NBA’s Brooklyn Nets donate $50,000 to victims of subway shooting

NBA’s Brooklyn Nets pitched in with support for the victims of Tuesday’s shooting and donated $50,000 to help the injured. The franchise also held a moment of silence before their game against Cleveland started.

The New York Police Department identified Frank James as a “person of interest” in the shooting that injured at least 10 people on a subway train in Sunset Park. 

Steve Nash, the coach of the Brooklyn Nets said in a statement, “That is the subway stop for our practice facility and for our office,” Associated Press reported.

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The pre-match statement added, “My kids go to school not exceedingly far, so it does hit home and you just feel for all those affected and you recognize that we have a lot of growing to do as a society and a community, and you just feel for everybody in our community that was affected.”

Cleveland Cavaliers, who were playing against the Nets on Tuesday, also spoke out against the subway shooting. Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff said the team’s thoughts were with those who were on their way to work or school when the shooting started.

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“So that’s first and foremost, is keeping those people in our minds and whatever we can do to help there, help there,” he said. “And then we go play a basketball game, and if it’s an extra 15 minutes on the trip or you’ve got to check your purse at the door, like, so be it, because people were impacted in a way bigger way than we ever will be.”

New York Liberty Foundation and the Brooklyn Nets jointly donated the $50,000 and made the announcement minutes before the game started. The Nets thanked first responders and wished a speedy recovery to those who were injured.