Jul 25, 2020 - Sports

NBA players pick social justice jersey messaging

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Houston Rockets Guard James Harden (13), wearing a Black History Month t-shirt, — Houston Rockets Guard James Hardenwearing a Black History Month T-shirt in 2018. Photo: Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

The NBA released a list of social-justice statements that players can wear on their jerseys when the seeding games begins this coming Thursday, and continuing through the season, AP's Tim Reynolds writes.

By the numbers: 16% of players on rosters for the restart chose not to have a message.

"Equality" was the most popular selection, accounting for 25% of the player choices — and it will be worn in nine languages. Besides English, players opted to wear it in their native Italian, French, Bosnian, Lithuanian, Slovenian, German, Spanish and Latvian.
"Black Lives Matter" was the second-most popular choice, at 16%.

The NBA is expected to resume its season and playoffs on July 30 in Orlando, Florida.

Team-by-team messages.

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