{"id":480822,"date":"2026-01-26T08:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T07:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=480822"},"modified":"2026-01-26T08:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T07:19:07","slug":"minnesota-teams-and-nbpa-call-for-peace-after-shootings-unrest-prompts-nba-postponement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/minnesota-teams-and-nbpa-call-for-peace-after-shootings-unrest-prompts-nba-postponement\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota teams and NBPA call for peace after shootings, unrest prompts NBA postponement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1581\" data-end=\"1848\">The Vikings, Wild, <strong data-start=\"1600\" data-end=\"1616\">Timberwolves<\/strong>, Lynx, Twins and Minnesota United FC signed an open letter alongside dozens of local companies calling for state, local and federal officials to work together following rising tensions after two fatal shootings by federal agents.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1850\" data-end=\"2112\">The deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good came during a major immigration enforcement operation that sparked protests across Minnesota, with the letter urging peace, coordinated leadership and a \u201cswift and durable solution\u201d for families, workers and businesses.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2114\" data-end=\"2437\">The NBA postponed Saturday\u2019s Warriors-<strong data-start=\"2152\" data-end=\"2168\">Timberwolves<\/strong> game to Sunday amid the unrest, a mutual call by coaches <strong data-start=\"2226\" data-end=\"2240\">Steve Kerr<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"2245\" data-end=\"2260\">Chris Finch<\/strong>; after Golden State\u2019s 111-85 win, Kerr described it as \u201cone of the most bizarre, sad\u201d games he\u2019s been part of, while <strong data-start=\"2380\" data-end=\"2397\">Stephen Curry<\/strong> called for a more peaceful environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Timberwolves and other Minnesota franchises joined an open letter urging immediate de-escalation and cooperation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":371773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-480822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Minnesota-Timberwolves.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480822"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=480822"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=480822"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=480822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}