A Women’s National Basketball Association team held a moment of silence on the court to commemorate the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death.
Napheesa Collier, the Minnesota Lynx forward, hit the midcourt with a microphone in hand last week before the team’s game against the Connecticut Sun to call for the moment of silence.
“George was a father, a brother, and a son, and his life, like every life, held meaning,” Collier announced. “His death exposed the holes that are still in our justice and criminal institutions today. His five-year anniversary reminds us that we want to continue the fight against criminal, racial, and social injustices. We can not stay silent.”
WNBA has a moment of silence for George Floyd.
Camera pans to the many empty seats.
The train wreck continues.pic.twitter.com/rTHR0xOFXV
— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) May 25, 2025
Outkick blasted the “latest social justice pandering ” in a post lamenting that a professional sports franchise is “still bringing attention to Floyd’s death” five years after he died in police custody.
“Collier did not mention the eight jail terms Floyd previously served, nor the fentanyl and methamphetamine an autopsy found in his system at the time of his death. She, nor the Lynx or WNBA for that matter, did not address the hundreds of businesses and lives that were ruined during the riots that took place across Minneapolis and the nation in the days that followed Floyd’s death, either,” the outlet noted.
The moment on court was met with fiery responses on social media, where users blasted the team for lecturing instead of focusing on the sport.
This is why no one takes the WNBA seriously.
— John Walker (@realjohnnywalk) May 25, 2025
This is so wrong
The WNBA should be ashamed
George Floyd is not a role model for anyone regardless of skin color
— BT (@Getthejobdone25) May 25, 2025
Just one more reason to NOT watch…a complete joke and on Memorial Day Weekend. I had friends who never came home and they honor a drug using violent criminal who died of an overdose…PATHETIC
— TimsPyramidTherapy (@TimsPyramid) May 25, 2025
And now, a moment of silence for the WNBA.
— Scott Douglas Winder (@ScottDWinder17) May 25, 2025
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