LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – LeBron James sent the word to the Los Angeles Lakers in a group text on Wednesday afternoon, and basketball suddenly seemed irrelevant.A grand jury in Kentucky had finally spoken.
And James was letting his team know that NBA players, who have spent months seeking justice for Breonna Taylor, did not get what they wanted.“Something was done,” Lakers guard Danny Green said, “but it wasn’t enough.”Wednesday’s decision by the grand jury, which brought no charges against Louisville police for Taylor’s killing and only three counts of wanton endangerment against fired Officer Brett Hankison for shooting into Taylor’s neighbors’ homes, was not unexpected by many NBA players and coaches.