 and I asked him, "Do you do that with everybody?" 1241 00:51:39,458 --> 00:51:41,708 And it was just like a, "Don't worry about what I do." 1242 00:51:41,792 --> 00:51:48,792 ♪ ♪ 1243 00:52:13,583 --> 00:52:15,083 - Please don't shoot me, Officer! 1244 00:52:15,166 --> 00:52:16,291 Please don't kill me! 1245 00:52:16,375 --> 00:52:18,166 I'm Black! Please don't kill me! 1246 00:52:18,249 --> 00:52:19,375 Please! 1247 00:52:21,375 --> 00:52:24,291 - Even to this day, like, I've been racially profiled 1248 00:52:24,375 --> 00:52:26,166 and then until I pull out my driver's license 1249 00:52:26,249 --> 00:52:27,375 and they realize who I am, and it's like, 1250 00:52:27,458 --> 00:52:28,583 "Oh, like, we'll let you go." 1251 00:52:28,667 --> 00:52:30,124 You know what I mean, like, that shouldn't be a case. 1252 00:52:30,208 --> 00:52:32,750 And I know there are kids in the projects 1253 00:52:32,833 --> 00:52:34,375 that don't have that luxury. 1254 00:52:34,458 --> 00:52:37,166 I know there are kids wherever who don't have that luxury 1255 00:52:37,249 --> 00:52:39,124 of just seeing their faces, seeing their ID, 1256 00:52:39,208 --> 00:52:40,291 or taking their hood off and being like, 1257 00:52:40,375 --> 00:52:41,333 "Oh, shit, it's you." 1258 00:52:41,416 --> 00:52:42,500 Like, they don't have that luxury, 1259 00:52:42,583 --> 00:52:43,500 you know what I mean? 1260 00:52:43,583 --> 00:52:44,833 And I feel like that's who we speak for 1261 00:52:44,917 --> 00:52:46,500 when we're doing what we're doing. 1262 00:52:46,583 --> 00:52:48,625 - This is an inherent intersection 1263 00:52:48,708 --> 00:52:52,750 of sports and the "real world," 1264 00:52:52,833 --> 00:52:57,124 and we do not have the option to ignore this. 1265 00:52:57,208 --> 00:52:59,625 And I remember going on Scott Van Pelt that night 1266 00:52:59,708 --> 00:53:01,999 and having a discussion with him about this 1267 00:53:02,083 --> 00:53:05,792 and feeling like, "Okay, this makes me feel 1268 00:53:05,875 --> 00:53:07,208 like I'm doing something." 1269 00:53:07,291 --> 00:53:08,999 The only thing that seemed to be 1270 00:53:09,083 --> 00:53:11,291 at the top of players' minds this Friday 1271 00:53:11,375 --> 00:53:14,708 was the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, 1272 00:53:14,792 --> 00:53:17,375 and actually, I spoke with Josh Okogie, who was... 1273 00:53:17,458 --> 00:53:22,291 - George Floyd changed the conversation immediately. 1274 00:53:22,375 --> 00:53:27,625 In a league full of majority African American guys, 1275 00:53:27,708 --> 00:53:28,833 it hit differently. 1276 00:53:28,917 --> 00:53:30,625 It hit very different. 1277 00:53:33,291 --> 00:53:35,041 - Chris said, "We're gonna have a call. 1278 00:53:35,124 --> 00:53:37,041 It's gonna be an all-players call." 1279 00:53:37,124 --> 00:53:40,208 And it was--you know, it was amazing. 1280 00:53:40,291 --> 00:53:45,375 It was amazing to listen to these players 1281 00:53:45,458 --> 00:53:49,375 talk through and sometimes yell at each other, 1282 00:53:49,458 --> 00:53:51,583 sometimes laugh at each other, 1283 00:53:51,667 --> 00:53:56,999 but have it out on what this would mean if they played 1284 00:53:57,083 --> 00:53:59,041 and what it would mean if they didn't play. 1285 00:53:59,124 --> 00:54:00,833 - We started saying, you know, 1286 00:54:00,917 --> 00:54:02,541 if we're gonna go down here and play, 1287 00:54:02,625 --> 00:54:06,208 these are the things that we would like to see. 1288 00:54:06,291 --> 00:54:11,083 We want to see Black-owned businesses be championed. 1289 00:54:11,166 --> 00:54:12,541 It's like, police reform. 1290 00:54:12,625 --> 00:54:15,249 It's like, education, 1291 00:54:15,333 --> 00:54:18,750 historically Black colleges and universities, right? 1292 00:54:18,833 --> 00:54:20,333 Start talking about food. 1293 00:54:20,416 --> 00:54:21,375 You know, you start talking 1294 00:54:21,458 --> 00:54:23,958 about food deserts, everything. 1295 00:54:24,041 --> 00:54:26,124 Group economics, right? 1296 00:54:26,208 --> 00:54:28,208 Using your money together. 1297 00:54:29,667 --> 00:54:32,583 - Our players, the vast majority who are-- 1298 00:54:32,667 --> 00:54:36,291 whom are Black, you know, I think they were unsure 1299 00:54:36,375 --> 00:54:39,083 where they should be, 1300 00:54:39,166 --> 00:54:42,583 whether they should be remaining in their communities 1301 00:54:42,667 --> 00:54:45,958 protesting with their family members 1302 00:54:46,041 --> 00:54:48,875 or they should be going back out onto the court. 1303 00:54:50,999 --> 00:54:52,999 - It takes a lot to become a champion, 1304 00:54:53,083 --> 00:54:56,416 but it takes even more to walk away on top. 1305 00:54:56,500 --> 00:54:59,208 WNBA champion Natasha Cloud 1306 00:54:59,291 --> 00:55:01,750 is doing just that in her prime. 1307 00:55:01,833 --> 00:55:03,458 - It was the toughest decision 1308 00:55:03,541 --> 00:55:06,541 that I've had to make in my entire life, you know. 1309 00:55:06,625 --> 00:55:08,291 There's been tough decisions, 1310 00:55:08,375 --> 00:55:11,833 but this one was the hardest, you know. 1311 00:55:11,917 --> 00:55:14,249 [somber music] 1312 00:55:14,333 --> 00:55:17,500 To sit out after a championship season, 1313 00:55:17,583 --> 00:55:21,958 after one of my best personal seasons, 1314 00:55:22,041 --> 00:55:23,833 that weighs on my mind. 1315 00:55:23,917 --> 00:55:24,958 It's hard to be in this league. 1316 00:55:25,041 --> 00:55:25,999 It's hard to stay in this league. 1317 00:55:26,083 --> 00:55:27,833 That weighs on my mind. 1318 00:55:27,917 --> 00:55:29,583 Can I take zero dollars 1319 00:55:29,667 --> 00:55:33,124 because our league gave us no opt-out option? 1320 00:55:33,208 --> 00:55:34,667 It's either you play, 1321 00:55:34,750 --> 00:55:37,166 or you sit out and you take zero dollars. 1322 00:55:37,249 --> 00:55:39,333 That weighs on my mind. 1323 00:55:39,416 --> 00:55:42,166 As a point guard, I'm the leader of my team. 1324 00:55:42,249 --> 00:55:44,708 Am I letting my team down? 1325 00:55:44,792 --> 00:55:47,166 We are a family, 1326 00:55:47,249 --> 00:55:48,999 and so my teammates are my family. 1327 00:55:49,083 --> 00:55:52,333 Am I letting them down by sitting out this season? 1328 00:55:52,416 --> 00:55:54,667 That weighed on my mind. 1329 00:55:54,750 --> 00:55:59,166 But once I take that jersey off, 1330 00:55:59,249 --> 00:56:01,500 the reality sets in. 1331 00:56:01,583 --> 00:56:03,541 Doesn't matter that I'm a WNBA player. 1332 00:56:03,625 --> 00:56:05,833 Doesn't matter that I won a championship 1333 00:56:05,917 --> 00:56:08,458 for the franchise of the Mystics, 1334 00:56:08,541 --> 00:56:09,875 their first-ever championship. 1335 00:56:09,958 --> 00:56:11,792 Doesn't matter. 1336 00:56:11,875 --> 00:56:14,625 Doesn't matter that I'm a Converse athlete. 1337 00:56:14,708 --> 00:56:16,458 When I take off that uniform 1338 00:56:16,541 --> 00:56:18,208 and I step out into the real world, 1339 00:56:18,291 --> 00:56:19,500 I have the potential to be 1340 00:56:19,583 --> 00:56:21,708 Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, 1341 00:56:21,792 --> 00:56:24,208 and so that hit me more 1342 00:56:24,291 --> 00:56:28,083 and understanding the power that my voice has. 1343 00:56:28,166 --> 00:56:29,416 So I challenge all of us: 1344 00:56:29,500 --> 00:56:32,166 if you're still staying silent, you're part of the problem. 1345 00:56:32,249 --> 00:56:33,750 If you're choosing to be neutral, 1346 00:56:33,833 --> 00:56:36,875 you're choosing the side of the oppressor. 1347 00:56:36,958 --> 00:56:40,249 How can I be a champion in a bubble 1348 00:56:40,333 --> 00:56:43,249 and be a champion in my community as well? 1349 00:56:43,333 --> 00:56:44,999 I can't do both. 1350 00:56:45,083 --> 00:56:52,083 ♪ ♪ 1351 00:56:57,792 --> 00:57:00,083 - After a nearly four-month delay, 1352 00:57:00,166 --> 00:57:01,875 it is finally time to play ball. 1353 00:57:01,958 --> 00:57:02,958 The Major League Baseball season 1354 00:57:03,041 --> 00:57:04,416 is set to begin tonight 1355 00:57:04,500 --> 00:57:07,416 after the pandemic shut things down for some time. 1356 00:57:07,500 --> 00:57:08,583 - I had to do something. 1357 00:57:08,667 --> 00:57:12,041 You know, I had to represent my Black community. 1358 00:57:12,124 --> 00:57:14,750 It's tough because I'm playing a white sport, 1359 00:57:14,833 --> 00:57:16,999 and so I can't really just go all out. 1360 00:57:17,083 --> 00:57:19,249 I had to really try and straddle the line 1361 00:57:19,333 --> 00:57:21,249 with doing something for the Black community 1362 00:57:21,333 --> 00:57:24,249 but not overdoing it and then being the outcast. 1363 00:57:24,333 --> 00:57:25,333 It's a lot of pressure, 1364 00:57:25,416 --> 00:57:29,291 and I was able to kind of channel that pressure 1365 00:57:29,375 --> 00:57:31,166 and put it into fire. 1366 00:57:33,375 --> 00:57:38,083 - ♪ O say, can you see ♪ 1367 00:57:38,166 --> 00:57:39,750 - It's not an easy thing to do. 1368 00:57:39,833 --> 00:57:41,583 You know, a lot of eyes are gonna be on you. 1369 00:57:41,667 --> 00:57:42,958 People are gonna judge you. 1370 00:57:43,041 --> 00:57:45,291 You've gotta be ready for people 1371 00:57:45,375 --> 00:57:46,833 to really commend you on what you're doing, 1372 00:57:46,917 --> 00:57:48,416 but then you have the other side of people 1373 00:57:48,500 --> 00:57:50,166 who are gonna hate your guts. 1374 00:57:50,249 --> 00:57:51,999 - ♪ At the twilight's ♪ 1375 00:57:52,083 --> 00:57:53,625 - All this discussion got me thinking 1376 00:57:53,708 --> 00:57:55,792 about the Pledge of Allegiance for some reason. 1377 00:57:55,875 --> 00:57:57,208 "I pledge allegiance to the flag 1378 00:57:57,291 --> 00:57:58,750 "of the United States of America 1379 00:57:58,833 --> 00:57:59,958 "and to the republic for which it stands, 1380 00:58:00,041 --> 00:58:02,333 "one nation under God, indivisible, 1381 00:58:02,416 --> 00:58:06,166 with liberty and justice for all." 1382 00:58:06,249 --> 00:58:10,291 It didn't say "for some." It says "for all." 1383 00:58:10,375 --> 00:58:13,625 Nowhere in there does it talk about how to stand, 1384 00:58:13,708 --> 00:58:16,667 where to stand, anything about posture at all. 1385 00:58:16,750 --> 00:58:19,166 It says we are making a commitment to this country 1386 00:58:19,249 --> 00:58:23,166 to support liberty and justice for all. 1387 00:58:23,249 --> 00:58:26,416 And that is exactly what professional athletes 1388 00:58:26,500 --> 00:58:28,667 and those who support what they're doing are doing. 1389 00:58:28,750 --> 00:58:30,500 - ♪ Gave proof ♪ 1390 00:58:30,583 --> 00:58:32,458 - To me, they're doing everything possible 1391 00:58:32,541 --> 00:58:34,291 to show that support and that love 1392 00:58:34,375 --> 00:58:38,708 and that that flag truly means liberty and justice for all. 1393 00:58:38,792 --> 00:58:45,375 - ♪ O say, does that star-spangled ♪ 1394 00:58:45,458 --> 00:58:51,124 ♪ Banner yet wave ♪ 1395 00:58:51,208 --> 00:58:53,708 ♪ O'er the land ♪ 1396 00:58:53,792 --> 00:58:59,166 ♪ Of the free ♪ 1397 00:58:59,249 --> 00:59:02,041 ♪ And the home ♪ 1398 00:59:02,124 --> 00:59:07,875 ♪ Of the brave ♪ 1399 00:59:07,958 --> 00:59:09,625 [applause] 1400 00:59:09,708 --> 00:59:13,083 - The players have power, right? 1401 00:59:13,166 --> 00:59:15,416 At the end of the day, it's a partnership. 1402 00:59:15,500 --> 00:59:16,917 By all means, it's a partnership, 1403 00:59:16,999 --> 00:59:19,541 but we are the game, right? 1404 00:59:19,625 --> 00:59:22,249 So I chose to opt in, right, 1405 00:59:22,333 --> 00:59:26,917 because I wanted to play for a lot of reasons. 1406 00:59:26,999 --> 00:59:30,249 First of all, I have to play, like, for my sanity. 1407 00:59:30,333 --> 00:59:32,166 I love to compete that much. 1408 00:59:32,249 --> 00:59:37,041 So that went into me opting in, 1409 00:59:37,124 --> 00:59:40,208 as well as understanding the togetherness 1410 00:59:40,291 --> 00:59:42,583 that could happen in the bubble. 1411 00:59:42,667 --> 00:59:45,583 [R&B music] 1412 00:59:45,667 --> 00:59:50,750 ♪ ♪ 1413 00:59:50,833 --> 00:59:52,583 When I went for the season in Oklahoma, 1414 00:59:52,667 --> 00:59:55,583 I knew that if we had a couple off days or whatever, 1415 00:59:55,667 --> 00:59:57,625 I could go see my family. 1416 00:59:57,708 --> 00:59:59,792 This time, it was different. 1417 00:59:59,875 --> 01:00:06,875 ♪ ♪ 1418 01:00:13,375 --> 01:00:14,917 To be a part of the team, 1419 01:00:14,999 --> 01:00:18,917 the committee that sort of put all this together, 1420 01:00:18,999 --> 01:00:22,291 when I got here, it was emotional. 1421 01:00:22,375 --> 01:00:29,375 ♪ ♪ 1422 01:00:50,375 --> 01:00:52,500 - I remember when I landed in Florida, 1423 01:00:52,583 --> 01:00:55,166 I thought, "Oh, Lord, here we go." 1424 01:00:55,249 --> 01:00:56,249 - Boom. 1425 01:00:58,208 --> 01:00:59,500 [laughs] 1426 01:01:01,833 --> 01:01:03,625 - Ooh. I made it. 1427 01:01:03,708 --> 01:01:06,249 - Hey, man, I just stepped in that bubble, y'all. 1428 01:01:06,333 --> 01:01:08,458 Good thing I play "Call of Duty." 1429 01:01:08,541 --> 01:01:09,833 "Warzone"! 1430 01:01:11,541 --> 01:01:14,166 - I tried to come down here as prepared as possible. 1431 01:01:14,249 --> 01:01:16,833 I brought my keyboard so that I could try to learn 1432 01:01:16,917 --> 01:01:19,708 how to play the Lizzo song that my daughter loves. 1433 01:01:21,750 --> 01:01:23,833 I brought a PlayStation with me 1434 01:01:23,917 --> 01:01:26,958 just so that I could be able to play online with my son. 1435 01:01:27,041 --> 01:01:30,750 ♪ ♪ 1436 01:01:30,833 --> 01:01:32,333 - Thank you. Appreciate it. 1437 01:01:32,416 --> 01:01:34,291 [unintelligible chatter] 1438 01:01:34,375 --> 01:01:36,375 Life in the bubble, y'all. Life in the bubble. 1439 01:01:36,458 --> 01:01:38,667 - How are you? - I'm good. Gonna wrist me up? 1440 01:01:38,750 --> 01:01:40,792 Okay, appreciate it. - Yes, I'm wristing you up. 1441 01:01:40,875 --> 01:01:42,166 - Okay, great. - How was your flight? 1442 01:01:42,249 --> 01:01:43,291 - It was a good flight. 1443 01:01:43,375 --> 01:01:45,166 - We got tested right away. 1444 01:01:45,249 --> 01:01:47,375 - Tongue out, say "ah" for me. 1445 01:01:47,458 --> 01:01:48,458 - [gags] 1446 01:01:48,541 --> 01:01:49,958 - I know, no fun. 1447 01:01:51,583 --> 01:01:55,541 - We had to quarantine for the first 36 to 48 hours. 1448 01:01:55,625 --> 01:01:57,500 - This is how they're bringing us food. 1449 01:01:57,583 --> 01:02:00,999 So you open the door, and there's food in here. 1450 01:02:01,083 --> 01:02:02,208 Hello. - Hi. How are you? 1451 01:02:02,291 --> 01:02:03,583 - Good. 1452 01:02:03,667 --> 01:02:05,583 - First night in Orlando. 1453 01:02:05,667 --> 01:02:07,541 I ain't gonna lie, 1454 01:02:07,625 --> 01:02:09,583 it's not that bad. 1455 01:02:09,667 --> 01:02:11,249 Look at these wings, slim. 1456 01:02:11,333 --> 01:02:13,500 Look at the season on them joints. 1457 01:02:13,583 --> 01:02:15,291 I'm about to crush. 1458 01:02:16,500 --> 01:02:18,999 - It's the end of day one, 1459 01:02:19,083 --> 01:02:22,750 and I'm just showing you all some more behind the scenes. 1460 01:02:22,833 --> 01:02:26,041 - There were zero positive tests, so that's a testament 1461 01:02:26,124 --> 01:02:28,249 to everyone that's making this happen. 1462 01:02:28,333 --> 01:02:31,124 - What's up, y'all? Just woke up. 1463 01:02:31,208 --> 01:02:35,041 So I gotta do these morning health. 1464 01:02:35,124 --> 01:02:37,249 - Every day before 11:00, 1465 01:02:37,333 --> 01:02:39,416 we have to take our temperature... 1466 01:02:39,500 --> 01:02:42,083 - 98.2. I'm good. 1467 01:02:42,166 --> 01:02:46,291 - And then use one of these little things, 1468 01:02:46,375 --> 01:02:47,500 whatever, you know what I mean? 1469 01:02:49,999 --> 01:02:51,583 - I am good. 1470 01:02:51,667 --> 01:02:54,541 - You put it into the app that we all have in our phone 1471 01:02:54,625 --> 01:02:56,750 called NBA Health. 1472 01:02:56,833 --> 01:03:00,166 If you don't do that, then these little bands 1473 01:03:00,249 --> 01:03:02,750 that we all wear at all times or whatnot, 1474 01:03:02,833 --> 01:03:04,750 they won't work for you to go in and out 1475 01:03:04,833 --> 01:03:07,291 of different doors and out of different buildings. 1476 01:03:07,375 --> 01:03:08,625 - Come on. - There we go. 1477 01:03:08,708 --> 01:03:09,792 - Turn green. Yep. 1478 01:03:09,875 --> 01:03:13,124 - Everything that's set up is first class, right? 1479 01:03:13,208 --> 01:03:16,333 There are all different types of talks and discussions 1480 01:03:16,416 --> 01:03:18,500 and things that you can learn more about, 1481 01:03:18,583 --> 01:03:21,124 whether it's social justice, whatever it may be. 1482 01:03:21,208 --> 01:03:23,291 - All right, they gave us some books too. 1483 01:03:23,375 --> 01:03:24,917 Yeah. 1484 01:03:24,999 --> 01:03:26,541 - Once everyone got settled in, 1485 01:03:26,625 --> 01:03:28,708 we actually did a call with all the players 1486 01:03:28,792 --> 01:03:30,625 to just talk about not forgetting 1487 01:03:30,708 --> 01:03:32,750 why we said we were gonna play, right, 1488 01:03:32,833 --> 01:03:34,625 and refocus on the social justice 1489 01:03:34,708 --> 01:03:37,708 and the different ways that we could use our voice 1490 01:03:37,792 --> 01:03:38,958 and the different impact that 1491 01:03:39,041 --> 01:03:40,500 we could have on our communities. 1492 01:03:40,583 --> 01:03:43,083 - Before we start this, I just want to say 1493 01:03:43,166 --> 01:03:45,583 this interview won't go any further 1494 01:03:45,667 --> 01:03:48,750 because all my answers will be about Breonna Taylor. 1495 01:03:48,833 --> 01:03:51,541 - Breonna Taylor's murderers still are roaming around free. 1496 01:03:51,625 --> 01:03:53,291 - So we want to continue to uplift people 1497 01:03:53,375 --> 01:03:54,500 like Breonna Taylor. 1498 01:03:54,583 --> 01:03:57,208 - Everything is geared around Breonna Taylor this week. 1499 01:03:57,291 --> 01:03:59,291 Next week, it may be about voting. 1500 01:03:59,375 --> 01:04:02,166 The next week, it may be about supporting Black businesses, 1501 01:04:02,249 --> 01:04:03,667 whatever it may be, but we're gonna 1502 01:04:03,750 --> 01:04:05,958 keep this conversation going while we're down here, 1503 01:04:06,041 --> 01:04:09,999 and we're gonna force those listening to hear about it. 1504 01:04:10,083 --> 01:04:13,041 [spacey hip-hop music] 1505 01:04:13,124 --> 01:04:16,541 ♪ ♪ 1506 01:04:16,625 --> 01:04:19,333 - Four games today coming up on our menu. 1507 01:04:19,416 --> 01:04:21,458 This one featuring the Utah Jazz 1508 01:04:21,541 --> 01:04:23,958 taking on the surprise of the year, maybe, 1509 01:04:24,041 --> 01:04:27,667 in the NBA, the OKC Thunder. 1510 01:04:27,750 --> 01:04:32,333 ♪ ♪ 1511 01:04:32,416 --> 01:04:35,500 - August 1st, our first game, 1512 01:04:35,583 --> 01:04:37,166 that morning, it was like, "All right." 1513 01:04:37,249 --> 01:04:39,500 You know, I was excited, 1514 01:04:39,583 --> 01:04:43,166 and it was--it was kind of surreal. 1515 01:04:44,500 --> 01:04:47,083 My first game in the bubble was against Utah, 1516 01:04:47,166 --> 01:04:50,249 who my last game was against. 1517 01:04:50,333 --> 01:04:53,041 Me and Donovan walked up to each other and was like, 1518 01:04:53,124 --> 01:04:55,083 "How crazy is this?" 1519 01:04:57,875 --> 01:05:01,041 On the court during warm-ups, it felt like déjà vu, 1520 01:05:01,124 --> 01:05:04,083 but once that ball thrown up, 1521 01:05:04,166 --> 01:05:06,041 I don't remember nothing. 1522 01:05:06,124 --> 01:05:08,958 It was just--it was amazing. 1523 01:05:10,792 --> 01:05:12,541 The amount of work that went into it 1524 01:05:12,625 --> 01:05:15,208 is something that I will never forget 1525 01:05:15,291 --> 01:05:18,917 and forever be grateful to everyone 1526 01:05:18,999 --> 01:05:21,249 who made it take place. 1527 01:05:21,333 --> 01:05:23,750 'Cause to see everything in there, 1528 01:05:23,833 --> 01:05:25,958 all the moving parts that had to take place 1529 01:05:26,041 --> 01:05:27,917 to get from what happened that night 1530 01:05:27,999 --> 01:05:33,750 to those games to be played, 1531 01:05:33,833 --> 01:05:35,541 I don't know how you do it, seriously. 1532 01:05:35,625 --> 01:05:41,750 ♪ ♪ 1533 01:05:41,833 --> 01:05:45,249 - There were concerns that games without fans 1534 01:05:45,333 --> 01:05:47,583 just wouldn't feel real. 1535 01:05:47,667 --> 01:05:50,500 We'd just entered into a new relationship 1536 01:05:50,583 --> 01:05:55,083 with Microsoft, and we went to them with that challenge, 1537 01:05:55,166 --> 01:05:58,208 say, whether they could help create 1538 01:05:58,291 --> 01:06:01,124 through some form of video technology 1539 01:06:01,208 --> 01:06:04,583 a sense of fans virtually there 1540 01:06:04,667 --> 01:06:07,958 responding to what was happening on the court. 1541 01:06:08,041 --> 01:06:09,708 - How about this crowd? 1542 01:06:09,792 --> 01:06:13,208 Barack Obama. And look who else is there. 1543 01:06:16,708 --> 01:06:17,625 Throw up the deuces. 1544 01:06:17,708 --> 01:06:20,500 Look close, there's Weezy right there. 1545 01:06:20,583 --> 01:06:27,458 ♪ ♪ 1546 01:06:27,541 --> 01:06:28,792 - What the fuck? 1547 01:06:28,875 --> 01:06:30,291 [laughs] 1548 01:06:30,375 --> 01:06:32,249 [all cheering] 1549 01:06:32,333 --> 01:06:34,041 - The NBA is back! 1550 01:06:39,375 --> 01:06:41,291 - Oh, my God. 1551 01:06:41,375 --> 01:06:43,333 - [laughs] 1552 01:06:49,541 --> 01:06:51,249 - Donovan, just, first of all... 1553 01:07:04,583 --> 01:07:06,833 - First off, before I answer that, I just want to-- 1554 01:07:06,917 --> 01:07:09,667 you know, we all saw the video 1555 01:07:09,750 --> 01:07:12,667 of cops shooting Jacob Blake. 1556 01:07:12,750 --> 01:07:15,667 [unintelligible screaming] 1557 01:07:15,750 --> 01:07:17,999 [somber music] 1558 01:07:18,083 --> 01:07:21,083 [gunfire] 1559 01:07:23,083 --> 01:07:26,083 - When you watch that video, it's sickening. 1560 01:07:26,166 --> 01:07:27,667 It's sickening. 1561 01:07:27,750 --> 01:07:30,458 You know that his kids were in the car. 1562 01:07:30,541 --> 01:07:32,875 How will they ever get that out of their mind? 1563 01:07:32,958 --> 01:07:34,958 How are those kids ever normal? 1564 01:07:36,875 --> 01:07:38,917 - Right now, my head is, like, ready to explode, 1565 01:07:38,999 --> 01:07:42,416 like, just--and the thoughts of what's going on. 1566 01:07:42,500 --> 01:07:46,541 And I don't know if I'm even appropriate enough 1567 01:07:46,625 --> 01:07:49,500 to say it, what the-- 1568 01:07:49,583 --> 01:07:52,917 what the players are feeling and how they're feeling. 1569 01:07:52,999 --> 01:07:54,541 - I don't think we should even be talking 1570 01:07:54,625 --> 01:07:56,208 about basketball today. 1571 01:07:56,291 --> 01:07:58,333 We should talk about the Blake family. 1572 01:07:58,416 --> 01:07:59,750 - From my life experience, 1573 01:07:59,833 --> 01:08:02,083 I can't even imagine what it's like 1574 01:08:02,166 --> 01:08:05,708 to be a Black person in this country. 1575 01:08:05,792 --> 01:08:08,750 - We are scared as Black people in America. 1576 01:08:08,833 --> 01:08:11,750 Black men, Black women, Black kids, 1577 01:08:11,833 --> 01:08:13,792 we are--we are terrified. 1578 01:08:13,875 --> 01:08:15,750 - Social injustice is an issue. 1579 01:08:15,833 --> 01:08:17,750 Social inequality is an issue. 1580 01:08:17,833 --> 01:08:19,875 And I stand with my belief 1581 01:08:19,958 --> 01:08:21,999 that real change needs to happen. 1582 01:08:22,083 --> 01:08:24,416 - What we have seen over the last few months 1583 01:08:24,500 --> 01:08:26,083 and most recently with the brutal 1584 01:08:26,166 --> 01:08:28,958 police shooting of Jacob Blake is overwhelming. 1585 01:08:29,041 --> 01:08:33,083 - It's hard to tell your 14-year-old son 1586 01:08:33,166 --> 01:08:37,249 that I worry about him when he walks out that door 1587 01:08:37,333 --> 01:08:40,708 because Black men 1588 01:08:40,792 --> 01:08:42,999 are an endangered species, pretty much. 1589 01:08:43,083 --> 01:08:45,750 - For this to just continuously happen, I mean, 1590 01:08:45,833 --> 01:08:49,583 it just shows 1591 01:08:49,667 --> 01:08:51,291 just the hate in people's heart. 1592 01:08:51,375 --> 01:08:53,999 - It's amazing to me 1593 01:08:54,083 --> 01:08:56,875 why we keep loving this country 1594 01:08:56,958 --> 01:08:59,625 and this country does not love us back. 1595 01:08:59,708 --> 01:09:01,750 - The short term, Tony, is to get people 1596 01:09:01,833 --> 01:09:03,625 to stop killing folks. 1597 01:09:03,708 --> 01:09:06,333 That's the short term. That's the short-term goal. 1598 01:09:06,416 --> 01:09:09,124 Stop shooting me. Stop. 1599 01:09:09,208 --> 01:09:12,333 - Right now, nothing is more important than change. 1600 01:09:14,416 --> 01:09:15,792 - It's been really tough. 1601 01:09:15,875 --> 01:09:18,541 It's been really tough just for the simple fact that 1602 01:09:18,625 --> 01:09:19,750 when things like this happen, 1603 01:09:19,833 --> 01:09:21,708 I like to talk to my kids about it. 1604 01:09:21,792 --> 01:09:23,333 You know, I'm a long way from my kids. 1605 01:09:23,416 --> 01:09:24,625 I can't explain to them 1606 01:09:24,708 --> 01:09:26,958 why this video is going all over the Internet. 1607 01:09:27,041 --> 01:09:29,500 I have an 11-year-old Black son, 1608 01:09:29,583 --> 01:09:32,999 Black son who is witnessing this stuff day in and day out. 1609 01:09:33,083 --> 01:09:34,833 And we're just trying... 1610 01:09:34,917 --> 01:09:37,333 I don't even remember that interview. 1611 01:09:37,416 --> 01:09:40,667 I just know that we're not just basketball players. 1612 01:09:40,750 --> 01:09:42,041 We're not just athletes. 1613 01:09:42,124 --> 01:09:43,500 Like, when the game is over, 1614 01:09:43,583 --> 01:09:47,124 you don't walk out of the arena in your uniform. 1615 01:09:47,208 --> 01:09:51,667 You're just a Black man, for me, and I'm a parent. 1616 01:09:51,750 --> 01:09:52,999 And so when I did that interview 1617 01:09:53,083 --> 01:09:56,249 and I'm talking about my son, right, 1618 01:09:56,333 --> 01:10:00,208 I'm thinking about all this is happening, and I had to-- 1619 01:10:00,291 --> 01:10:02,833 I got an opportunity to have the conversation with him 1620 01:10:02,917 --> 01:10:06,166 about George Floyd, right, face-to-face. 1621 01:10:06,249 --> 01:10:10,124 I didn't get to do that with Jacob Blake, right? 1622 01:10:10,208 --> 01:10:13,208 So that's all I could think about was, 1623 01:10:13,291 --> 01:10:15,541 this stuff is happening in real time. 1624 01:10:15,625 --> 01:10:17,083 I gotta go out here and perform 1625 01:10:17,166 --> 01:10:19,541 and try to be the best athlete that I can be, 1626 01:10:19,625 --> 01:10:24,041 but the most important thing to me is being a father. 1627 01:10:24,124 --> 01:10:26,041 - Now to breaking news from the NBA. 1628 01:10:26,124 --> 01:10:27,541 At least one team is protesting 1629 01:10:27,625 --> 01:10:30,375 the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1630 01:10:30,458 --> 01:10:32,708 by boycotting their playoff game today. 1631 01:10:32,792 --> 01:10:34,249 - The Milwaukee Bucks made a decision 1632 01:10:34,333 --> 01:10:35,917 to not play in game five 1633 01:10:35,999 --> 01:10:37,416 of their first-round playoff series 1634 01:10:37,500 --> 01:10:38,667 against the Orlando Magic. 1635 01:10:38,750 --> 01:10:40,083 - There was some confusion on the court, 1636 01:10:40,166 --> 01:10:42,083 and eventually, the officials left. 1637 01:10:42,166 --> 01:10:46,041 They put the game balls away. This game is not happening. 1638 01:10:46,124 --> 01:10:49,500 [solemn music] 1639 01:10:49,583 --> 01:10:51,041 ♪ ♪ 1640 01:10:51,124 --> 01:10:53,166 - Let's go right here. 1641 01:10:53,249 --> 01:10:55,124 - Despite the overwhelming plea for change, 1642 01:10:55,208 --> 01:10:56,750 there has been no action, 1643 01:10:56,833 --> 01:10:59,917 so our focus today cannot be on basketball. 1644 01:10:59,999 --> 01:11:01,041 - When we take the court 1645 01:11:01,124 --> 01:11:03,208 and represent Milwaukee and Wisconsin, 1646 01:11:03,291 --> 01:11:05,375 we are expected to play at a high level, 1647 01:11:05,458 --> 01:11:06,750 give maximum effort, 1648 01:11:06,833 --> 01:11:08,583 and hold each other accountable. 1649 01:11:08,667 --> 01:11:10,375 We hold ourselves to that standard, 1650 01:11:10,458 --> 01:11:12,917 and in this moment, we are demanding the same 1651 01:11:12,999 --> 01:11:15,416 from lawmakers and law enforcement. 1652 01:11:15,500 --> 01:11:17,958 We are calling for justice for Jacob Blake 1653 01:11:18,041 --> 01:11:21,249 and demand the officers be held accountable. 1654 01:11:21,333 --> 01:11:24,541 - There are these moments that have happened 1655 01:11:24,625 --> 01:11:26,917 in my 30 years in this chair. 1656 01:11:26,999 --> 01:11:29,416 I remember Magic 1657 01:11:29,500 --> 01:11:32,583 and his announcement about HIV in '91. 1658 01:11:32,667 --> 01:11:34,166 - Because of the... 1659 01:11:36,208 --> 01:11:40,291 The HIV virus that I have attained, 1660 01:11:40,375 --> 01:11:44,667 I will have to retire from the Lakers today. 1661 01:11:44,750 --> 01:11:46,792 - I remember Adam Silver in 2014. 1662 01:11:46,875 --> 01:11:49,333 - Effective immediately, 1663 01:11:49,416 --> 01:11:53,792 I am banning Mr. Sterling for life 1664 01:11:53,875 --> 01:11:55,833 from any association 1665 01:11:55,917 --> 01:11:59,333 with the Clippers organization or the NBA. 1666 01:11:59,416 --> 01:12:04,249 - And then today, no podium involved, simply, 1667 01:12:04,333 --> 01:12:06,625 "We're not gonna take the floor." 1668 01:12:06,708 --> 01:12:09,124 - Have you ever seen anything like this? 1669 01:12:09,208 --> 01:12:11,416 - No, not exactly. 1670 01:12:11,500 --> 01:12:14,124 Tommy Smith and John Carlos, 1968, 1671 01:12:14,208 --> 01:12:17,625 Mexico City Olympics with the clenched fist salute. 1672 01:12:17,708 --> 01:12:20,333 Muhammad Ali, we know about what he did 1673 01:12:20,416 --> 01:12:21,625 and what he sacrificed. 1674 01:12:21,708 --> 01:12:23,999 Colin Kaepernick and others kneeling. 1675 01:12:24,083 --> 01:12:28,333 But as far as not playing in a team sport 1676 01:12:28,416 --> 01:12:31,041 over a social issue, I have not seen this, 1677 01:12:31,124 --> 01:12:33,500 and I've been following this for a very, very long time. 1678 01:12:33,583 --> 01:12:36,333 - As a Black man, as a former player, 1679 01:12:36,416 --> 01:12:39,541 I think it's best for me to support the players 1680 01:12:39,625 --> 01:12:42,416 and just not be here tonight... 1681 01:12:44,917 --> 01:12:47,999 And figure out what happens after that. 1682 01:12:48,083 --> 01:12:50,166 I just don't feel equipped to be here. 1683 01:12:50,249 --> 01:12:57,249 ♪ ♪ 1684 01:12:58,458 --> 01:13:00,541 - I'm on the bus headed to the game. 1685 01:13:00,625 --> 01:13:02,208 We about to play against the Rockets, 1686 01:13:02,291 --> 01:13:05,792 and I get a text that said... 1687 01:13:07,792 --> 01:13:09,833 "Holy shit, are all the games canceled?" 1688 01:13:09,917 --> 01:13:11,416 [laughs] Right? 1689 01:13:11,500 --> 01:13:13,875 Then my phone started ringing, you know, 1690 01:13:13,958 --> 01:13:17,249 a number of guys calling, whatnot. 1691 01:13:17,333 --> 01:13:21,416 Bron, Dame, all these guys is calling, and... 1692 01:13:22,958 --> 01:13:24,999 It's like, all right. 1693 01:13:25,083 --> 01:13:27,083 They told me what was going on, 1694 01:13:27,166 --> 01:13:31,667 so now we gotta figure out what's next. 1695 01:13:31,750 --> 01:13:34,667 [apprehensive music] 1696 01:13:34,750 --> 01:13:40,667 ♪ ♪ 1697 01:13:40,750 --> 01:13:44,708 This wasn't an incident that just affected Milwaukee, 1698 01:13:44,792 --> 01:13:47,041 right, even though that's where 1699 01:13:47,124 --> 01:13:49,541 the closest NBA team was. 1700 01:13:49,625 --> 01:13:53,166 This was a situation that affect all of us, 1701 01:13:53,249 --> 01:13:56,750 that affect all of us, and we finally said, 1702 01:13:56,833 --> 01:14:00,416 "Okay, you know, this is what happened. 1703 01:14:00,500 --> 01:14:02,750 "The Bucks aren't playing, we all aren't gonna play, 1704 01:14:02,833 --> 01:14:06,083 and we gonna get into a room, and we gonna talk about this." 1705 01:14:06,166 --> 01:14:07,375 - In a historic move tonight, 1706 01:14:07,458 --> 01:14:09,875 the NBA announces all playoff games tonight 1707 01:14:09,958 --> 01:14:11,917 will be postponed following this week's 1708 01:14:11,999 --> 01:14:14,750 police shooting of Jacob Blake. 1709 01:14:14,833 --> 01:14:17,541 - Once it stopped, I wasn't sure 1710 01:14:17,625 --> 01:14:20,124 when or if we would restart. 1711 01:14:21,625 --> 01:14:23,124 I remember Chris saying to me, 1712 01:14:23,208 --> 01:14:25,124 "We just gotta play this out a bit. 1713 01:14:25,208 --> 01:14:28,249 Guys have to get together and talk this through." 1714 01:14:28,333 --> 01:14:32,833 ♪ ♪ 1715 01:14:32,917 --> 01:14:34,625 - We are here with the Atlanta Dream's 1716 01:14:34,708 --> 01:14:35,750 Elizabeth Williams, 1717 01:14:35,833 --> 01:14:38,458 and Elizabeth would like to read this statement. 1718 01:14:38,541 --> 01:14:40,083 - After speaking with representatives 1719 01:14:40,166 --> 01:14:41,958 from teams playing tonight, 1720 01:14:42,041 --> 01:14:44,999 the consensus is to not play in tonight's slate of games 1721 01:14:45,083 --> 01:14:47,917 and to kneel, lock arms, and raise fists 1722 01:14:47,999 --> 01:14:49,667 during the national anthem. 1723 01:14:49,750 --> 01:14:53,166 We stand in solidarity with our brothers in the NBA 1724 01:14:53,249 --> 01:14:54,833 and will continue this conversation 1725 01:14:54,917 --> 01:14:57,166 with our brothers and sisters across all leagues 1726 01:14:57,249 --> 01:14:59,083 and look to take collective action. 1727 01:14:59,166 --> 01:15:00,958 - I ended up talking to my family, 1728 01:15:01,041 --> 01:15:04,166 and we decided I had to do something. 1729 01:15:04,249 --> 01:15:07,833 I have a Black following that I have to be there for. 1730 01:15:07,917 --> 01:15:12,458 If I go play, it is basically saying, 1731 01:15:12,541 --> 01:15:14,041 "I don't really care about that." 1732 01:15:14,124 --> 01:15:17,625 For me, I think no matter what, 1733 01:15:17,708 --> 01:15:19,958 I wasn't gonna play tonight 1734 01:15:20,041 --> 01:15:24,541 just 'cause I have to just stand by my guns here. 1735 01:15:24,625 --> 01:15:28,124 - I was getting ready for a game the next day. 1736 01:15:28,208 --> 01:15:29,792 It was like, "We have to make to make a message too." 1737 01:15:29,875 --> 01:15:31,375 It doesn't matter if it's-- you know, 1738 01:15:31,458 --> 01:15:33,500 it doesn't matter because NBA is predominantly Black. 1739 01:15:33,583 --> 01:15:35,291 Like, this isn't-- 1740 01:15:35,375 --> 01:15:37,500 this is, like, just a-- this is just a problem, 1741 01:15:37,583 --> 01:15:40,999 and we need to stand for what's right too. 1742 01:15:41,083 --> 01:15:43,833 I think if you look around this room, 1743 01:15:43,917 --> 01:15:46,708 there's a lot of white athletes in here, 1744 01:15:46,792 --> 01:15:48,083 and I think that's the statement 1745 01:15:48,166 --> 01:15:50,583 that's being made right now. 1746 01:15:50,667 --> 01:15:52,375 You know, it's great that the NBA did this 1747 01:15:52,458 --> 01:15:53,917 and the MLB and the WNBA. 1748 01:15:53,999 --> 01:15:55,166 You know, they have a lot of Black players 1749 01:15:55,249 --> 01:15:56,208 in those leagues. 1750 01:15:56,291 --> 01:15:59,917 But for, you know, all these athletes in here 1751 01:15:59,999 --> 01:16:01,667 to take a stand and say, "You know what? 1752 01:16:01,750 --> 01:16:05,625 We see the problem too, and we stand behind you." 1753 01:16:07,500 --> 01:16:10,208 We all have our own opinions on certain things, 1754 01:16:10,291 --> 01:16:13,541 and they may clash sometimes, but we support each other, 1755 01:16:13,625 --> 01:16:15,917 and, you know, sports is a big family. 1756 01:16:15,999 --> 01:16:17,375 - We got each other's back, you know. 1757 01:16:17,458 --> 01:16:19,041 I know we don't wear the same uniform, 1758 01:16:19,124 --> 01:16:20,375 we don't play at the same time, 1759 01:16:20,458 --> 01:16:22,708 but when something's needed, 1760 01:16:22,792 --> 01:16:26,249 I think we all know we got each other's back. 1761 01:16:26,333 --> 01:16:32,583 - That night definitely had a few situations 1762 01:16:32,667 --> 01:16:33,875 where I felt like it was over, 1763 01:16:33,958 --> 01:16:35,583 like the season was done, like, 1764 01:16:35,667 --> 01:16:38,750 "All right, let's-- we about to go home." 1765 01:16:38,833 --> 01:16:39,999 But... 1766 01:16:41,958 --> 01:16:44,625 It was healthy, right? 1767 01:16:44,708 --> 01:16:47,541 And everything kept going back to the platform, 1768 01:16:47,625 --> 01:16:49,083 to the platform that we have. 1769 01:16:49,166 --> 01:16:51,917 So it led us to a whole nother conversation 1770 01:16:51,999 --> 01:16:52,999 that needed to happen. 1771 01:16:53,083 --> 01:16:55,291 We wanted to keep our foot to the pedal, right, 1772 01:16:55,375 --> 01:16:56,625 and keep speaking on the different things 1773 01:16:56,708 --> 01:16:59,541 that are occurring, and we also decided 1774 01:16:59,625 --> 01:17:02,625 that we wanted to start a justice coalition. 1775 01:17:02,708 --> 01:17:04,583 Obviously, the George Floyd Police Bill 1776 01:17:04,667 --> 01:17:08,124 was a huge thing...and voting. 1777 01:17:08,208 --> 01:17:10,958 We wanted to make sure that all of the arenas 1778 01:17:11,041 --> 01:17:14,500 or practice facilities could be opened as polling sites. 1779 01:17:14,583 --> 01:17:17,333 Ultimately, we decided if we go away from this stage, 1780 01:17:17,416 --> 01:17:19,958 we don't necessarily have that same platform, 1781 01:17:20,041 --> 01:17:22,124 so we stood in solidarity. 1782 01:17:22,208 --> 01:17:24,917 You know, we're gonna continue to play, 1783 01:17:24,999 --> 01:17:26,625 but we're also gonna continue to make sure 1784 01:17:26,708 --> 01:17:28,458 that our voices are heard. 1785 01:17:28,541 --> 01:17:30,291 We got a chance to say how we felt 1786 01:17:30,375 --> 01:17:31,625 about a lot of different things, 1787 01:17:31,708 --> 01:17:34,458 and I'll never forget it. 1788 01:17:34,541 --> 01:17:36,416 My 15 years that I've been in the league, 1789 01:17:36,500 --> 01:17:39,083 never seen anything like it, 1790 01:17:39,166 --> 01:17:42,458 and I think that meeting that night, 1791 01:17:42,541 --> 01:17:45,792 that whole everything that occurred 1792 01:17:45,875 --> 01:17:51,291 will be something that guys 1793 01:17:51,375 --> 01:17:53,208 remember for the rest of their lives. 1794 01:17:53,291 --> 01:18:00,291 ♪ ♪ 1795 01:18:22,750 --> 01:18:24,249 [groans] 1796 01:18:26,249 --> 01:18:29,208 [somber piano music] 1797 01:18:29,291 --> 01:18:30,458 ♪ ♪ 1798 01:18:30,541 --> 01:18:32,375 You know, my kids affect a lot of the decisions 1799 01:18:32,458 --> 01:18:35,500 that I make... 1800 01:18:35,583 --> 01:18:38,625 especially the decisions that we were making 1801 01:18:38,708 --> 01:18:41,291 as far as playing in the bubble. 1802 01:18:43,291 --> 01:18:44,875 A lot of the decisions that are made 1803 01:18:44,958 --> 01:18:46,708 are, like, "How are they gonna feel 1804 01:18:46,792 --> 01:18:48,708 "as far as being comfortable 1805 01:18:48,792 --> 01:18:51,999 with making decisions for their generation?" 1806 01:18:54,917 --> 01:18:56,375 Some of the things that we want 1807 01:18:56,458 --> 01:19:02,083 to see changed right now, it's a process. 1808 01:19:06,291 --> 01:19:08,375 All right, so even if I don't get an opportunity 1809 01:19:08,458 --> 01:19:10,999 to see the benefits of the change, right, 1810 01:19:11,083 --> 01:19:15,750 the discussions and the activism that's occurring, 1811 01:19:15,833 --> 01:19:18,875 for my kids seeing it, 1812 01:19:18,958 --> 01:19:20,792 it'll be their normal. 1813 01:19:20,875 --> 01:19:27,833 ♪ ♪ 1814 01:19:29,999 --> 01:19:32,291 What's up, girl? - Hi, Chris. 1815 01:19:32,375 --> 01:19:39,291 ♪ ♪ 1816 01:19:39,375 --> 01:19:42,041 - What's up, girl? 1817 01:19:42,124 --> 01:19:44,375 What's up? What's up? 1818 01:19:44,458 --> 01:19:46,083 - It was a win-win for me. 1819 01:19:46,166 --> 01:19:49,041 If they win game seven, I'm over the moon. 1820 01:19:49,124 --> 01:19:52,208 But also, I get to have my honey home. 1821 01:19:52,291 --> 01:19:53,458 It's been two months today. 1822 01:19:53,541 --> 01:19:55,249 July 3rd is the last time we saw him. 1823 01:19:55,333 --> 01:19:58,291 - It's a long time. - It's a long time. 1824 01:19:58,375 --> 01:20:01,750 - It's a long time, the longest in 16 years. 1825 01:20:01,833 --> 01:20:02,750 - It was real long. 1826 01:20:02,833 --> 01:20:03,792 - We never been apart this long. 1827 01:20:03,875 --> 01:20:05,625 - Man, it feels so good to be home. 1828 01:20:05,708 --> 01:20:07,249 - I made them-- - It feels so good to be home. 1829 01:20:07,333 --> 01:20:09,291 - Dad, I made them laugh so hard, so-- 1830 01:20:09,375 --> 01:20:11,124 - Your son is crazy. - [laughs] 1831 01:20:11,208 --> 01:20:13,833 - I'm not mad we lost. I missed y'all like crazy. 1832 01:20:13,917 --> 01:20:14,958 - We missed you too, honey. 1833 01:20:15,041 --> 01:20:16,249 We wasn't even mad last night. 1834 01:20:16,333 --> 01:20:17,291 We knew you was coming home today. 1835 01:20:17,375 --> 01:20:19,333 - AJ was hot. - AJ was mad. 1836 01:20:19,416 --> 01:20:20,999 He was talking a lot of shit last night. 1837 01:20:21,083 --> 01:20:25,958 ♪ ♪ 1838 01:20:26,041 --> 01:20:27,999 - I remember the day we talked about doing this, 1839 01:20:28,083 --> 01:20:29,458 and it was about COVID. 1840 01:20:29,541 --> 01:20:31,833 It was the day that sports stood still, 1841 01:20:31,917 --> 01:20:33,667 but it was COVID, right? 1842 01:20:33,750 --> 01:20:35,917 - A quick one-game road trip up to Minnesota... 1843 01:20:35,999 --> 01:20:39,541 - There's been so many turns, so many roller coasters. 1844 01:20:39,625 --> 01:20:41,999 - Fans, due to unforeseen circumstances, 1845 01:20:42,083 --> 01:20:44,541 the game tonight has been postponed. 1846 01:20:44,625 --> 01:20:46,999 - I don't think any of us really realized 1847 01:20:47,083 --> 01:20:49,958 the impact that sports have on us all. 1848 01:20:50,041 --> 01:20:52,166 - One ball and no strikes, and waiting. 1849 01:20:52,249 --> 01:20:55,667 Fastball, it's a high fly to the deep left center field. 1850 01:20:55,750 --> 01:20:57,667 Buster goes back to the stands, 1851 01:20:57,750 --> 01:20:59,792 and it's gone! 1852 01:20:59,875 --> 01:21:00,833 - Looking to throw, 1853 01:21:00,917 --> 01:21:03,041 and he throws it in the end zone! 1854 01:21:03,124 --> 01:21:04,041 Touchdown! 1855 01:21:04,124 --> 01:21:07,041 [cheers and applause] 1856 01:21:07,124 --> 01:21:12,667 ♪ ♪ 1857 01:21:12,750 --> 01:21:14,458 - Sports has changed forever. 1858 01:21:16,416 --> 01:21:17,833 There's no question about it, 1859 01:21:17,917 --> 01:21:20,458 because the athlete, whoever it may be, 1860 01:21:20,541 --> 01:21:22,208 they understand their power. 1861 01:21:22,291 --> 01:21:24,041 [dramatic music] 1862 01:21:24,124 --> 01:21:25,166 And they understand that 1863 01:21:25,249 --> 01:21:28,541 they have to be true to who they are. 1864 01:21:28,625 --> 01:21:31,500 It's amazing to see COVID ended up 1865 01:21:31,583 --> 01:21:33,124 just being the starting point... 1866 01:21:35,833 --> 01:21:39,375 But it's definitely not the ending point. 1867 01:21:39,458 --> 01:21:43,375 ♪ ♪ 1868 01:21:43,458 --> 01:21:45,249 - Ladies and gentlemen, please join us 1869 01:21:45,333 --> 01:21:47,041 in a moment of silence 1870 01:21:47,124 --> 01:21:52,041 dedicated to the ongoing fight for equality in our country. 1871 01:21:52,124 --> 01:21:55,583 - And off we go, the 2020 NFL season. 1872 01:21:55,667 --> 01:21:57,375 Tonight's crowd, they're all supposed to be 1873 01:21:57,458 --> 01:22:00,541 wearing their mask except when eating or drinking. 1874 01:22:00,625 --> 01:22:07,667 ♪ ♪ 1875 01:22:09,833 --> 01:22:13,249 - This is the 75th anniversary of the NBA, 1876 01:22:13,333 --> 01:22:15,249 and of course, due to the pandemic, 1877 01:22:15,333 --> 01:22:17,375 there are no fans in the stands. 1878 01:22:17,458 --> 01:22:24,458 ♪ ♪ 1879 01:22:31,875 --> 01:22:34,458 - Kenosha, Wisconsin's District Attorney's Office 1880 01:22:34,541 --> 01:22:37,124 will not bring charges against the police officer 1881 01:22:37,208 --> 01:22:38,750 who shot Jacob Blake. 1882 01:22:38,833 --> 01:22:40,708 - 2021 is a new year, 1883 01:22:40,792 --> 01:22:42,999 but some things have not changed. 1884 01:22:43,083 --> 01:22:45,792 Tonight, the Celtics and the Heat 1885 01:22:45,875 --> 01:22:47,708 all took a knee. 1886 01:23:04,875 --> 01:23:10,958 - ♪ Lift every voice and sing ♪ 1887 01:23:11,041 --> 01:23:17,083 ♪ Till Earth and heaven ring ♪ 1888 01:23:17,166 --> 01:23:23,124 ♪ Ring with the harmony ♪ 1889 01:23:23,208 --> 01:23:29,500 ♪ Of liberty ♪ 1890 01:23:29,583 --> 01:23:35,667 ♪ Let our rejoicing rise ♪ 1891 01:23:35,750 --> 01:23:41,792 ♪ High as the listening sky ♪ 1892 01:23:41,875 --> 01:23:44,999 ♪ Let it resound ♪ 1893 01:23:45,083 --> 01:23:50,166 ♪ Loud as the rolling ♪ 1894 01:23:50,249 --> 01:23:53,833 ♪ Sea ♪ 1895 01:23:53,917 --> 01:23:59,166 ♪ Facing the rising sun ♪ 1896 01:23:59,249 --> 01:24:04,166 ♪ Of our new day begun ♪ 1897 01:24:04,249 --> 01:24:06,833 ♪ Let us march on ♪ 1898 01:24:06,958 --> 01:24:10,708 ♪ Till victory ♪ 1899 01:24:10,792 --> 01:24:14,541 ♪ Is won ♪ 1900 01:24:14,625 --> 01:24:17,249 ♪ Let us march on ♪ 1901 01:24:17,333 --> 01:24:21,083 ♪ Till victory ♪ 1902 01:24:21,166 --> 01:24:24,875 - Black lives... crowd: Matter! 1903 01:24:24,958 --> 01:24:26,875 - There are forces that want to take us back 1904 01:24:26,958 --> 01:24:28,333 to another place. 1905 01:24:28,416 --> 01:24:30,208 We don't want to go back. 1906 01:24:30,291 --> 01:24:32,124 We want to go forward. 1907 01:24:47,208 --> 01:24:50,667 announcer: This has been a presentation of HBO Sports.