迈阿密热火中锋梅耶斯·伦纳德是唯一一个在国歌中站立的球员，他的队友和丹佛掘金队的球员跪下支持黑人生命问题运动。
自从NBA在佛罗里达州奥兰多的ESPN世界体育中心重新开始比赛以来，伦纳德是继魔术队的jonathanisaac之后第二个在国歌中起立的NBA球员。
“不败者”的马克·斯皮尔斯拍下了一张伦纳德站在国歌中的照片，他的右手放在心脏上，其他队友和教练则跪在地上。尽管没有跪下，伦纳德还是穿着一件黑色的“生命大事”t恤。
-Marc J.Spears（@MarcJSpears）2020年8月1日
根据斯皮尔斯的说法，迈耶斯·伦纳德的哥哥贝利·伦纳德是一名美国海军陆战队士兵，在他的职业生涯中，他至少去过阿富汗两次。自1981年以来，NBA有一条规定要求球员必须为国歌起立。然而，在周四，NBA局长亚当·西尔弗表示，他不会强迫球员在国歌期间起立。
西尔弗通过雅虎体育的克里斯·海恩斯（Chris Haynes）说：“我尊重我们球队为维护社会正义而进行的和平抗议的统一行动，在这种特殊情况下，我们不会执行要求在奏国歌时站立的长期规定。”。
原标题：
Heat’s Meyers Leonard lone ‘stander’ during pregame national anthem
原文：
Miami Heat center Meyers Leonard was the lone player to stand during the national anthem as his teammates and Denver Nuggets players knelt to support the Black Lives Matter movement.
Leonard is the second NBA player to stand during the national anthem, following the Magic’s Jonathan Isaac, since the NBA relaunched its games from the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida.
Marc Spears of The Undefeated snapped a photo of Leonard standing during the national anthem with his right hand over his heart, while the rest of his teammates and coaches kneeled. Despite not kneeling, Leonard wore a Black Lives Matters t-shirt.
— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) August 1, 2020
According to Spears, Meyers Leonard’s brother, Bailey Leonard, is a U.S. Marine who has toured in Afghanistan at least twice throughout his career. The NBA has a rule requiring players to stand for the anthem since 1981. However, on Thursday, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said he would not force players to stand during the anthem.
“I respect our teams’ unified act of peaceful protest for social justice and under these unique circumstances will not enforce our long-standing rule requiring standing during the playing of our national anthem,” Silver said, via Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes.
