{"id":1340018,"date":"2022-02-25T00:37:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T05:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1340018"},"modified":"2022-02-25T00:37:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T05:37:37","slug":"watch-kings-nuggets-link-arms-in-solidarity-with-ukrainian-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-kings-nuggets-link-arms-in-solidarity-with-ukrainian-player\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Kings, Nuggets Link Arms in Solidarity with Ukrainian Player"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-kings-nuggets-link-arms-in-solidarity-with-ukrainian-player%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1340018&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Christian-Petersen_Getty-Images-19-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Players from the Sacramento Kings and Denver Nuggets joined arms in a show of support for Ukrainian-born Kings forward Alex Len before their game Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>The teams\u2019 message was one of unity against war:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Before tonight&#8217;s game tipped-off with the Kings and Nuggets in Sacramento, both teams joined arm-in-arm in support of Kings C Alex Len, whose home country of Ukraine has been invaded by Russia. <\/p>\n<p>Their message: &#8220;NO WAR.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qog1bx3Syl\">pic.twitter.com\/qog1bx3Syl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Cunningham (@SeanCunningham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanCunningham\/status\/1497048371323973632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In addition to linking arms in solidarity, Kings coach Alvin Gentry made a point to honor Len and bring attention to his war-torn homeland during his pre-game press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore we get started, I just wanted to say that we had a little meeting in the locker room, and obviously, Alex Len being from Ukraine and has family over there and relatives over there,\u201d Gentry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/bayarea\/kings\/alvin-gentry-kings-praying-alex-len-family-members-ukraine\">told<\/a> the media. \u201cAnd so I would just like for you guys to keep him in your prayers and hopefully his family is going to remain safe. So I think that\u2019s very important. And he\u2019s very important to us, not just as a player, but as a person. He\u2019s a tremendous human being and we just want him to know we\u2019re praying for his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alvin Gentry asked for prayers for Kings center Alex Len and his family members in Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VzDzWnMWrq\">pic.twitter.com\/VzDzWnMWrq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kings on NBCS (@NBCSKings) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSKings\/status\/1497032474555293701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Len, along with fellow Ukrainian NBA player\u00a0Svi Mykhailiuk, posted a joint statement to Twitter before the game calling for people to #StandWithUkraine:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ru\" dir=\"ltr\">\u041d\u0415\u0422 \u0412\u041e\u0419\u041d\u0415 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PrayForUkraine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PrayForUkraine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandWithUkraine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StandWithUkraine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sviat_10?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sviat_10<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hGJG4fE8Ce\">pic.twitter.com\/hGJG4fE8Ce<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Len (@alexlen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexlen\/status\/1496972509006241794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Alvin Gentry told reporters that Len\u2019s family in Ukraine was safe as far as he knew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Players from the Sacramento Kings and Denver Nuggets joined arms in a show of support for Ukrainian-born Kings forward Alex Len before their game Thursday night. 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