By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-02-02 15:54:37
2025年11月29日，周六，密尔沃基，在对阵布鲁克林篮网的NBA常规赛下半场，密尔沃基雄鹿队主教练道格·里弗斯 (Doc Rivers) 在场边关注比赛。
马刺队全明星球员维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 上周曾谈到，针对近期两名明尼阿波利斯居民被联邦执法人员杀害一事公开发声，可能会面临相应的后果。
“我知道我是一个外国人。我住在这个国家。对此我确实深感关切，”这位22岁的法国球员在向媒体表示，他对自己所谓的“谋杀平民”感到“震惊”后如是说。他指的是37岁的蕾妮·古德 (Renee Good) 和37岁的亚历克斯·普雷蒂 (Alex Pretti)。
但至少有一位NBA重量级人物正在鼓励每个人都勇敢发声——即便这会产生负面影响。
“我只是觉得，当某些事情在道义上是错误的时候，站出来的就不应该只是我，而应该是这个房间里的每一个人，”密尔沃基雄鹿队主教练道格·里弗斯 (Doc Rivers) 在周日于TD花园球场以79-107不敌波士顿凯尔特人队赛前表示。
“如果你对此深有感触，每个人都应该发声。我们现在在街头看到的那些景象，你不可能在道义上感到心安。没有哪个美国人能心安理得，这就是我发声的原因。我也告诉过我们的球员，这会有后果。你看，曾经有亚瑟·阿什 (Arthur Ashe)，有穆罕默德·阿里 (Muhammad Ali)，还有霍华德·科塞尔 (Howard Cosell)。他们都曾勇敢发声，并为此付出了一些代价。这本就是其中的一部分。”
作为一个近期的例子，里弗斯可以指出前旧金山49人队四分卫凯林·卡佩尼克 (Colin Kaepernick)。卡佩尼克在2016年抗议种族不公和警察暴行后，基本上被NFL（美国职业橄榄球大联盟）联合封杀了。
ESPN在2018年援引消息人士报道称，西雅图海鹰队曾准备试训卡佩尼克，但由于他不愿表态是否计划在国歌仪式期间继续跪地抗议，球队取消了邀请。
去年，卡佩尼克告诉ABC新闻，他对抗议警察暴行的举动“绝对值得”。
“考虑这是否值得时：即便只是挽救了一个生命，或者是让一个生命得到了改善，那在任何时候都是值得的，”卡佩尼克在谈到他致力于社会正义的承诺时说道。
“我认为在我们思考未来时，这一点极其重要。我们必须能够尽一切努力，确保我们在推动社区进步，推动学生成长，并确保我们是在为彼此未来的成功打下基础。”
作为一名全球巨星，文班亚马不会面临像卡佩尼克那样严厉的惩罚。但社交媒体上的批评者已经瞄准了这位身高7英尺4英寸的中锋，称他为“共党”，并说他应该滚回法国。
里弗斯也在社交媒体上遭到了抨击，但在周日的比赛前，当被问及他上个月将古德遭枪击身亡称为“彻头彻尾的谋杀”是法律层面的还是道义层面的时，他并没有退缩。
据《纽约时报》报道，里弗斯表示：“两者皆是。我绝不会改变这一立场。我的父亲是警察。我最好的朋友也是警察。他可能对此比我还要愤怒。”
在NBA首届先驱经典赛（Inaugural Pioneers Classic）——一个旨在致敬联盟首批黑人球员的活动——上发表讲话时，里弗斯继续了他本赛季以来对美国移民及海关执法局 (ICE) 的批评。ICE目前正带头执行特朗普政府的大规模驱逐行动。
“对ICE的培训简直糟糕透顶。我们都心知肚明，”里弗斯说道，“而在明尼苏达州，那里有大概13万名无证移民，那为什么不去德克萨斯州呢？那里有170万无证移民。”
“我审视我们的联盟。我看着NBA。我们今天在庆祝先驱日，对吧？我看着我们的联盟在想，哈基姆·奥拉朱旺 (Hakeem Olajuwon) 也有可能在大街上被带走。但按照现在有色人种的感受，只有有色人种会被从街上带走，这简直是不对的。这在道义上是不正确的，所以我百分之百坚持我的话。”
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Doc Rivers encourages others to speak out against injustice
Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers looks on during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025, in Milwaukee.
Spurs All-Star Victor Wembanyama spoke last week about the possibility of facing consequences for speaking out against the recent killings of two Minneapolis residents by federal agents.
“I know I’m a foreigner. I live in this country. I am concerned, for sure,” the 22-year-old Frenchman said after telling reporters he was “horrified” by what he called “the murder of civilians,” referring to Renee Good, 37, and Alex Pretti, 37.
But at least one high-profile NBA figure is encouraging everyone to speak out — even if there are repercussions.
“I just think when things are morally wrong, it shouldn’t be me; it should be everybody in this room,” Milwaukee coach Doc Rivers said before the Bucks’ 107-79 loss to the Boston Celtics on Sunday at TD Garden.
“It should be everybody if you feel strongly about it. What we see on the streets right now, you cannot morally feel good about that. No American can, and that’s why I speak out. And I do tell our guys there are consequences. You know, there was an Arthur Ashe, there was a Muhammad Ali, there was a Howard Cosell. They all spoke out, and some paid consequences for it. That’s just part of it.”
As a recent example, Rivers could have pointed to former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who was essentially blackballed by the NFL after his 2016 protests against racial injustice and police brutality.
Citing sources, ESPN reported in 2018 that the Seattle Seahawks were set to work out Kaepernick but rescinded the invitation after he wouldn’t say whether he planned to continue kneeling in protest during the national anthem.
Last year, Kaepernick told ABC News his protest against police brutality was “absolutely worth it.”
“Thinking about whether or not it’s worth it: if even one life was saved, one life was advanced, it’ll be worth it every day of the week,” Kaepernick said of his commitment to social justice.
“I think that’s incredibly important as we think about our future. We have to be able to do whatever it takes to make sure we’re advancing our communities, advancing our students, and making sure we are setting each other up for success in the future.”
A global superstar, Wembanyama won’t face the same harsh punishment inflicted on Kaepernick. But critics on social media have already targeted the 7-foot-4 center, calling him a “commie” and saying he should return to France.
Rivers has also been bashed on social media, but he didn’t back down when asked before Sunday’s game whether him calling the shooting of Good last month “straight-up murder” was meant in a legal or moral sense.
“Both. And I don’t change that at all,” he said, per The New York Times. “My dad was a cop. My best friend is a cop. And he’s probably more upset about it than me.”
Speaking at the NBA’s Inaugural Pioneers Classic, an event that aims to celebrate the league’s first Black players, Rivers continued his season-long criticism of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which spearheads the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts.
“The training of ICE is horrible. We all know that,” Rivers said. “And being in Minnesota, where there’s 130,000, I think, undocumented people, why not Texas, where there’s 1.7 million undocumented?
“I look at our league. I look at the NBA. We’re celebrating Pioneer’s Day today, right? And I look at our league and think (Hakeem) Olajuwon could have been taken off the streets. But we would, right now, the way Brown people feel, only the Brown people would be taken off the streets, and it’s just not right. And it’s not morally right, so I stand by my words 100 percent.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News