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The Bakari Sellers Podcast

Danny Green on the NBA Strike, Finding His Role on the Lakers, and Activism Within the League

The Bakari Sellers Podcast

The Ringer

Politics, News

4.8966 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Bakari is joined by Lakers player Danny Green to talk about the NBA strike after the shooting of Jacob Blake and how the players made a decision to resume the season (4:01). He also discusses how he found his role on the Lakers (19:04) and the continued activism within the league (23:46). Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: Danny Green Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Thank you all for tuning in to another episode of the Bakari Sellers podcast.

0:15.6

Today we'll be interviewing my brother Los Angeles Laker Danny Green from the

0:21.0

bubble coming off of a great game two victory against the

0:24.9

Houston Rockets as they look forward to playing in game three. But before we get to

0:29.2

that interview I want to talk about the leadership at my alma mater and who was one of my heroes. I want to

0:36.7

talk about the University of South Carolina. Particularly I want to challenge Ray Tanner and I want to challenge President Robert Carlson and the Chairman

0:46.7

of the Board.

0:47.7

I want to talk about their posture towards my hero and favorite coach at the University

0:51.8

of South Carolina and the best basketball coach.

0:54.3

Right up there with Popovitch as you'll hear us talk about later, Don Staley and what I believe to be

1:00.9

an inadequate defense of a woman who means everything to women's basketball

1:05.3

in the University of South Carolina.

1:08.2

If you missed it, Don Staley wrote a piece in the Players Tribune that sums up where a lot of black folks are entitled

1:14.4

Black folks are tired because guess what we are? She called out our mutual

1:20.3

friend Nicki Haley's tweet regarding her support for Georgia

1:24.5

senator and Atlanta Dream co-owner Kelly Leffler. She stated the obvious about

1:28.7

black South Carolinians and Carolina grads that, quote,

1:32.5

the athletic department need more administrators

1:34.9

who look like us, end quote, noting

1:38.1

there are only two high-ranking officials

1:40.4

in the department who are black

1:41.9

in a department fueled by black talent.

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