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The NBA as an agent of change

What is the role or responsibility of today's NBA in issues such as religion, race, sexuality, and more?

The boos rained down from the stadium like embers in a forest fire, and felt nearly as hot. The object of their fire and ire was buried deep in prayer.

Over twenty years later, a picture of that moment, or one much like it, is displayed on a sizable billboard on La Brea Avenue here in Los Angeles. The photo on the billboard is exactly the same as the one that leads off this article, a well-positioned Associated Press shot.