Longtime Sacramento Kings TV broadcaster Grant Napear resigns after 'ALL LIVES MATTER' tweet to DeMarcus Cousins
Then-Golden State Warriors' player DeMarcus Cousins in Los Angeles, on April 4, 2019. SACRAMENTO, CALIF. -- Longtime Sacramento Kings TV broadcaster Grant Napear resigned Tuesday after he tweeted "ALL LIVES MATTER" when asked by DeMarcus Cousins for his opinion on the Black Lives Matter movement.
Bonneville International, the station's parent company, said Napear's "recent comments about the Black Lives Matter movement do not reflect the views or values of Bonneville International Corporation. The timing of Grant's tweet was particularly insensitive." Cousins was drafted by Sacramento and played for the Kings for six-plus seasons before he was traded to New Orleans in February 2017.
Cousins posted that Napear's response was expected. Former Kings forward Matt Barnes then called Napear a closet racist.
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