![]() ![]() To my brothers and sisters from around the sports world, and in full transparency, help me. It IS time to raze the institutional foundations of racism and segregation within politics, law enforcement and society at large. I wish no one would ever have to receive that call again. Dropping to your knees and imploring God “why?” I feel your pain and can truly sympathize and empathize. I know how it feels to get that call that someone you love isn’t coming home. I pray for those we have lost but more personally for those who have lost - the families of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and so many before you. Allow my voice - filled with as much conviction as uncertainty - to be heard so that others, whether they have a platform or not, will lift their voices as well. I woke up this morning to our country on fire, AGAIN, and decided the least I can do as so many of us are gripped by anger, fear and pain is to lead by example. I don’t have all the answers, but I know the solutions start with love, listening, compassion, service and defending those who can’t defend themselves.Īnd I have definitely lost my cool over the years in the face of abject racism - dating back to my earliest memories growing up in Colonial Virginia - and likely more in the days to come. We’re supposed to be seen as grace under pressure. We’re supposed to have all of the answers. These are the words of a teenager lost and looking for direction in a messed-up world, not the sentiment of an NBA head coach and former player. When I read those words, I feel like I’m channeling one of my kids.
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