It wasn’t until speaking with former President Barack Obama that players found a direction. Nuggets point guard Monte Morris, the team’s union representative, recalled the tension. At a meeting hastily convened on the first night of the work stoppage, Morris listened intently to Paul. “He was the one who said, ‘We gotta get our (expletive) up and vote,’” Morris told The Denver Post. “He threw the numbers out of the percentage of guys who hadn’t done it. It was eye-opening. I think everyone took it serious and said, ‘Yeah, we can’t be selfish.’”
