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James Harden Explains Why He Wore ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Mask

by Len Werle
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James Harden Explains Why He Wore ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Mask

James Harden received a lot of backlash and criticism for wearing a ‘Blue Lives Matter’ mask around the NBA’s Orlando campus on late Wednesday. 

 

https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets/status/1283931715082293249

 

The league’s leading scorer addressed the controversy in a Zoom call with reporters yesterday.

As expected, Harden wasn’t aware of the message he delivered, and revealed that the mask was not meant as a political statement. He wore the mask because it was one big enough to cover his entire beard:

 

“It was just something that covered my whole beard. I thought it looked cool. That was it.” 

 

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