"Three words" ends Grant Napear's NBA voice career. "All-Lives-Matter"

[DigitalDrifter]

That's it. Game over man, game over.
Welcome to the American fascism movement.
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NBA voice Grant Napear opens
up on ‘All Lives Matter’ firing

It took three words — “All Lives Matter” — for longtime shock jock and Sacramento Kings TV play-by-play announcer Grant Napear’s career to go up in flames, but the 60-year-old’s remorse only goes so far.
“I don’t want to call it a mistake,” the Syosset, Long Island, native told The Post on Wednesday in a wide-ranging phone interview. Of the tweet and its aftermath, Napear said, “I don’t even know what adjective to describe it.”
Napear on Tuesday resigned from the Kings and was fired by his radio station, where he had an eponymous show known for its abrasive, New York flair.
Two days earlier, he had tweeted “ALL LIVES MATTER…EVERY SINGLE ONE!!!” in response to former Kings star DeMarcus Cousins, who asked Napear his thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement.
Napear, who insists he did not know that “All Lives Matter” is a phrase often used to belittle the Black Lives Matter movement, became choked up at times when talking with The Post while defending himself against the notion he was denouncing the black community and has racist views.
“It makes me feel sick to my stomach because it is absolutely the opposite of who I am,” he said. “I am 60 years old. I will let the track record of my life and what I’ve done for my community and what I’ve done. … People who know me, of all races, I’ll let them tell the story.”
Napear said he was caught off guard by Cousins’ question, and said he had previously muted Cousins on Twitter because he “didn’t care to see all the banter” about Cousins after the Kings traded the former fifth-overall pick in 2017.
But the two have long had a shaky relationship.
“It was very turbulent, on and off,” Napear said of their relationship, which began when Cousins was drafted in 2010. “He was constantly in trouble, getting into suspensions. He was a very volatile personality. And I had a talk show and so there were times I had to be critical of him. I’m sure he did not appreciate my criticism.”
Enlarge ImageGrant NapearGrant Napear
Such as in 2019, when Napear called Cousins “the rudest, crudest, most vile player that I have ever been around in my 31 years in the NBA,” after Cousins cursed out Raptors fans who cheered the injury of his then-Warriors teammate Kevin Durant, during the finals of that year.
Attempts to reach Cousins, who was waived by the Lakers in February, went unanswered.
“Lol as expected,” Cousins responded to Napear’s “All Lives Matter” tweet, which was followed up by two other former Kings players calling out Napear.
“Would expect nothing less from a closet racists,” tweeted Matt Barnes, whom Napear said has participated in his charity golf tournament.
“Demarcus we know and have known who grant is,” said former Kings All-Star Chris Webber, who is now an NBA on TNT analyst. “The team knows as well. I’ve told them many times. They’ve seen it. They know who he is,” said Webber, adding two clown emojis.
Webber did not respond to multiple interview requests.
“I have not once in my 32 years in doing the Sacramento Kings had any individual from either the radio station or the Kings mention anything in any way, shape or form about me and my relations with minorities, with any other group of people,” Napear said. “That is an absolute disgrace that that would ever be said. That is an absolute disgrace.”
Napear said he also has criticized Webber on and off the court, and claimed Webber and Cousins were “two of the most sensitive athletes” he’s ever been around.
Since the “All Lives Matter” tweet was posted, Napear’s critics have pointed to what they believe to be other examples of Napear crossing the racial line.
As the NBA investigated disgraced former Clippers owner Donald Sterling in 2014 after a clip of Sterling making racist remarks about African Americans was leaked, Napear was asked by a caller whether he thought Sterling was a racist.
“I said something like, ‘I don’t know if Donald Sterling is a racist, I don’t know, but what I do know is it is very interesting that, as the owner of the basketball team, he has a black general manager and a black head coach.’ That’s what was the context of the conversation. Until I read [the Sterling reference] in The Post [earlier this week], I had to go back and ask some coworkers to refresh where this even came from because it caught me off guard. I never ever defended Donald Sterling and the charges. Not one time.”
Enlarge ImageDeMarcus CousinsGetty Images
Napear’s response matches up with a Sacramento Bee report of the same incident. Napear said he didn’t face backlash at the time. Sterling lost control of the Clippers shortly after.
There also was a tweet in 2018, in which Napear agreed with a Twitter user who said they didn’t want to see protests at football games, a reference to former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeling years earlier to protest police brutality.
To that, Napear said, “When I go to a play on Broadway, I want to go see a performance. I don’t want to see any political statements being made or any social issues because that’s not why I’m going. I have no problem with people protesting.”
Napear said multiple former black Kings players and colleagues have reached out to show their support, but he declined to reveal their names.
Chris “Mad Dog” Russo, who grew up with Napear, said Tuesday on his show that “to say that Grant Napear is a racist is absurd. In my knowledge of him … Grant Napear, trust me when I say this, this is me, is anything but a racist.”
The Post relayed Russo’s thoughts to Napear, who began to break down while speaking about his late father, Bert, who fought for civil rights on Long Island.
SEE ALSO
Chris Russo: Fired NBA announcer is not a racist
“The fact that you just told me that,” Napear said, “I’m sorry that I got so emotional, because if anybody knows me and what my family stood for, that’s Chris Russo.”
Napear says he doesn’t know what’s next for him, “just trying to get through today.”
He is on the board of the FUTURE Foundation of Sacramento, which provides college scholarships for those in need of financial aid. He has hosted an annual golf tournament for the cause since 1995, and said at his next meeting he will discuss how the foundation can be involved in the Black Lives Matter protests.
“If I can help out others and educate them the way I was educated, that’s great,” he said.
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[Asclepias]

Good fucking riddance. I dont know how that moron kept a job. He was fucking irritating as hell to watch and obviously a racist.

 

[Persistence Of Memory]

Good fucking riddance. I dont know how that moron kept a job. He was fucking irritating as hell to watch and obviously a racist.

You're as phony as a 3 dollar bill.

 

[shockedcanadian]

That's it. Game over man, game over.
Welcome to the American fascism movement.
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EXCLUSIVE

NBA voice Grant Napear opens
up on ‘All Lives Matter’ firing

It took three words — “All Lives Matter” — for longtime shock jock and Sacramento Kings TV play-by-play announcer Grant Napear’s career to go up in flames, but the 60-year-old’s remorse only goes so far.
“I don’t want to call it a mistake,” the Syosset, Long Island, native told The Post on Wednesday in a wide-ranging phone interview. Of the tweet and its aftermath, Napear said, “I don’t even know what adjective to describe it.”
Napear on Tuesday resigned from the Kings and was fired by his radio station, where he had an eponymous show known for its abrasive, New York flair.
Two days earlier, he had tweeted “ALL LIVES MATTER…EVERY SINGLE ONE!!!” in response to former Kings star DeMarcus Cousins, who asked Napear his thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement.
Napear, who insists he did not know that “All Lives Matter” is a phrase often used to belittle the Black Lives Matter movement, became choked up at times when talking with The Post while defending himself against the notion he was denouncing the black community and has racist views.
“It makes me feel sick to my stomach because it is absolutely the opposite of who I am,” he said. “I am 60 years old. I will let the track record of my life and what I’ve done for my community and what I’ve done. … People who know me, of all races, I’ll let them tell the story.”
Napear said he was caught off guard by Cousins’ question, and said he had previously muted Cousins on Twitter because he “didn’t care to see all the banter” about Cousins after the Kings traded the former fifth-overall pick in 2017.
But the two have long had a shaky relationship.
“It was very turbulent, on and off,” Napear said of their relationship, which began when Cousins was drafted in 2010. “He was constantly in trouble, getting into suspensions. He was a very volatile personality. And I had a talk show and so there were times I had to be critical of him. I’m sure he did not appreciate my criticism.”
Enlarge ImageGrant NapearGrant Napear
Such as in 2019, when Napear called Cousins “the rudest, crudest, most vile player that I have ever been around in my 31 years in the NBA,” after Cousins cursed out Raptors fans who cheered the injury of his then-Warriors teammate Kevin Durant, during the finals of that year.
Attempts to reach Cousins, who was waived by the Lakers in February, went unanswered.
“Lol as expected,” Cousins responded to Napear’s “All Lives Matter” tweet, which was followed up by two other former Kings players calling out Napear.
“Would expect nothing less from a closet racists,” tweeted Matt Barnes, whom Napear said has participated in his charity golf tournament.
“Demarcus we know and have known who grant is,” said former Kings All-Star Chris Webber, who is now an NBA on TNT analyst. “The team knows as well. I’ve told them many times. They’ve seen it. They know who he is,” said Webber, adding two clown emojis.
Webber did not respond to multiple interview requests.
“I have not once in my 32 years in doing the Sacramento Kings had any individual from either the radio station or the Kings mention anything in any way, shape or form about me and my relations with minorities, with any other group of people,” Napear said. “That is an absolute disgrace that that would ever be said. That is an absolute disgrace.”
Napear said he also has criticized Webber on and off the court, and claimed Webber and Cousins were “two of the most sensitive athletes” he’s ever been around.
Since the “All Lives Matter” tweet was posted, Napear’s critics have pointed to what they believe to be other examples of Napear crossing the racial line.
As the NBA investigated disgraced former Clippers owner Donald Sterling in 2014 after a clip of Sterling making racist remarks about African Americans was leaked, Napear was asked by a caller whether he thought Sterling was a racist.
“I said something like, ‘I don’t know if Donald Sterling is a racist, I don’t know, but what I do know is it is very interesting that, as the owner of the basketball team, he has a black general manager and a black head coach.’ That’s what was the context of the conversation. Until I read [the Sterling reference] in The Post [earlier this week], I had to go back and ask some coworkers to refresh where this even came from because it caught me off guard. I never ever defended Donald Sterling and the charges. Not one time.”
Enlarge ImageDeMarcus CousinsGetty Images
Napear’s response matches up with a Sacramento Bee report of the same incident. Napear said he didn’t face backlash at the time. Sterling lost control of the Clippers shortly after.
There also was a tweet in 2018, in which Napear agreed with a Twitter user who said they didn’t want to see protests at football games, a reference to former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeling years earlier to protest police brutality.
To that, Napear said, “When I go to a play on Broadway, I want to go see a performance. I don’t want to see any political statements being made or any social issues because that’s not why I’m going. I have no problem with people protesting.”
Napear said multiple former black Kings players and colleagues have reached out to show their support, but he declined to reveal their names.
Chris “Mad Dog” Russo, who grew up with Napear, said Tuesday on his show that “to say that Grant Napear is a racist is absurd. In my knowledge of him … Grant Napear, trust me when I say this, this is me, is anything but a racist.”
The Post relayed Russo’s thoughts to Napear, who began to break down while speaking about his late father, Bert, who fought for civil rights on Long Island.
SEE ALSO
Chris Russo: Fired NBA announcer is not a racist
“The fact that you just told me that,” Napear said, “I’m sorry that I got so emotional, because if anybody knows me and what my family stood for, that’s Chris Russo.”
Napear says he doesn’t know what’s next for him, “just trying to get through today.”
He is on the board of the FUTURE Foundation of Sacramento, which provides college scholarships for those in need of financial aid. He has hosted an annual golf tournament for the cause since 1995, and said at his next meeting he will discuss how the foundation can be involved in the Black Lives Matter protests.
“If I can help out others and educate them the way I was educated, that’s great,” he said.
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NBA voice Grant Napear opens up on ‘All Lives Matter’ firing

It took three words — “All Lives Matter” — for longtime shock jock and Sacramento Kings TV play-by-play announcer Grant Napear’s career to go up in flames, but the 60-year-old’s remorse only goes s…

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We had Stockwell Day, our former Public Safety Minister who I had reached out to when he was in the position and which I have NO love lost, also losing his gigs at Telus, a law firm and the plushy state run CBC appearances. His sin? Daring to say that racism isn't systemic in Canada.

Game over. You have been Cancelled is labelled to his forehead.

Now I never liked him getting appearances on CBC, I thought it was an insult considering his past career as Public Safety Minister, however, we have to allow speech. Even though the RCMP and their surrogates in Canada have decimated our lives, people need to be able to disagree with me.

Canadian policing is going to face defunding, of this I am certain. To what degree and what agencies? Time will tell. It's only a matter of time as more and more people have their stories heard. I have no issue with men and women in uniform, the creepy covert apparatus and how far they reach, absolutely has to have their budgets cut deep.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Good fucking riddance. I dont know how that moron kept a job. He was fucking irritating as hell to watch and obviously a racist.

You're as phony as a 3 dollar bill.

He completely misses the point, but I think he's used to watching things going right over his head.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

That's it. Game over man, game over.
Welcome to the American fascism movement.
SPORTS
EXCLUSIVE

NBA voice Grant Napear opens
up on ‘All Lives Matter’ firing

It took three words — “All Lives Matter” — for longtime shock jock and Sacramento Kings TV play-by-play announcer Grant Napear’s career to go up in flames, but the 60-year-old’s remorse only goes so far.
“I don’t want to call it a mistake,” the Syosset, Long Island, native told The Post on Wednesday in a wide-ranging phone interview. Of the tweet and its aftermath, Napear said, “I don’t even know what adjective to describe it.”
Napear on Tuesday resigned from the Kings and was fired by his radio station, where he had an eponymous show known for its abrasive, New York flair.
Two days earlier, he had tweeted “ALL LIVES MATTER…EVERY SINGLE ONE!!!” in response to former Kings star DeMarcus Cousins, who asked Napear his thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement.
Napear, who insists he did not know that “All Lives Matter” is a phrase often used to belittle the Black Lives Matter movement, became choked up at times when talking with The Post while defending himself against the notion he was denouncing the black community and has racist views.
“It makes me feel sick to my stomach because it is absolutely the opposite of who I am,” he said. “I am 60 years old. I will let the track record of my life and what I’ve done for my community and what I’ve done. … People who know me, of all races, I’ll let them tell the story.”
Napear said he was caught off guard by Cousins’ question, and said he had previously muted Cousins on Twitter because he “didn’t care to see all the banter” about Cousins after the Kings traded the former fifth-overall pick in 2017.
But the two have long had a shaky relationship.
“It was very turbulent, on and off,” Napear said of their relationship, which began when Cousins was drafted in 2010. “He was constantly in trouble, getting into suspensions. He was a very volatile personality. And I had a talk show and so there were times I had to be critical of him. I’m sure he did not appreciate my criticism.”
Enlarge ImageGrant NapearGrant Napear
Such as in 2019, when Napear called Cousins “the rudest, crudest, most vile player that I have ever been around in my 31 years in the NBA,” after Cousins cursed out Raptors fans who cheered the injury of his then-Warriors teammate Kevin Durant, during the finals of that year.
Attempts to reach Cousins, who was waived by the Lakers in February, went unanswered.
“Lol as expected,” Cousins responded to Napear’s “All Lives Matter” tweet, which was followed up by two other former Kings players calling out Napear.
“Would expect nothing less from a closet racists,” tweeted Matt Barnes, whom Napear said has participated in his charity golf tournament.
“Demarcus we know and have known who grant is,” said former Kings All-Star Chris Webber, who is now an NBA on TNT analyst. “The team knows as well. I’ve told them many times. They’ve seen it. They know who he is,” said Webber, adding two clown emojis.
Webber did not respond to multiple interview requests.
“I have not once in my 32 years in doing the Sacramento Kings had any individual from either the radio station or the Kings mention anything in any way, shape or form about me and my relations with minorities, with any other group of people,” Napear said. “That is an absolute disgrace that that would ever be said. That is an absolute disgrace.”
Napear said he also has criticized Webber on and off the court, and claimed Webber and Cousins were “two of the most sensitive athletes” he’s ever been around.
Since the “All Lives Matter” tweet was posted, Napear’s critics have pointed to what they believe to be other examples of Napear crossing the racial line.
As the NBA investigated disgraced former Clippers owner Donald Sterling in 2014 after a clip of Sterling making racist remarks about African Americans was leaked, Napear was asked by a caller whether he thought Sterling was a racist.
“I said something like, ‘I don’t know if Donald Sterling is a racist, I don’t know, but what I do know is it is very interesting that, as the owner of the basketball team, he has a black general manager and a black head coach.’ That’s what was the context of the conversation. Until I read [the Sterling reference] in The Post [earlier this week], I had to go back and ask some coworkers to refresh where this even came from because it caught me off guard. I never ever defended Donald Sterling and the charges. Not one time.”
Enlarge ImageDeMarcus CousinsGetty Images
Napear’s response matches up with a Sacramento Bee report of the same incident. Napear said he didn’t face backlash at the time. Sterling lost control of the Clippers shortly after.
There also was a tweet in 2018, in which Napear agreed with a Twitter user who said they didn’t want to see protests at football games, a reference to former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeling years earlier to protest police brutality.
To that, Napear said, “When I go to a play on Broadway, I want to go see a performance. I don’t want to see any political statements being made or any social issues because that’s not why I’m going. I have no problem with people protesting.”
Napear said multiple former black Kings players and colleagues have reached out to show their support, but he declined to reveal their names.
Chris “Mad Dog” Russo, who grew up with Napear, said Tuesday on his show that “to say that Grant Napear is a racist is absurd. In my knowledge of him … Grant Napear, trust me when I say this, this is me, is anything but a racist.”
The Post relayed Russo’s thoughts to Napear, who began to break down while speaking about his late father, Bert, who fought for civil rights on Long Island.
SEE ALSO
Chris Russo: Fired NBA announcer is not a racist
“The fact that you just told me that,” Napear said, “I’m sorry that I got so emotional, because if anybody knows me and what my family stood for, that’s Chris Russo.”
Napear says he doesn’t know what’s next for him, “just trying to get through today.”
He is on the board of the FUTURE Foundation of Sacramento, which provides college scholarships for those in need of financial aid. He has hosted an annual golf tournament for the cause since 1995, and said at his next meeting he will discuss how the foundation can be involved in the Black Lives Matter protests.
“If I can help out others and educate them the way I was educated, that’s great,” he said.
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NBA voice Grant Napear opens up on ‘All Lives Matter’ firing

It took three words — “All Lives Matter” — for longtime shock jock and Sacramento Kings TV play-by-play announcer Grant Napear’s career to go up in flames, but the 60-year-old’s remorse only goes s…

nypost.com

We had Stockwell Day, our former Public Safety Minister who I had reached out to when he was in the position and which I have NO love lost, also losing his gigs at Telus, a law first and the plushy state run CBC appearances. His sin? Daring to say that racism isn't systemic in Canada.

Game over. You have been Cancelled is labelled to his forehead.

Now I never liked him getting appearances on CBC, I thought it was an insult considering his past career as Public Safety Minister, however, we have to allow speech. Even though the RCMP and their surrogates in Canada have decimated our lives, people need to be able to disagree with me.

Canadian policing is going to face defunding, of this I am certain. To what degree and what agencies? Time will tell. It's only a matter of time as more and more people have their stories heard.

Cancel Culture is all part of the Wokester's playbook. You'll be seeing it a lot more now.

 

[Persistence Of Memory]

Good fucking riddance. I dont know how that moron kept a job. He was fucking irritating as hell to watch and obviously a racist.

You're as phony as a 3 dollar bill.

He completely misses the point, but I think he's used to watching things going right over his head.

I started a thread about flipping Major League Sports off. Life long fan says they can lick my dirty ass hole.

Please visit my thread. Thanks

 

[Asclepias]

Good fucking riddance. I dont know how that moron kept a job. He was fucking irritating as hell to watch and obviously a racist.

You're as phony as a 3 dollar bill.

He completely misses the point, but I think he's used to watching things going right over his head.

What point is it that you think I missed? Just curious.

 

[TheParser]

Today in the United States, you must carefully censor yourself, or your career is finished.

If someone asks you to contribute to, say, BLM, you must answer: "I only have a twenty. Is that enough? I will contribute more tomorrow."

If someone asks you about your opinion about George Floyd, you had better say what is woke, or you may find yourself fired the next day.

I have just read that even Ellen is in trouble (I kid you not!). Apparently some people are angry because she referred to "people of color" instead of "black people."

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Today in the United States, you must carefully censor yourself, or your career is finished.

If someone asks you to contribute to, say, BLM, you must answer: "I only have a twenty. Is that enough? I will contribute more tomorrow."

If someone asks you about your opinion about George Floyd, you had better say what is woke, or you may find yourself fired the next day.

I have just read that even Ellen is in trouble (I kid you not!). Apparently some people are angry because she referred to "people of color" instead of "black people."

This is where we're at today, you either have to act or think a certain way, or you are the enemy.
Right now at many of riots I'm seeing a reoccurring meme now, "White Silence is Violence".

These fascists won't let you even be on the fence, you either march with them, or you're the enemy and must be crushed.
Welcome to Mao's China.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

That's it. Game over man, game over.
Welcome to the American fascism movement.
SPORTS
EXCLUSIVE

NBA voice Grant Napear opens
up on ‘All Lives Matter’ firing

It took three words — “All Lives Matter” — for longtime shock jock and Sacramento Kings TV play-by-play announcer Grant Napear’s career to go up in flames, but the 60-year-old’s remorse only goes so far.
“I don’t want to call it a mistake,” the Syosset, Long Island, native told The Post on Wednesday in a wide-ranging phone interview. Of the tweet and its aftermath, Napear said, “I don’t even know what adjective to describe it.”
Napear on Tuesday resigned from the Kings and was fired by his radio station, where he had an eponymous show known for its abrasive, New York flair.
Two days earlier, he had tweeted “ALL LIVES MATTER…EVERY SINGLE ONE!!!” in response to former Kings star DeMarcus Cousins, who asked Napear his thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement.
Napear, who insists he did not know that “All Lives Matter” is a phrase often used to belittle the Black Lives Matter movement, became choked up at times when talking with The Post while defending himself against the notion he was denouncing the black community and has racist views.
“It makes me feel sick to my stomach because it is absolutely the opposite of who I am,” he said. “I am 60 years old. I will let the track record of my life and what I’ve done for my community and what I’ve done. … People who know me, of all races, I’ll let them tell the story.”
Napear said he was caught off guard by Cousins’ question, and said he had previously muted Cousins on Twitter because he “didn’t care to see all the banter” about Cousins after the Kings traded the former fifth-overall pick in 2017.
But the two have long had a shaky relationship.
“It was very turbulent, on and off,” Napear said of their relationship, which began when Cousins was drafted in 2010. “He was constantly in trouble, getting into suspensions. He was a very volatile personality. And I had a talk show and so there were times I had to be critical of him. I’m sure he did not appreciate my criticism.”
Enlarge ImageGrant NapearGrant Napear
Such as in 2019, when Napear called Cousins “the rudest, crudest, most vile player that I have ever been around in my 31 years in the NBA,” after Cousins cursed out Raptors fans who cheered the injury of his then-Warriors teammate Kevin Durant, during the finals of that year.
Attempts to reach Cousins, who was waived by the Lakers in February, went unanswered.
“Lol as expected,” Cousins responded to Napear’s “All Lives Matter” tweet, which was followed up by two other former Kings players calling out Napear.
“Would expect nothing less from a closet racists,” tweeted Matt Barnes, whom Napear said has participated in his charity golf tournament.
“Demarcus we know and have known who grant is,” said former Kings All-Star Chris Webber, who is now an NBA on TNT analyst. “The team knows as well. I’ve told them many times. They’ve seen it. They know who he is,” said Webber, adding two clown emojis.
Webber did not respond to multiple interview requests.
“I have not once in my 32 years in doing the Sacramento Kings had any individual from either the radio station or the Kings mention anything in any way, shape or form about me and my relations with minorities, with any other group of people,” Napear said. “That is an absolute disgrace that that would ever be said. That is an absolute disgrace.”
Napear said he also has criticized Webber on and off the court, and claimed Webber and Cousins were “two of the most sensitive athletes” he’s ever been around.
Since the “All Lives Matter” tweet was posted, Napear’s critics have pointed to what they believe to be other examples of Napear crossing the racial line.
As the NBA investigated disgraced former Clippers owner Donald Sterling in 2014 after a clip of Sterling making racist remarks about African Americans was leaked, Napear was asked by a caller whether he thought Sterling was a racist.
“I said something like, ‘I don’t know if Donald Sterling is a racist, I don’t know, but what I do know is it is very interesting that, as the owner of the basketball team, he has a black general manager and a black head coach.’ That’s what was the context of the conversation. Until I read [the Sterling reference] in The Post [earlier this week], I had to go back and ask some coworkers to refresh where this even came from because it caught me off guard. I never ever defended Donald Sterling and the charges. Not one time.”
Enlarge ImageDeMarcus CousinsGetty Images
Napear’s response matches up with a Sacramento Bee report of the same incident. Napear said he didn’t face backlash at the time. Sterling lost control of the Clippers shortly after.
There also was a tweet in 2018, in which Napear agreed with a Twitter user who said they didn’t want to see protests at football games, a reference to former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeling years earlier to protest police brutality.
To that, Napear said, “When I go to a play on Broadway, I want to go see a performance. I don’t want to see any political statements being made or any social issues because that’s not why I’m going. I have no problem with people protesting.”
Napear said multiple former black Kings players and colleagues have reached out to show their support, but he declined to reveal their names.
Chris “Mad Dog” Russo, who grew up with Napear, said Tuesday on his show that “to say that Grant Napear is a racist is absurd. In my knowledge of him … Grant Napear, trust me when I say this, this is me, is anything but a racist.”
The Post relayed Russo’s thoughts to Napear, who began to break down while speaking about his late father, Bert, who fought for civil rights on Long Island.
SEE ALSO
Chris Russo: Fired NBA announcer is not a racist
“The fact that you just told me that,” Napear said, “I’m sorry that I got so emotional, because if anybody knows me and what my family stood for, that’s Chris Russo.”
Napear says he doesn’t know what’s next for him, “just trying to get through today.”
He is on the board of the FUTURE Foundation of Sacramento, which provides college scholarships for those in need of financial aid. He has hosted an annual golf tournament for the cause since 1995, and said at his next meeting he will discuss how the foundation can be involved in the Black Lives Matter protests.
“If I can help out others and educate them the way I was educated, that’s great,” he said.
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It took three words — “All Lives Matter” — for longtime shock jock and Sacramento Kings TV play-by-play announcer Grant Napear’s career to go up in flames, but the 60-year-old’s remorse only goes s…

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The SJWs are a dangerous crazy cult

 

[Asclepias]

Today in the United States, you must carefully censor yourself, or your career is finished.

If someone asks you to contribute to, say, BLM, you must answer: "I only have a twenty. Is that enough? I will contribute more tomorrow."

If someone asks you about your opinion about George Floyd, you had better say what is woke, or you may find yourself fired the next day.

I have just read that even Ellen is in trouble (I kid you not!). Apparently some people are angry because she referred to "people of color" instead of "black people."

Why would you punk out like that if youre a real man?

 

[TheParser]

Today in the United States, you must carefully censor yourself, or your career is finished.

If someone asks you to contribute to, say, BLM, you must answer: "I only have a twenty. Is that enough? I will contribute more tomorrow."

If someone asks you about your opinion about George Floyd, you had better say what is woke, or you may find yourself fired the next day.

I have just read that even Ellen is in trouble (I kid you not!). Apparently some people are angry because she referred to "people of color" instead of "black people."

This is where we're at today, you either have to act or think a certain way, or you are the enemy.
Right now at many of riots I'm seeing a reoccurring meme now, "White Silence is Violence".

These fascists won't let you even be on the fence, you either march with them, or you're the enemy and must be crushed.
Welcome to Mao's China.

So true! So true!

One had better agree with the activists -- or else!

I am so proud of President Trump for not kowtowing to them.

That's why they "dislike" him so much.

This country is going down the tubes, and I expect it to implode by the end of this century.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

I've had the pleasure of working with people of different nationalities, so to me, those of the African American color aren't the only people who have had hoops to jump through. In other words, ALL lives matter.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Today in the United States, you must carefully censor yourself, or your career is finished.

If someone asks you to contribute to, say, BLM, you must answer: "I only have a twenty. Is that enough? I will contribute more tomorrow."

If someone asks you about your opinion about George Floyd, you had better say what is woke, or you may find yourself fired the next day.

I have just read that even Ellen is in trouble (I kid you not!). Apparently some people are angry because she referred to "people of color" instead of "black people."

This is where we're at today, you either have to act or think a certain way, or you are the enemy.
Right now at many of riots I'm seeing a reoccurring meme now, "White Silence is Violence".

These fascists won't let you even be on the fence, you either march with them, or you're the enemy and must be crushed.
Welcome to Mao's China.

So true! So true!

One had better agree with the activists -- or else!

I am so proud of President Trump for not kowtowing to them.

That's why they "dislike" him so much.

This country is going down the tubes, and I expect it to implode by the end of this century.

You think it will take that long ?

 

[Desperado]

I've had the pleasure of working with people of different nationalities, so to me, those of the African American color aren't the only people who have had hoops to jump through. In other words, ALL lives matter.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

In today;s world speaking the truth will get you fired

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Its tough work being a racist shit these days.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Its tough work being a racist shit these days.

And of course you automatically believe he's a "racist shit" for reminding people that all lives matter ?

 

[22lcidw]

Today in the United States, you must carefully censor yourself, or your career is finished.

If someone asks you to contribute to, say, BLM, you must answer: "I only have a twenty. Is that enough? I will contribute more tomorrow."

If someone asks you about your opinion about George Floyd, you had better say what is woke, or you may find yourself fired the next day.

I have just read that even Ellen is in trouble (I kid you not!). Apparently some people are angry because she referred to "people of color" instead of "black people."

Why would you punk out like that if youre a real man?

Real men take care of their children. Through thick and thin. And that is any life. That is the start. And it can suck.

 

[Asclepias]

Today in the United States, you must carefully censor yourself, or your career is finished.

If someone asks you to contribute to, say, BLM, you must answer: "I only have a twenty. Is that enough? I will contribute more tomorrow."

If someone asks you about your opinion about George Floyd, you had better say what is woke, or you may find yourself fired the next day.

I have just read that even Ellen is in trouble (I kid you not!). Apparently some people are angry because she referred to "people of color" instead of "black people."

Why would you punk out like that if youre a real man?

Real men take care of their children. Through thick and thin. And that is any life. That is the start. And it can suck.

Not sure where that came from. I hope you arent having any childhood issues. Focus. Why would you punk out if youre a real man?