NBA on the brink: 'LA Lakers and LA Clippers led by LeBron James vote to end season' hours after Bucks boycotted game over Wisconsin chaos - as MLB, MLS and WNBA teams call off games in solidarity

The sporting world has been thrown into chaos as professional athletes from several codes boycott matches over the police shooting of black man Jacob Blake.  

The entire NBA season is currently at risk of being cancelled, with the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers both reportedly voting to boycott the remainder of the 2019- 2020 season as a way to protest police brutality and racial injustice.  

The chaos began Wednesday when the Milwaukee Bucks announced that they would not take to the floor for their afternoon game against Orlando Magic. 

The Bucks' decision forced the NBA to also postpone two other games scheduled for Wednesday evening. 

The move threw the season's playoffs into disarray, and an 8pm players meeting was called to discuss how to move forward. 

According to The Athletic reporter Shams Charania, the closed-door talks were extremely tense, with teams unable to find consensus on how to continue with the rest of the season. They lasted for three hours. 

The Lakers and Clippers allegedly voted to boycott all remaining games, while most other teams voted to continue. 

According to Charania, NBA star Udonis Haslem 'spoke to the room and essentially asked how the season would continue without the Lakers and Clippers. LeBron James then walked out. The rest of Lakers and Clippers exited behind him.'

One veteran sportscaster told ESPN that the entire basketball season is now 'in jeopardy'.  

James has been an outspoken advocate for the Black Lives Matter movement, and tweeted earlier on Wednesday: 'F*** THIS MAN!!!!' WE DEMAND CHANGE. SICK OF IT.' 

He spoke earlier about the shooting of Blake, stating: 'Having two boys of my own and me being an African-American in America and to see what continues to happen with police brutality towards my kind ... it's very troubling.'

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 The sporting world has been thrown into chaos as professional athletes from the several sports codes boycott matches over the shooting of African-American man Jacob Blake. LeBron James reportedly walked out of an NBA meeting on Wednesday evening, and his LA Lakers have allegedly voted to boycott the remainder of the basketball season

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Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old father of three, is currently paralyzed from the waist down 

The NBA boycott has inspired sports teams from other codes to also follow suit and sit out of their games as a way of protest. 

Elsewhere, Major League Baseball has also been affected. On Wednesday evening, the Milwaukee Brewers and the Cincinnati Reds agreed to boycott their scheduled game. 

Additionally, a Major League Soccer match between Atlanta United and Inter Miami was also postponed, while the WNBA has similarly suspended play.  

The issues, and the Bucks' subsequent move, have not gone unnoticed in the NFL, whose season is due to start in a few weeks. 

A day before the Bucks' announcement, the Detroit Lions canceled practice in response to the viral video of Blake being gunned down. The Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears also issued statements that they were 'deeply troubled' and 'disturbed' by the clip. 

This morning it was announced the Washington Football Team will cancel their stadium practice set for today. 

The New York Giants delayed their practice 45 minutes yesterday to talk social justice issues, ESPN reported. 

'Sorry we pushed back practice a little bit. We had some important matters to talk about as a team,' Giants coach Joe Judge said before clarifying those matters were in regards to social injustice. 'We weren't going to cut those short. So we made sure we took the time.' 

A number of NFL players tweeted out their support of the Milwaukee Bucks.

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A number of superstar NFL players tweeted out their support of the Milwaukee Bucks, after they decided to boycott their game on Wednesday 

Former President Barack Obama tweeted his support for the sports boycott, appearing to see it as a sign of peaceful protest. 

He wrote: 'I commend the players on the @Bucks for standing up for what they believe in, coaches like @DocRivers, and the @NBA, and the @WNBA for setting an example. It's going to take all our institutions to stand up for our values.'

Blake, a 29-year-old black man, was tasered and shot seven times in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Sunday. He is now paralyzed from the waist down. 

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Former President Barack Obama has voiced his support for the sports boycott, seeing it as a  sign of peaceful protest

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Boycott: Three WNBA games were also  postponed on Wednesday. After declining to play, the Washington Mystics stood together wearing white t-shirts with images seven bullet holes on the back. The bullet holes were meant to represent the seven times Jacob Blake was shot by police 

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Game off: All MLB games scheduled for Wednesday night were also postponed. Grounds crew are seen covering up the field after the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers match was called off 

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Also postponed: An MLS match between  Inter Miami and Atlanta United was similarly cancelled in Florida on Wednesday night