Warriors, Celtics wear orange T-shirts pleading for gun control ahead of Game 2 of NBA Finals

“We feel very strongly as a league that it’s time for people to take notice and to take part in what should be a nationwide effort to limit the gun violence that’s out there,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “There are ways to limit it, and there are proven laws that are waiting to be passed … There are things we can do that would not violate people’s Second Amendment rights but would save lives.”

“The awareness is really about things that are continuing to happen in our communities," Celtics head coach Ime Udoka said. "They’re devastated by it, their families are devastated and we can’t go on with our normal life and business … It continues to happen, so awareness and change needs to be made.”

“The biggest thing I think is to vote,” he said. “What I understand is that a lot of races, congressional races that are out there, despite the fact that the majority of people in this country want gun safety measures put in place, a lot of those races are decided by people who aren’t so much for any kind of gun safety measures.

"People gotta vote. If you feel strongly about saving lives, possibly someone even in your own family, get out and vote.”

"I don't care if it's the [Texas Attorney General], the Lt. Governor, the Governor, or one of the Senators. Get them in a room and say, 'How many will it take? A massacre a month? Two massacres a week? Fifteen kids? Twenty-four kids? When we kill 74 sometime, then maybe you’ll do something?’" Popovich said. "Get off your ass! Do something!"

"They work for us. The majority of us want them to do something about the gun laws, and they don't do it because they care more about their power and their position and their money than they do our children.”