Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce watched the protests sweep through his city over the weekend.
Across the country, Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder was trying to explain the scenes on his television to his children in Salt Lake City.
“Our city here is a contrast to Atlanta, and a stark one,” Snyder said. “We don’t have a large African-American population. … There were protests, significant protests, maybe not as much in numbers but in passion. It shows how pervasive and intense and emotional this issue is.”
Snyder and Pierce come from different backgrounds, live in very different parts of the country, but the two NBA coaches share a common goal.