Fred VanVleet: "I was pretty excited and then we all had to watch Jacob Blake get shot yesterday. That changes the tone of things...It's just starting to feel like everything we're doing is just going through the motions, nothing's changing."

VanVleet: "At some point, we're the ones with the microphone always in our face. But we're the oppressed one and the responsibility falls on us...At what point do we not have to speak on it anymore? Are we going to hold everyone accountable?"

VanVleet: "What are we willing to give up? Do we actually give a fuck about what's going on, or is it just cool to have Black Lives Matter on the backdrop or wearing a T-shirt?...I'm in a different place today, emotionally speaking."

Norman Powell: "I'm frustrated, honestly. I'm disappointed. I have a wide range of emotions...I'm pretty tired and sick to my stomach to have to sit up here and talk about this again."

Powell: "The police officers that are involved in these instances aren't scared...the taxpayers are paying for these administrative leaves...Ain't nothing gonna change (until we) stand up and demand things. Until that is done, ain't shit gonna change."

Powell: "Taking a knee for the anthem, that's not getting the job done. That's getting washed out...Something has to happen where you're forcing those people who can make the change to do something."

Asked about boycott, says a lot of things have been talked about.

Powell says nothing changes until someone does something dramatic, and then it gets turned around (e.g. Black Panthers). "How do we demand more now? How do we formulate a plan to create change, and make it happen immediately? Because we've talked enough about it."

Nick Nurse says he believes playing gives them more of a platform than not playing, but the issues need to continue to be discussed and scrutinized. "Especially police reform."

Nurse says if players don't feel like playing, or talking ball, or need a break, that's OK. "The priorities may be different for some guys, and I'm certainly willing to take as much time, cancel things that were basketball-related, whatever to make sure these guys are OK."

Here's Powell's full initial response when asked about Jacob Blake.