Nuggets trainer Michael Malone pays homage to the Boulder victims

Denver Nuggets coach Mike Malone opened his pre-match press conference Tuesday by honoring 10 people killed in a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado on Monday. Malone said. Yesterday was another tragedy. We hope to find a way to prevent it from happening in the future. I think I am speaking on behalf of everyone on our team, and our travel party is that our thoughts and prayers are never, but our thoughts and prayers are definitely with the Boulder community and all the 10 innocent families who were killed yesterday. “Golden State Warriors and Coach Steve Kerr offered similar condolences. He spoke at a pre-match press conference on Tuesday against a background that includes all the names of the victims in the shootings in Boulder and Atlanta. The reason for doing this is to remind people that they are human,” Kerr said. Humanity is about the victims, not just counting them. Often times, you pick up a story and just read that there were eight or 10 victims, whatever the number. When you see faces and when you see names, she personalizes them, you put them together and think about how many people are suffering – how many family members and friends are, not to mention, of course, how many lives have been cut short and how many dreams are shattered. If we don’t add humanity to it’s still a statistic and it makes it very easy for fools to say, “This is the price of freedom in terms of owning guns.” Kerr called this argument “perhaps the stupidest expression I have ever had in my life.” “Can you imagine the price of freedom being a group of innocent people being killed with a weapon of war? But no,” This is the price of freedom; That’s why we are Americans. “What are we even talking about?” Kerr said. “We have to protect each other. The best way to do this is to humanize the victims and make people understand.” Malone also became emotional. It took Malone 25 seconds to say their names – Denny Stong, Nevin Stanisic, Ricky Olds, Traluna Bartquiak, Susan Fountain, Terry Leaker, Eric Tally, Kevin Mahoney, Lynn Murray, Judy Waters – and concluded with Tally, the Boulder police officer who was killed. When he responded to the scene. Malone’s voice broke as he provided biographical details to Tally – “Father of Seven Children … so we keep them in our thoughts and prayers.” Asked how the team handled what happened in Boulder, Malone said he couldn’t speak for the players but said, “I think we’re all tired of it. This is an understatement. I know to me, you get caught up in the job and basketball and we are judged on gains and losses. But if you take a step back and put yourself in one of those families, how do you feel? This is a game. It’s a game that I love and I have a passion for, but I am thinking of Eric Tally and his seven children. This is what I think. I’m just sad for them and for Anyone else, and I hope we are as a country, we as a country can find a way to be better. “I apologize for my feelings.” He wiped his tears as he gave his answer. In the Orlando bubble, he was equally heartfelt towards social and racial injustice, and he called for change. It was Kerr. Equally outspoken in recent years about gun violence in the U.S. “Ted Cruz, this might be your family. This might be your friend. This could be someone very close to you. If this happens, you wouldn’t want something in the place where there is a background check? Pointing to the Republican senator from Texas, Kiir said, “It’s baffling to me that we can only continue to meet the needs of this very small minority in this country. Once again, 90 percent of Americans, regardless of political affiliation, support background checks. We are passing through drivers school and drivers safety. We have to apply for a driver’s license. Nothing like that with a gun? We can just come to Walmart, buy an AR15 and kill 10 people, and that’s the price of freedom? Really, we’ll keep saying that? So, many of us are just angry. Part of Kerr’s anger stems from the assassination of his father, Malcolm, as a diplomat in Lebanon in 1984 in what was considered an act of terrorism. During his time as the Warriors’ lead coach, Kerr spoke out against gun violence and participated in protests with groups including the Brady and Sandy campaign Hook Promise, March for Our Lives, and the Giffords Group. “This issue is very close and dear to my heart because my family had to deal with the loss of my father and stepfather, and we’ve had to deal with the fallout since then,” Kerr said. To deal with what we dealt with, yet more than 100 people die every day in this country from Venice, be it an accident, murder or suicide. So we have to address. I think everyone is tired of it. ”