Bucks' Hill couldn't care less about NBA amid fight against racism

Milwaukee Bucks guard George Hill said the NBA is the "last thought on my mind" amid the fight against racism following George Floyd's death.

There have been nationwide protests in the United States after Floyd – an African-American man – died in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25.

A police officer was filmed kneeling on Floyd's neck during an arrest after he was crying out for help as he was handcuffed and pinned to the ground.

The NBA season, which was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic in March with the Bucks topping the standings, is set to restart via a 22-team format in Orlando, Florida next month.

But Hill talked down the league's planned return in the midst of protests over social injustice and racism in the country.

"I've been working every day since this all started with my body, my game and things like that, but as a whole, I can care less about basketball right now," an emotional Hill said during a video conference on Friday as he shared his own experiences.

 

 

 

 

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I know so many fight the power for fake justice people aren’t gonna like this post however, people are dying and this time it isn’t the police. Respect to the local #BlackLivesMatter movement. With any movement, (protest) some times there will be collateral damage to someone’s property. However, what is taking place in the night time after the sun goes down is flat out wrong! These people aren’t and don’t give a damn about justice they just want to be there and change the narrative of what America is afraid of, Blacks and Whites coming together as one! What happens in Indy & SA can’t be in the name of #GeorgeFloyd, #BreonnaTaylor, #AhmadAubrey along with the countless other brothers and sisters who were murdered. We now are being played by some racist people who are using our voices to create destruction. (Throw the rock and hide the hand) Young people are getting killed, going to jail and they are gonna use the law and keep it on your record for years to come. Systematic racism is just that...a system! If we don’t break that system down with our brains, and sometimes physical gets involved we will never beat the system. Young people black and white if you want to make a difference, along with peaceful protesting (let’s keep it going), but more importantly we have to use this same energy and mobilize and VOTE!!! We have to vote out prosecutors who don’t fight for justice, we have to vote in local officials from the Governor down to the clergy that cares about our needs. We have to go after the FOP, we have to get a community policing board, we have to change policies. There are strength in numbers! The oppressors see this and they are scared. Let’s not give them a reason to justify their actions. They are scared because this is truly “Another Major Powermove” for justice. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” MLK Please be smart S/O to the big bro @ampharris

A post shared by George Hill (@indianageorge3) on May 31, 2020 at 11:46am PDT

"That's like my last worry. That's just the game I'm blessed to play. When the ball goes up in the air, I'm ready to play, I love the competitive side of it, but that's not who I am.

"So, that's my last thought on my mind is basketball. I can care less what's going on. I think there's bigger issues and bigger things to tackle in life right now than a basketball game, but that's just my personal opinion."

"If I didn't have that talent, I possibly would've been that George Floyd. I possibly would've been all my family members that got gunned down in the streets in Indianapolis," Bucks veteran Hill, 34, added.

"So, yes, this for me, it impacts me even more because I've seen the killing going on, and I've seen the police brutality.

"I've seen that my cousin is laying in the street for an hour and a half before another police officer gets there. I've seen that. So, I get emotional because it really hurts. I've got interracial kids, and I'm scared just for my whole life."