Social Justice names NBAers have chosen

[SiteWolf]

In case you wondered what names players have chosen to wear on their backs the rest of this season, here you go

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Boston Celtics
Jaylen Brown, Liberation
Carsen Edwards, Equality
Tacko Fall, Liberte
Javonte Green, Enough
Gordon Hayward, Education Reform
Enes Kanter, Freedom
That freedom means so much to me, not just for my country in Turkey, not just for people in America, but throughout the whole world. … My message to the whole world is, keep fighting for freedom. Keep fighting for justice. Stand for what you believe in and never back down.
Enes Kanter
Romeo Langford, Enough
Semi Ojeleye, Love Us
Vincent Poirier, Egalite
Marcus Smart, Freedom
Jayson Tatum, Black Lives Matter
Daniel Theis, Black Lives Matter
Kemba Walker, Love Us
Brad Wanamaker, Enough
Tremont Waters, Stand Up
Grant Williams, Equality
Brooklyn Nets
Jarrett Allen, Si Se Puede
Justin Anderson, Equality
Chris Chiozza, Black Lives Matter
Jamal Crawford, Equality
Donta Hall, Equality
Joe Harris, Equality
Tyler Johnson, How Many More
Rodions Kurucs, Peace
Caris Levert, Black Lives Matter
Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, Liberte
Jeremiah Martin, How Many More
Dzanan Musa, Peace (or Equality)
Garrett Temple, Education Reform
Lance Thomas, Say Her Name
Dallas Mavericks
Trey Burke, Equality
Antonius Cleveland, Equality
Dorian Finney-Smith, Equality
Tim Hardaway Jr., Equality
Justin Jackson, Equality
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Equality
Courtney Lee, Equality
Boban Marjanovic, Equality
Dwight Powell, Equality
Josh Reaves, Equality
Delon Wright, Equality
Seth Curry, Equality
Luka Doncic, Enakopravnost (Slovenian)
Maxi Kleber, Gleichberechtigung (“Equality” in German)
J.J. Barea, Igualdad (Spanish)
Kristaps Porzingis, Vienlidziba (Latvian)
Denver Nuggets
Keita Bates-Diop, Vote
Bol Bol, Black Lives Matter
Vlatko Cancar, Equality
Tyler Cook, Black Lives Matter
Torrey Craig, Love Us
Troy Daniels, Black Lives Matter
PJ Dozier, Respect Us
Gary Harris, Equality
Paul Millsap, Vote
Monte Morris, Black Lives Matter
Jamal Murray, Freedom
Mason Plumlee, Peace
Michael Porter Jr., Stand Up
Noah Vonleh, I Can’t Breathe

Houston Rockets
Robert Covington, Black Lives Matter
Russell Westbrook, Black Lives Matter
Michael Frazier, Equality
Eric Gordon, Equality
Luc Mbah a Moute, Justice
Bruno Caboclo, Justice Now
Chris Clemons, Justice Now
Jeff Green, Vote
Indiana Pacers
Jeremy Lamb, Black Lives Matter
Victor Oladipo, Black Lives Matter
Goga Bitadze, Equality
TJ Leaf, Equality
T.J. McConnell, Equality
Doug McDermott, Equality
Domantas Sabonis, Mes Lygus g Lithuanian)
Edmond Sumner, Equality
JaKarr Sampson, Freedom
Malcolm Brogdon, I Can’t Breathe
Alize Johnson, Justice
T.J. Warren, Justice
Myles Turner, Respect Us
Justin Holiday, Say Their Names
Brian Bowen II, Vote
Los Angeles Clippers
Amir Coffey, How Many More
JaMychal Green, Black Lives Matter
Montrezl Harrell, How Many More
Reggie Jackson, Liberation
Terance Mann, I Am A Man
Rodney McGruder, Peace
Marcus Morris, Education Reform
Joakim Noah, Justice
Patrick Patterson, I Am a Man
Landry Shamet, Equality
Lou Williams, Equality
Ivica Zubac, Enough
Los Angeles Lakers
Danny Green, How Many More
It speaks out to how many more people of color are going to get killed or die at the hands of the force, of police brutality? How many more families are going to get denied housing? How many more Black men and women are going to get denied certain job opportunities? The list goes on.
Danny Green
Kostas Antetokounmpo, Peace
Devontae Cacok, Justice Now
I feel like there is so much that hasn’t been done for so many people. There hasn’t been justice for a lot of people and it’s sad and wrong.
Devontae Cacok
Alex Caruso, Black Lives Matter
A lot of things just went into it, and ‘Black Lives Matter’ just seemed to be the thing that just struck a chord with me and I thought would be the most impactful.
Alex Caruso
Quinn Cook, Say Their Names
Talen Horton-Tucker, Black Lives Matter
JaVale McGee, Respect Us
Respect is a key factor in social injustices. We definitely need to get equality, and we definitely need to get the same respect everybody else does.
JaVale McGee
Markieff Morris, Education Reform
JR Smith, Justice Now
Dion Waiters, Black Lives Matter
With, everything that’s going on, I feel like this is a key moment in life right now for us to make a huge impact on and off the court. Just being able to keep letting everybody know what’s at hand, and how big it is. Just because basketball is back, you can’t forget about the most important thing that went on this year.
Dion Waiters

Memphis Grizzlies
Gorgui Dieng, Black Lives Matter
Ja Morant, Enough
Grayson Allen, Enough
Marko Guduric, Equality
John Konchar, Equality
Jonas Valanciunas, Equality
Anthony Tolliver, Group Economics
Josh Jackson, I Am A Man
Tyus Jones, I Can’t Breathe
Kyle Anderson, Listen To Us
Brandon Clarke, Peace
Yuta Watanabe, Peace
Justise Winslow, Speak Up
Jaren Jackson Jr., Vote
Miami Heat
Bam Adebayo, Black Lives Matter
Kyle Alexander, Peace
Jae Crowder, Black Lives Matter
I’m behind the movement.
Jae Crowder
Goran Dragic, Equality
Udonis Haslem, Black Lives Matter
Tyler Herro, Black Lives Matter
I‘m just standing behind the Black Lives Matter movement. I stand behind it and support it. And I feel I have a voice and a platform to be able to push it and that’s what I’m going to continue to do.
Tyler Herro
Solomon Hill, Education Reform
Andre Iguodala, Group Economics
Derrick Jones, Love Us
Meyers Leonard, Equality
Kendrick Nunn, Black Lives Matter
KZ Okpala, I Can’t Breathe
Kelly Olynyk, Equality
Duncan Robinson, Say Their Names
Chris Silva, Si Se Puede
Gabe Vincent, Black Lives Matter
Milwaukee Bucks
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Equality
Kyle Korver, Black Lives Matter
Thansis Antetokounmpo, Equality
Eric Bledsoe, Freedom
Sterling Brown, Liberation
Pat Connaughton, Equality
Donte DiVincenzo, Equality
George Hill, Justice Now
Ersan Ilyasova, Justice
Brook Lopez, Justice Now
Robin Lopez, Stand Up
Frank Mason, How Many More
Wesley Matthews, Vote
Khris Middleton, Black Lives Matter
I think it’s the most important thing for people to realize. That our lives do matter. That’s why I went with it.
Khris Middleton
Marvin Williams, Black Lives Matter
D.J. Wilson, Black Lives Matter
New Orleans Pelicans
Sindarius Thornwell, Black Lives Matter
Lonzo Ball, Equality
Jaxson Hayes, Equality
E’Twaun Moore, Equality
Jahlil Okafor, Equality
Brandon Ingram, Freedom
Kenrich Williams, I Can’t Breathe
Derrick Favors, Listen To Us
Frank Jackson, Peace
Zion Williamson, Peace
Darius Miller, Power To The People
Zylan Cheatham, Say Their Names
Josh Hart, Say Their Names
Jrue Holiday, Say Their Names
JJ Redick, Say Their Names
Nicolo Melli, Uguaglianza (“Equality” in Italian)
Nickiel Alexander-Walker, Vote
Oklahoma City Thunder
Chris Paul, Equality
I chose ‘EQUALITY’ because it reminds us that in order to have real impact and change, we need to make a conscious effort to level the playing field and create systems that are not bias based on race, education, economics or gender.
Chris Paul
Hamidou Diallo, Black Lives Matter
Terrance Ferguson, Black Lives Matter
Dennis Schroder, Black Lives Matter
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Equality
Nerlens Noel, Equality
Andre Roberson, I Am A Man
Devon Hall, Love Us
Mike Muscala, Peace
Abdel Nader, Peace
Steven Adams, Kia Kaha (Maori for “Stay Strong,” or “Power To The People”)
Luguentz Dort, Respekte Nou (Haitian Creole for “Respect Us”)
Kevin Harvey, Shalom (Hebrew for “Peace”)
Danilo Gallinari, Giustizia (“Justice” in Italian)
Orlando Magic
Vic Law, Antiracist
Mo Bamba, Black Lives Matter
DJ Augustin, Equality
Nikola Vucevic, Equality
Aaron Gordon, Freedom
Robert “BJ” Johnson, How Many More
Evan Fournier, Justice
James Ennis III, Justice Now
Michael Carter-Williams, Liberation
Gary Clark, Respect Us
Markelle Fultz, Respect Us
Philadelphia 76ers
Alec Burks, Enough
Furkan Korkmaz, Equality
Raul Neto, Equality
Kyle O’Quinn, Hear Us
Josh Richardson, Say Their Names
Matisse Thybulle, Vote
Phoenix Suns
Dario Saric, Antiracist
Ty Jerome, Enough
Aron Baynes, Equality
Devin Booker, Equality
Cam Johnson, Equality
Frank Kaminsky, Equality
Jalen Lecque, Equality
Elie Okobo, Equality
Cameron Payne, Equality
Cheick Diallo, Freedom
Ricky Rubio, Justice
Kelly Oubre, Peace
Deandre Ayton, Respect Us
Mikal Bridges, Respect Us
Jevon Carter, Respect Us
Portland Trail Blazers
Wenyen Gabriel, Antiracist
Zach Collins, Black Lives Matter
Nassir Little, Black Lives Matter
CJ McCollum, Education Reform
Damian Lillard, How Many More
Hassan Whiteside, How Many More
Gary Trent Jr., I Am A Man
Jaylen Adams, I Can’t Breathe
Anfernee Simons, I Can’t Breathe
Carmelo Anthony, Peace
Mario Hezonja, Stand Up
Jaylen Hoard, Egalite
Jusuf Nurkic, Ravnopravnost (“Equality” in Bosnian)
Sacramento Kings
De’Aaron Fox, Anti-Racist
Baze was talking about education reform and things like that, and I think it’s all racism — blatant racism or systematic racism — so that’s why I picked anti-racist for my jersey. I think it touches a lot of bases.
De'Aaron Fox
Kent Bazemore, Education Reform
Marvin Bagley III, Freedom
I picked Freedom. That’s what’s going to be on my jersey. That one words means a lot to me, whenever I see it or hear it. There’s a lot going on, and with all of this going on, until African Americans have an equal playing field, we’re not free.
Marvin Bagley III
Bogan Bogdanovic, Sloboda (“Freedom” in Serbian)
Kyle Guy, Black Lives Matter
Richaun Holmes, Black Lives Matter
Cory Joseph, Black Lives Matter
Nemanja Bjelica, Equality
Jabari Parker, Group Economics
Yogi Ferrell, How Many More
Corey Brewer, Peace
Justin James, Peace
Alex Len, Peace
DaQuan Jeffries, Power To The People
Buddy Hield, Respect Us
Harry Giles III, Say Her Name
Harrison Barnes, Say Their Names
San Antonio Spurs
Jakob Poeltl, Black Lives Matter
I think it’s an important topic to keep alive. At our very first practice, we spent the first 20-30 minutes talking about it.
Jakob Poeltl
Trey Lyles, Antiracist
Lonnie Walker, Black Lives Matter
DeMar DeRozan, Education Reform
Derrick White, Enough
Bryn Forbes, Enough
Quinndary Weatherspoon, I Can’t Breathe
Drew Eubanks, Justice
Rudy Gay, Justice
Keldon Johnson, Justice
Toronto Raptors
OG Anunoby, Say Their Names
Dewan Hernandez, Black Lives Matter
Malcolm Miller, Black Lives Matter
Normal Powell, Black Lives Matter
Pascal Siakam, Black Lives Matter
Matt Thomas, Black Lives Matter
Fred VanVleet, Black Lives Matter
Paul Watson, Black Lives Matter
Kyle Lowry, Education Reform
Stanley Johnson, Equality
Marc Gasol, Justice
Oshae Brissett, Respect Us
Patrick McCaw, Say Their Names
Chris Boucher, See Us
Terence Davis, Speak Up
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Speak Up
Serge Ibaka, Respectez Biso (French dialect of “Respect Us”)
Utah Jazz
Tony Bradley, Peace
Jarrell Brantley, Enough
Jordan Clarkson, Peace
I put peace because everybody is fighting for a peace of mind especially all of the Black Lives Matter things. The whole thing that everybody is fighting for at the end of the day calls for peace for all of us. To feel that equality in all areas and aspects of life. I feel like that’s the reason why I picked that.
Jordan Clarkson
Mike Conley, I Am A Man
Ed Davis, Education Reform
Rudy Gobert, Equality
Joe Ingles, Ally
Donovan Mitchell, Say Her Name
Juwan Morgan, Say Their Names
Emmanuel Mudiay, Peace
Georges Niang, Education Reform
Royce O’Neale, Equality
Miye Oni, Power To The People
Rayjon Tucker, Justice
Nigel Williams-Goss, Justice Now
Justin Wright-Foreman, Justice

Washington Wizards
Isaac Bonga, Peace
Troy Brown Jr., Black Lives Matter

[ewing]

How does Kanter fit that on his jersey?


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[goingfor28]

How does Kanter fit that on his jersey?


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Lmao

[LF85]

Holy ****! Somebody had a lot of time on their hands to type all that **** out!

[LF85]

Also I love how a lot of players have Equality on the back of their Jersey's while having a Nike swoosh on the front..

[GoferKing_]

Also I love how a lot of players have Equality on the back of their Jersey's while having a Nike swoosh on the front..

That is the best part. All those big words of support, and they are wearing stuff made by exploited chinese and others.

[warfelg]

I honestly think that the NBA messed up a bit by having the pre-approved list on there. I've read that some guys like Butler wanted a blank name plate, some wanted to use names of minorities killed by cops, some wanted to used phrases not listed on here.

[blams]

I honestly think that the NBA messed up a bit by having the pre-approved list on there. I've read that some guys like Butler wanted a blank name plate, some wanted to use names of minorities killed by cops, some wanted to used phrases not listed on here.

Should've still allowed players to submit for approval of one offs imo

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[mike_noodles]

I honestly think that the NBA messed up a bit by having the pre-approved list on there. I've read that some guys like Butler wanted a blank name plate, some wanted to use names of minorities killed by cops, some wanted to used phrases not listed on here.

I did like the idea of giving them a list, because many people aren't creative enough to think of something good to put on there. I am disappointed that they didn't allow guys to submit their own ideas though. I can't remember which Raptor it was, but he wanted "Am I next?". I thought that was a great idea.

[Chronz]

I appreciate the nba players and analysts not crucifying players for having differing opinions on this, they're still United and linked even when one of them stands tall. Respect. It's just the media still asking cringe inducing questions. That white liberal lady asked if isaac believed that black lives matter lol (its such a great slogan btw, great branding) and when she didn't get the answer she wanted, forced him to repeat what he had already said. It's like, aren't you a part of the cult, why didn't you perform the ritual?

[KnicksorBust]

I know a lot of people hate this. My father in law says he is never watching another NBA game again. But I love it.

[goingfor28]

I know a lot of people hate this. My father in law says he is never watching another NBA game again. But I love it.

It's stupid for the simple fact that players couldn't choose any phrase they wanted. So if a player wanted blue loves matter, support police, whatever, they couldn't do it and would be crucified. Our stupid country thinks every law enforcement officer is a klan member.

[zookman65]

I know a lot of people hate this. My father in law says he is never watching another NBA game again. But I love it.

I have said good riddance to the dying generation of old racist whites whether family or family friends if they are overtly racist and bigoted. Don't need their old crusty "who moved my cheese" attitude. Let the old 70 year old racists ******* stop watching. I doubt many of the advertisers care.

[Oefarmy2005]

I have said good riddance to the dying generation of old racist whites whether family or family friends if they are overtly racist and bigoted. Don't need their old crusty "who moved my cheese" attitude. Let the old 70 year old racists ******* stop watching. I doubt many of the advertisers care.

I disagree with the message but I will still watch the sport. This is America and they can display whatever they want if the league rules allow it. I am not 70 and I am not a racist, so your comment is astoundingly shallow.

[zookman65]

I disagree with the message but I will still watch the sport. This is America and they can display whatever they want if the league rules allow it. I am not 70 and I am not a racist, so your comment is astoundingly shallow.

Then you dont fit into the group that I am referring to, do you?