Growing up in White Hall, Alabama, the 45-year-old former Piston saw firsthand what racism and inequality look like. More importantly, he also remembers how it made him feel. “There was a swimming pool in our community, that we as black kids weren’t allowed to swim in,” he remembers. “I know how it can affect not only one race but all races.”
Growing up in White Hall, Alabama, the 45-year-old form…
March 7, 2021 | 12:16 pm EST Update
Adrian Wojnarowski: The NBA’s worst nightmare in Atlanta has been an outbreak among the best players in the world. Embiid and Simmons didn’t have contact w/ peers there. In the instance involving the two Sixers stars, players have been kept in contact tracing and quarantine for 7 days this season.
Adrian Wojnarowski: At this late hour, there are no plans to replace Embiid and Simmons in the All-Star Game, source tells ESPN.
Brian Robb: Jayson Tatum on if he guards Jaylen Brown during All-Star Game: “I know all of his moves, I know what he’s going to do. I’m not going to let him score.”
Eric Walden: Rudy Gobert, on Jordan Clarkson’s 6MOY chances: “I think it should be unanimous. If the voting was today, I don’t see how you couldn’t vote for Jordan Clarkson. … It’s no debate. You look at the scoring, the impact, I don’t see no one else that has that impact for their team.”
March 7, 2021 | 11:46 am EST Update
Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons unlikely to play
Adrian Wojnarowski: Additional test has returned positive for the coronavirus on barber in contact with Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons, sources tell ESPN. League must make decision still, but it is highly unlikely Embiid and Simmons will be cleared to play today.
Mark Medina: Doc Rivers more on Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons likely not playing in the All-Star game: “I would feel more for them if they had COVID. They get to make the team still, and they’re on the team … But you want to play and them being in a jersey.”
