Bullets coach Greg Vanderjagt says the Cairns Taipans have the proper to not put on a uniform celebrating the NBL’s Pride Round, however is proud the Brisbane membership selected to “represent the best interests” of an “inclusive” sport.
The groups meet in Cairns on Saturday evening, with the Bullets needing to raise after they had been thrashed 99-71 by the spectacular New Zealand Breakers at Nissan Arena on Thursday evening.
Brisbane’s loss was its 18th defeat of the season and ended its run of three successive wins.
And it received’t get any simpler this weekend towards the second-placed Taipans.
However, off the court docket, the Taipans have come beneath fireplace for electing to not don group uniforms celebrating the competitors’s Pride Round – which might’ve featured a rainbow across the emblem of attire sponsor Champion – due to “targeted attacks” towards his gamers.
“Everybody has a choice in it,” Bullets coach Vanderjagt mentioned.
“Us as a club, we can’t control other people’s decisions that are made.
“We as a club, the playing group, everyone from top to bottom supports what this game is about.
“Basketball is a global sport. All walks of life play the game. It’s a very diverse basketball community within our team and within the league as a whole.
“I’m not just talking about the Pride Round. The multiculturalism that exists in our game, it’s bigger than the individual.
“We’re an inclusive team, we’re an inclusive organisation, we’re an inclusive sport, (and) we collectively made the decision to support what’s happening with the Pride Round, and it’s a great initiative the league’s put forward.
“Our group made the decision. Cairns are entitled to make the decisions they made, and their organisation will support that, and their community will support that.
“In terms of what they did in the best interests of their playing group, we looked at what’s best for the sport as a whole.
“We are inclusive and we are diverse, so we represented that.”
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