Stephen Jackson has been at the forefront of the Blacks Lives Matter movement since the death of his longtime friend George Floyd.
In the process, one of the people the retired NBA forward has been in constant contact with is Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving, which Jackson revealed on Instagram Live with his podcast co-host and fellow retired NBA forward Matt Barnes.
Jackson, like Irving, feels the NBA should not continue the 2019-20 season at Disney World in Orlando because he feels it will distract people from the movement that has been the focus of the nation amidst the novel coronavirus pandemic.
And with Irving receiving criticism for his approach, Jackson let everyone know how the Nets guard is doing everything to help the cause:
He’s passionate about this and by the conversation he had, I just think he understands this moment. You know what I’m saying? And he just like me. I don’t have all the answers, you know what I’m saying? And he’s speaking off heart, he’s speaking off passion because … I ain’t said this on no interviews bro. He done called me crying bro because he literally know that I’m putting in every single day.
Stephen Jackson says Kyrie Irving has been FaceTiming him almost everyday to check on him
“He called me crying, because he literally knows I’m putting everything on the line.” pic.twitter.com/vpX93qDqom
— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) June 16, 2020
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