By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Pope Francis lauded a delegation of NBA players who met with 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. 'We're here because, frankly, we're inspired by the work that you do globally,' Roberts told the pope during the meeting, which took place in the papal library. The union said […]

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