The NBA playoff 'boycotts' are an empty gesture, but at least it makes the players feel good

The Milwaukee Bucks backed out of their playoff game on Wednesday in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The NBA then postponed the rest of the day’s playoff schedule, and in the end, nothing was sacrificed, and nothing was accomplished.

Bucks players didn’t make a sacrifice: They weren’t forced to forfeit, and Game 5 will still happen at a later date. They placed a call to the Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul (a Democrat), which they could have done anytime they weren’t supposed to be playing, even though he’s already opened an investigation into a shooting that happened three days ago.