I've seen a bunch of people calling Bill Russell the Jackie Robinson of basketball so I think it is fair to remind people that Chuck Cooper in 1950 and Wat Misaka in 1947 were the first black and colored people respectively to play in the NBA
Chuck on the Lakers: I'm making an executive decision around here. We're not showing them bums from Southern California anymore. We got to stop showing that team.
Magic Johnson on his reasons for his sudden departure from the Lakers I wanted to fire Luke WaltonI knew he wasn'tcapable of coaching the teamsome 'dudes' wanted to be in the seat that I had
NBA TV Bucks president Peter Feigin on Giannis We kind of laugh internally Its where weve been for 10 years Giannis loves Milwaukee Milwaukee loves Giannis we get kind of a fun little joy in everybody else thinking they know what's going on and kind of what the clickbait is