More people might have felt that way: Landry Shamet explains what led to LA Clippers and LA Lakers voting against NBA resumption

It's been an unprecedented last 48 hours in the NBA that started with Milwaukee Bucks deciding to boycott their tie against the Orlando Magic. What followed was a suspension of all playoff games for two days and several meetings. The biggest headline coming out of the first players' meeting was that the LA Lakers and the LA Clippers had walked out after voting to end the season.

LA Clippers' Landry Shamet made an appearance on JJ Redick's The Old Man and the Three podcast to give an insider's view on the same.

LA Lakers and LA Clippers walk out of the meeting

Shamet revealed that it wasn't a case of the LA Lakers or the LA Clippers giving their final decision

Landry Shamet started off by explaining that with so many players in the same room, there was always going to several perspectives in play. He then spoke about the 'vote' that the LA Lakers and LA Clippers gave to stop playing before exiting the meeting. He also outlined that the setting may not have allowed some players to speak as freely. [H/T: Clipsnation]

"And to be fair, that vote wasn’t us saying we don’t want to play basketball. It was just simply a poll of what we thought was best to do, and that’s what came out of our team. And to be honest, I felt like and still feel like maybe there’s more people that kind of might have felt that way. But given the setting and the amount of peers around, you might not have been as blunt and open.”

ESPN Sources: Several key members of Lakers -- and some peers around league -- stayed up until early AM hours talking through issues in The Bubble. Among key players in league heading into 11 AM meeting, there's optimism about a majority of players wanting to continue playoffs.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 27, 2020

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Shamet then admitted that he didn't feel too confident about the whole ordeal and wasn't too sure whether it would lead to anything productive.

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Landry Shamet annoyed about the pressure falling on the black athletes

The empty AdventHealth Arena after Milwaukee Bucks boycotted their game

Landry Shamet acknowledged that the incident brought a lot of attention to the NBA, especially to the LA Clippers and the LA Lakers after the players' meeting. But he was also frustrated at the fact that all the questions were being posed to the players and not the senior executives.

"Why are we answering questions that a lot of CEOs and executives and higher up people aren’t even getting asked? Why is it all falling on us, the Black athlete?”