It cannot be denied that the fate of the season weighed heavily on the shoulders of Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James. He might be just one of the hundreds of players left inside the bubble, but his decision on whether or not he would play out the remainder of the playoffs would have serious ramifications on the rest of the league.

Thursday's follow-up meeting turned out to be productive — much more than the emergency players meeting that was held on Wednesday evening, which resulted in players and teams walking out. So much so, that LeBron James was reportedly pleased with how team owners promised to be more involved in the movement to fight in the nation.

This report comes via Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports:

On the call, James was stern in calling on owners to do more in aiding the Black community and to play more of a role in using their resources to combat systemic racism, sources said.

James had already told players he was in, but depending on how the meeting went with owners, he would have reversed course if things went sideways, sources said.

After the meeting, James felt comfortable with returning to the court, sources said. Owners promised that they would get to work on real action items that would benefit the Black community, sources said.

This was always one of the biggest objectives of the potential boycott. The players demanded that owners be more supportive of what they have been fighting for, and as it turns out, this was something they accomplished during Thursday's second meeting.

The players will surely be taking the owners to task for their commitment, and hopefully, this serves as an important step towards slowly eradicating systemic racism.