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Influence. i think they should stand up. i think something should be said. kevin johnson said, a former nba great, i don t know if he shot as well as otis birdsong, but he said it s a defining moment. why, otis? why does this become a flash point that s more than anything perceived in the league? well, i played ten year it s in nba, and i ve been involved with the sport a long time. and this is the first time that anything like this has ever happened before. with an owner making a comment like this, this has never happened before. enough never heard never, ever. who was supposedly racist? never, ever. being involved in the nba. rumor they got caught saying it? i ve never heard. never heard the speculation? never. but you did hear about this owner? absolutely, years. what made him special, why was he insulated as people calling him out? i don t have the answer to
Confrontation between him and his girlfriend, and then we ll get the take from players on his own team and former players and people who are in positions of authority in the league. they re saying that this is a defining moment for the league. we have big names with us. we have greg anthony, otis birdsong, dominique wilkins will be here talking about it, kevin johnson, the former nba star, now the mayor out there. so, we re going to talk to everybody about this. of course, we ll give you the latest information on flight 370 you re going to want to know about. the search is changing. it s going to be a new phase, there s going to be new equipment and new expectations. we ll tell you about all of it, guys. kevin johnson, a central player in this whole situation. and the human highlight reel coming up on new day as well. dominique wilkins. i was talking about you, but dominique wilkins, that s fine, too. appreciate it. see you in a little bit. thanks, chris. other big news thi
That question. what do you got, lamar? chris, when you look at the history of ownership, they say it s a good old boy system. you look at george preston marshall who is a noted racist, nfl hall of famer who named the washington team the redskins because he thought it was funny. this is something that daniel snyder is still dealing with today. when you have owners that are hush about it. these are gentlemen that own the league, run the league. if they have this outlook any champion will tell you championships are built from the front office down. and that includes the ownership. when you look at the los angeles clippers as the team, or los angeles, it s not surprising that they ve only won 19 playoff games in 30 years because of the culture they ve embraced there in l.a. with the owner there as well. one of the things i m sure you ll be talking about on your show, and let s leave our audience with this idea. right now, the league is struggling with precedent. otis birdsong said