In partnership with Morehouse College and Coursera, Chris Webber is set to debut “Activism in Sports and Culture,” a new online course at the HBCU. “Nelson Mandela said sports have the power to change the world. This man was locked away for 27 years in prison and says it’s more powerful than government in causing political change. And he’s right because it’s really the voice of the people,” Webber said.
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Chris Webber
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Born: 03/01/73
Height: 6-10 / 2.08
Weight:244 lbs. / 111.1 kg.
Earnings: $178,230,697 ($254,786,031*)
Born: 03/01/73
Height: 6-10 / 2.08
Weight:244 lbs. / 111.1 kg.
Earnings: $178,230,697 ($254,786,031*)
Chris Webber: “I get to honor those that make sacrifices for humanity. I get to honor them, make sure they stay relevant, hopefully introduce them to a whole new community of people, and have it be inclusive — have it galvanize people and not be polarizing.”
HoopsHype: Chris Webber should be a Hall of Famer. Agree or Disagree? Hidayet Turkoglu: That shouldn’t be a debate.
NBA announces 2021 Hall of Fame finalists, headlined by Chris Bosh, Chris Webber, Paul Pierce and Tim Hardaway
Jonathan Feigen: Should be a strong class if voters get it right. Chris Webber and Chris Bosh return as finalists along with Paul Pierce, Tim Hardaway, Marques Johnson, Lauren Jackson, Ben Wallace, Marianne Stanley, Yolanda Griffith, Jay Wright, Michael Cooper and Bill Russell (as coach.)
What was the year for you all that you thought ‘Man, that was ours. We should have had (ring), it should have popped that year? Chris Webber: I think it’s the, you know, I guess it’s the Lakers. I don’t know if that was 2002 or 03. That’s the year we got cheated I think in Game 6… The year Robert Horry hit a crazy shot… It was that year. It was that year. You know, me and Kobe used to talk about it all the time. (…) That was the team. We should have won the championship and we didn’t because we didn’t follow through after being disappointed in Game six.
Because of the secretive nature of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, nobody can pinpoint why Chris Webber hasn’t gotten the nod yet. “Yes it has bothered me but it’s not something that’s made me bitter or something you think about all the time,” Webber told Yahoo Sports. “The validation of the best players that have ever played in the world has been enough for me. Every year around this time, you get that call, right after that call you get legends calling you. You get to reminiscing with them about disappointments in their lives.”
While Webber waits for the call, though, he’s joined with JW Asset Management to launch a $100 million private equity cannabis fund that will invest in companies led by minority entrepreneurs pursuing careers in the cannabis sector. Since federal and state laws have eased up on marijuana, business has boomed but Black people have largely been shut out. Webber hopes to change that.
