Yahoo Sports NBA writer Vincent Goodwill spoke with Monica McNutt of MSG & ESPN about the Hornets forward’s return to the court and whether he should be playing. Hear the full conversation on “Good Word with Goodwill”, and subscribe to Ball Don’t Lie on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
Video Transcript
– The suspension was absolutely appropriate. I think it starts to get murky after that. And I’m not abreast of the most recent details on that, but I do think the suspension was absolutely appropriate. You need to be a law abiding citizen. To be a part of the NBA is a privilege, and that cannot trump your ability to be a productive member of society that does no harm.
If he is violating legal mandates, that’s a problem for me. And you shouldn’t be allowed just to be back on the basketball court if you’re not doing the right thing. Any time something is murky, to me, you defer to the law.
And, listen, we know historically in this country, the justice system or the injustice system, depending on how you feel on any given day, and both are appropriate, have not necessarily served Black men, and Black communities, and minority communities accurately. To parse out that and make it your sole argument is a little bit dismissive of the resources of an NBA player. And to me, there’s got to be a very clear proof, evidence, that you are moving in the right direction in terms of not breaking whatever restraining orders are out there, but, like, moving to a place that you can recover so that this is not a repetitive issue.
