Four-time NBA MVP LeBron James, his Los Angeles Lakers teammates, and the Atlanta Hawks honored victims from last week's Thousand Oaks shooting in Southern California by wearing black T-shirts with 'Enough' emblazoned on the front and the names of the 12 victims printed along the back.
Both the Clippers and Milwaukee Bucks wore the same shirts ahead of Saturday's game.
There were moments of silence to honor the 12 people killed at the bar in Thousand Oaks prior to both Saturday and Sunday's games at Staples Center.
James weighed in on the subject Sunday, supporting stricter gun control.
LeBron James did not go into depth on the subject, but seemed to support stricter gun laws
LeBron James, left, and Josh Hart, right) wear t-shirts bearing the names of the 12 victims of Wednesday night's shooting at a bar in Thousand Oaks, California
When asked what he thought when he heard about the shooting, James told reporters, 'Probably the same that went through everybody's mind: 'Not again.' Or: 'Wow. What the hell?'
'It all comes back to this gun situation that we have in America and gun violence,' he said, as quoted by ESPN. 'I don't want to go into that right now, but I can do it at a later point. We know that these people are just being able to go and buy guns and do things with them, and innocent lives are being taken at young ages.'
Dustin Brown of the NHL's Kings wears a sticker on his helmet saying 'Enough,' in response to the mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, California, which is near Los Angeles
James feels as though gun violence is more of an issue now than it was when he was growing up in Akron, Ohio in the 1980s and 90s.
'You know, when I was younger we didn't really have to worry about gun violence too much,' James said. 'I mean, if you had a problem with somebody you kind of fist it out and move on. And now, it's like people are like shooting it out and don't even have a problem with somebody. They just got a problem with themselves or a problem with the situation that they're in.
'It's just very troubling times for everyone and for parents,' James continued. 'It's just how can you be comfortable with sending your kids to school or sending them to church or sending them to the movies or sending them to the mall? Those are kind of like the great havens when I was growing up: school, church, go to the mall, go to a sporting event. That was like heaven. You know? And it's kind of scary at this point and time.'
Los Angeles Lakers players stand during the national anthem on Sunday. The players wore T-shirts with the word 'Enough' emblazoned across the front, in reference to the recent shooting
NBA commissioner Adam Silver (pictured center alongside NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum) was on hand Sunday, and encouraged the players to be socially active
NBA commissioner Adam Silver was on hand Sunday, and encouraged the players to be socially active.
'As I've always said, our players aren't just ballplayers, they're citizens,' Silver told ESPN after watching the Lakers beat the Hawks 107-106 on Sunday. 'They have strong feelings about what's happening in society and they react to them. I think this was something that was a groundswell within the league. It came from the players and it spread by word of mouth from one team to another.
Lou Williams wears his 'Enough' shirt before Sunday's Clippers-Bucks game in L.A.
'It obviously began here in California and other teams around the league supported them,' Silver continued. 'Again, I support our players' desire to speak out on issues that are important to them and important to society.'
Clippers chief of basketball operations Annemarie Loflin was the first to order the shirts, although the NHL's Los Angeles Kings and Minnesota Wild wore 'Enough' decals on their helmets during Thursday's game at Staples Center.
Hawks coach Lloyd Price also wore the T-shirt before the game.
'It's a national thing,' Pierce said. 'It's a tough time right now with the mass shootings, specifically being here, the most recent. It's unfortunate. It's sad. We can talk about gun control, you can talk about how to deal with everything that's going on, but I think really, the shirt is just trying to solidify that there's a presence in the NBA that's thoughtful about the people that lost their lives, and the people that were present there, and just the community in Southern California, what everybody's going through and trying to deal with this. So I think it's a great statement.'
Lakers coach Luke Walton hopes citizens noticed the shirts and reflected upon the recent tragedy.
'I think when you have kids and you're concerned about where our world is going sometimes, it's nice to see people trying to stand up and bring awareness to things and not just let it slide into yesterday's news,' Walton said.
People attend the procession for the Ventura County Sheriff Sgt. Ron Helus, who was shot and killed in a mass shooting at a bar in Thousand Oaks
People pray before the procession for the Ventura County Sheriff Sgt. Ron Helus
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It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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