including all the investor from the continent and the nba in particular to invest more than a billion dollar in the continent to start a new league to give those young men and young girls a hope. because we don t think that every young man growing up in africa would speaking of the game would ever change to go and excel in america or in europe. maybe 1%, maybe 001 will make to it the u.s. maybe to college, but not all of them would make to the nba. so that s why the nba commissioner decided the moment have come to start a new league in the continent and give those young men a prospect for them to stay home, to stay in home country and home continent, to be the star of their own people and to take care of their family and their loved one. and i m so happy with the direction that we re going.
first and foremost is a business and they have to be able to carry on with what they have to do and not be as concerned with the olympics as hurtful and upsetting as it will be to the players. benjamin: i want to play something from the nba commissioner. he is also struggling with decisions like this. he said we have to learn to live with this and get on with it. talk to me about the decision making behind when you say frankly we re having trouble coming up with the logic behind pausing right now as we look through the cases ripping through the country let alone the rest of the world i think we find ourselves where we knew we were going to get to over the past several months, this virus will not be eradicated and we ll have to learn to live with it. i think that s what we re experiencing in the league right now. so a lot of confliction among the various leagues how do we get on with it and cancel games? talk about the decision making they will be going through and
complaints about racial insensitivity. she said simply being a front facing black woman at this company has taken its toll. physically and mentally. nickels is apologizing for disappointing those i hurt particularly maria taylor. and saying she s grateful to be on the team. espn pulled her from sideline duties and appointed malika andrews, who is black. and it was taylor who introduced andrews on tuesday night. and now it s my pleasure to welcome in malika andrews who will be on the sideline for the first time in an nba finals game in her career. reporter: now as onlookers speculate about nickels and taylor s futures at espn, the nba commissioner is speaking out against cancel culture. people recognize that people make mistakes, that careers shouldn t be erased, you know, by a single comment. reporter: brian stelter, cnn, new york. let s talk about this now with journalist maria schiavocampo, she is the host of run tell this which is a
times quoted her complaints citing insensitivity to racial. being a black woman at this company has taken its toll physically and mentally. nichols is apologizing. for disappointing those i heart, particularly maria taylor. reporter: and saying she is grateful to be on the team. espn pulled her from sideline duties and appointed malika andrews who is black, and it was taylor who introduced andrews on tuesday night. now it s my pleasure to welcome in malika andrews who will be on the sidelines for the first time in our career. reporter: now as they speculate about nichols and taylor s futures at espn, the nba commissioner is speaking out against cancel culture. people recognize that people make mistakes, that careers shouldn t be erased, you know, by a single comment. reporter: brian stelter, cnn, new york. well, fear of heights is pretty common, but not for some athletes in sweden with nerves