jonathan isaak became the first nba player did not kneel for the national anthem. he was back by his organisation and members of the league as well. his reason is he's a devout christian and naturally believes that kneeling should be reserved for god and god only. he also wanted to make it clear that he supports black lives matter, he just doesn't want to take the knee. supports black lives matter, he just doesn't want to take the kneem supports black lives matter, he just doesn't want to take the knee. it is a divisive issue with collin capper nick, when he first started doing that, there was lots of opposition to that in the nfl. we saw that again in dallas within the last 2a hours where signs were booed for taking a knee during the national anthem. in america, we know the importance of the national anthem. most sporting organisations, it is customary to stand for the national anthem. of these players were booed by the fans and i think it's the first time we've seen anything like that. it will be interesting to see if this is something that continues and how, as