FILE – In this Dec. 9, 2014, file photo, Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, center, warms up before an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings in Los Angeles. Dozens of athletes in recent weeks have responded to confrontations between authorities and black citizens in Ferguson, Mo., New York and elsewhere by wearing T-shirts bearing such statements as “I Can’t Breathe” and “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot!” (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) ORG XMIT: NYAG207