Hey!!!! How are you? Thought you forgot about me. Haven't heard from you in years. ALL LIVES MATTER…EVERY SINGLE ONE!!! https://t.co/DfzKl3w0jm
— Grant Napear (@GrantNapearshow) June 1, 2020
Demarcus we know and have known who grant is. The team knows as well. I’ve told them many times. They’ve seen it. They know who he is. ?? https://t.co/4DI4f1DGUp
— Chris Webber (@realchriswebber) June 1, 2020
Would expect nothing less from a closet racists
— Matt Barnes (@Matt_Barnes22) June 1, 2020
Statement from NBC Sports California on Grant Napear: pic.twitter.com/yjZTujLk04
— Kings on NBCS (@NBCSKings) June 2, 2020
The Kings released a statement about the move Monday evening.
“Grant’s recent Twitter comments do not reflect our organization’s views and values,” the team said. “We are reviewing the matter further with our broadcast partners NBC Sports California and Sports 1140 KHTK.”
NBC Sports California, the regional network that broadcasts Kings’ games, also released a statement.
“Our company values and honors inclusion and equality. Racism, injustice and violence run counter to everything we stand for and cannot be tolerated in our society,” the network said. “Grant Napear’s recent comments on Twitter do not reflect the views of NBC Sports California. We’ve spoken to Grant’s employer, the Sacramento Kings, about the matter.”
Napear apologized in an interview with Bee columnist Marcos Breton on Monday morning, saying he planned to apologize during his afternoon show as well.
This is not the first time Napear has been criticized for racist language.
When former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was caught on tape making racist comments in 2015, Napear defended him, arguing that Sterling wasn’t racist because he employed black people.
Never a good look.
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