J.B. Bickerstaff on the NBA Strike and Racial Justice | The Mismatch
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🗓️ 27 August 2020
⏱️ 46 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Ringer NBA Show. I'm Chris Vernon. Joining me is he does always is Kevin O'Connor |
| 0:18.3 | from theRinger.com and we have a very special episode today given the circumstances of what |
| 0:24.8 | has gone on in the NBA over the course of the last 24 hours. We have a lot to parse through |
| 0:30.9 | and joining us today is the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Also the greatest |
| 0:36.8 | interim head coach in the history of basketball. He is now three for three with the Houston |
| 0:45.2 | Rockets, the Memphis Grizzlies and now the Cleveland Cavaliers interim turned head coach, |
| 0:50.7 | JB Bickers. That thanks for coming on with us, man. I appreciate that. I guess that's an honor |
| 0:55.1 | to say them the greatest interim coaches of all times, but I appreciate you having me, man. |
| 1:01.0 | Looking forward to the conversation. So what were you thinking last night as the Milwaukee |
| 1:08.0 | Bucks don't take the floor and it becomes a reality that there's not going to be a playoff game. |
| 1:15.9 | And then we see the way it plays out through the evening. We saw your tweets. A couple of them went |
| 1:20.2 | viral by the way. JB Bickers, Steph on Twitter now. Love that. But you really had some |
| 1:26.3 | poignant words to say. And so I just take me through your day and experiencing that as somebody |
| 1:33.0 | in the NBA. Well, you know, they did a good job of keeping their thoughts to themselves. |
| 1:40.8 | And it was really a surprise. You know, normally something like that is going to get out, |
| 1:45.9 | you know, but they did a great job of keeping it to themselves, organizing it and making it a |
| 1:52.0 | powerful statement. You know, I can't speak enough about the power of their voices and what it |
| 1:59.1 | means to communities and people all over the world and all over our country for sure. So, you know, |
| 2:06.7 | it's a powerful statement. And that's what people don't, you know, some people don't want to give |
| 2:11.9 | credit where credit is due. You know, they did not know the outcome of what was going to happen. |
| 2:18.4 | You know, they didn't know what their sacrifice could possibly lead to as far as repercussions |
| 2:24.4 | from the league or from TV, ESPN, fans, whatever it may have been. But they still had the courage to do |
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