LOS ANGELES -- LeBron James described 2020 as the worst year of his life on Saturday, with the Los Angeles Lakers superstar losing two of his black heroes just seven months apart.
James honoured actor Chadwick Boseman prior to the Lakers game five first-round playoff contest against Portland by folding his arms across his chest in the Wakanda salute from the Black Panther movie.
View this post on Instagram A post shared by LeBron James on Aug 29, 2020 at 10:18pm PDT James this week helped negotiate the NBA's restart after the players decided to boycott three days of playoff games following the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Wisconsin. "Having NBA arenas for polling sites is unbelievable," James said. "November is just around the corner and we all understand how important that is."
"We had a mission. That mission was lost in translation," he said. "When the playoffs started. We were playing every other day.
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