Of course I respect their principles and nobody should be pressured to play now if they don't want to, whether due to coronavirus or the social movement going on.

I just don't get what they think will be accomplished by not playing basketball for a few months. Do they really think that if there's no basketball people will be forced to talk about systemic racism? The news cycle will do its thing no matter what.

It sounds like Kyrie is advocating for a strike, which needs demands. If they're tall about it, the NBA Players Association could say "we're not playing until Qualified Immunity is abolished and extensive police reform and reallocation of funds to marginalized communities happens in every NBA city" or they could demand that every NBA team and sponsor donates 10 million to community organizations.

but to take Dwight Howard's position of "no basketball until we get things resolved" is too vague and does nothing for the movement while threatening the livelihood of younger or non-star players