Clippers coach Doc Rivers on the impact players could make by playing basketball

Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers is firmly convinced that if NBA players go back to playing basketball, through it, they will be able to make an impact regarding all the social issues that they seek to address.

“In this case, I believe it’s so important for us to play, I do,” Doc Rivers said on the “Flying Coach” podcast with Steve Kerr and Pete Carroll.

“I just think at the end of the day you can march and you can work, like most people are marching and working, we can do the same thing. But more importantly, it would give us an opportunity. A lot of us won’t have a voice if we don’t play, but I think if were allowed to play, then you will have a voice.

“I think we have an opportunity here to not only go and crown a champion, but we have an opportunity as a league to really put out a great message,” the Clippers coach continued. “There’s going to be a ton of responsibility every day for our guys to say the right thing, and so I love it, and I’m looking forward to it.”

He is right. While playing basketball and moving towards the completion of this season, the players, through their interviews and their social media accounts they will be able to attract a lot of attention and doing so, they will also be able to put out their message and through TV and radio or podcasts they will promote their thoughts and suggestions regarding all the issues that bother them. Simply, they play basketball, they get attention, use their platform, speak their mind as much as they can and will surely have an impact on the world. Also, by playing basketball, the players will receive their paychecks and look after their famillies — which is another notable reason why the season has to be resumed.