Pope Francis invited players to Vatican City for receptionNBA players led
protests against social injustice this summerPope Francis lauded a delegation of
NBA players who met him at the Vatican on Monday as “champions” and said he supported their work on addressing social injustice.
Five players – Marco Belinelli, Sterling Brown, Jonathan Isaac, Kyle Korver and Anthony Tolliver – were joined by NBA players’ union executive director Michele Roberts and two other union executives, Sherrie Deans and Matteo Zuretti.