Last week, Lou Williams said that he thought the NBA coming back would be a “distraction”, one that would impede social movements aimed towards combating systemic racism. The prospect of being a distraction has led Williams to consider his participation if and when the NBA does return.
In a virtual chat hosted by CoStar, Williams said that he is “50-50” on playing out the rest of the season:
“Because it looks like that we don’t care. If we do suit up — and we are having conversations behind closed doors — how much of this platform can we really use?