Fourteen players on the Oklahoma City Thunder will wear a social justice-related message on the back of their jersey during games inside the Orlando bubble, according to USA TODAY.
Here is the full list of phrases that will be worn by players on the team:
Oklahoma City Thunder
- Hamidou Diallo – Black Lives Matter
- Terrance Ferguson – Black Lives Matter
- Dennis Schroder – Black Lives Matter
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – Equality
- Nerlens Noel – Equality
- Chris Paul – Equality
- Andre Roberson – I Am A Man
- Devon Hall – Love Us
- Mike Muscala – Peace
- Abdel Nader – Peace
- Steven Adams – Kia Kaha (Māori for Stay Strong)
- Luguentz Dort – Respekte Nou (Haitian Creole for Respect Us)
- Kevin Hervey – Shalom (Hebrew for Peace)
- Danilo Gallinari – Giustizia (Italian for Justice)
In total, more than 140 players will have phrases on their jersey.
The most popular was “Equality,” which will be worn by 76 players, including Thunder point guard and National Basketball Players Association president Chris Paul. Forty-four players will wear “Black Lives Matter” and 22 will wear “Peace.”
Three Thunder players apiece have “Equality” or “Black Lives Matter.”
Two have “Peace” and one has “Peace” in a different language. Kevin Hervey will wear “Shalom,” which is Hebrew.
Hervey is one of four players with a word in a different language. Danilo Gallinari will wear “Giustizia,” which means “Justice” in Italian. Steven Adams will wear “Kia Kaha,” Maori for “Stay Strong.” Lu Dort will where “Respekte Nou,” Haitian Creole for “Respect Us.”
