When he slams his fist in response to gun violence, when he wears Harvard’s colors in a stand against the Trump administration, when he attends public protests, like he did at last month’s “No Kings” rally, Steve Kerr is increasingly alone. He senses it, too.

In the NBA, like the world at large, fewer and fewer of its most prominent figures seem eager to challenge authority. Kerr’s outspoken predecessors, such as Gregg Popovich and Stan Van Gundy, have retired from coaching. The social justice movement sparked in response to the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor has faded into the background.

“I do think there is less of a movement right now,” the Golden State Warriors’ coach told this news organization last week.

In the year since Donald Trump’s reelection, the organized resis

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