Bonneville International Corporation and KHTK announced today that Grant Napear has been fired effective immediately.
SACRAMENTO – We were saddened by the comments Grant Napear recently made on Twitter. While we appreciate Grant’s positive contributions to KHTK over the years, his recent comments about the Black Lives Matter movement do not reflect the views or values of Bonneville International Corporation. The time of Grant’s tweet was particularly insensitive. After reviewing the matter carefully, we have made the difficult decision to part ways with Grant.
Bonneville’s purpose is to build up, connect, inform, and celebrate communities and families. In the wake of George Floyd’s tragic death and the events of the last several days, it is crucial that we communicate the tremendous respect that we have for the black community and any other groups or individuals who have cause to feel marginalized. Bonneville remains committed to fostering calm and promoting human dignity in the face of unrest. We plead for all to work together for peace and mutual respect.
The Sacramento Kings have also announced that Napear has resigned as play-by-play announcer. Napear had served as the Kings play-by-play announcer since 1988.
From the Sacramento Kings:
“Grant Napear has resigned from the Sacramento Kings. We thank him for his contributions to the team and wish him all the best.”— Jason Jones (@mr_jasonjones) June 2, 2020
On Sunday night, Napear tweeted “ALL LIVES MATTER” in response to former Kings player DeMarcus Cousins asking him about his take on Black Lives Matter in the wake of the ongoing protests following the murder of George Floyd. Napear went on to defend his tweet which only served to increase the backlash, and other former Kings such as Matt Barnes and Chris Webber also chimed in.
Napear said he would explain himself and apologize on his radio show on Monday afternoon. That opportunity never came as KHTK announced that Napear was put on administrative leave. Napear did however offer his apologies through a short interview with Marcos Breton in the Sacramento Bee. Both the Kings and NBC Sports California also declared that they would be reviewing the matter. As we learned today, Napear is now no longer employed by any of those organizations.
Napear did release the following statement following the announcement today:
From Grant Napear:
“I want to thank the fans for their overwhelming love and support. I will always remain a part of Kings nation in my heart.”
— James Ham (@James_HamNBA) June 2, 2020
As a very public face of the franchise, his actions were at complete odds with how the organization has presented itself. The Kings have been especially vocal ever since 2018 when they themselves were at the center of protests following yet another death of a young black man at the hands of the police, Stephon Clark. The Kings have since partnered with Black Lives Matter Sacramento and Build Black to invest in and broaden educational opportunities for black young men and underserved members of the community. This was also not the first time Napear has been insensitive, although this is the first time he has felt consequences.
Not that it’s really the point at the moment, but I wonder who takes his spot as play-by-play guy now.
Can we get Jerry for one more season?!
JERRY JERRY JERRY
I briefly got excited about the idea that Jerry could return in a move that would give Kings fans a familiar and beloved voice, but it’s probably not worth it to have him travel around until the pandemic dies down.
Let’s which former King is available
Mayce Edward Christopher Webber III, reporting for duty.
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But seriously though, I hope we can see Chris Webber interact with Sacramento again now.
I don’t buy in to CWebb. Never been much of a fan of him off the court and I can do without him. If he wanted to interact with Sacramento, he already could have, why would he now?
That’s a fair point.
To answer your question: the reason Webber would interact with Sacramento now as I’ve heard, is that he wanted nothing to do with the Kings while Grant was around.

And I don’t think he would be a good play-by-play announcer. Even Jerry Reynolds is not suited for that. I was joking about C-Webb taking Grant’s place.
The only person I think that is in touch with the Kings who would do a good job is Gary Gerould, but he’s the radio play-by-play….
I’m a little disappointed in how C-Webb has turned out as an announcer. Starting out, I thought he had the potential to be really good. Over time though, he’s basically Reggie Miller.
We can get the next best thing. An announcer and coach at the same time. Mark Jackson.
He is pretty terrible, and I really wish that wasn’t the case.
Does he still have a home in Sac? If not, I doubt he voluntarily will want to live in ‘cow town’ again if he doesn’t have to.
Gary Gerould?
Gerald great. And YES!!! Grant in gone. He always was an insensitive, close minded ass. And now it’s confirmed that he’s a disgusting person.
I’ve never like Cuz like o do now. Good riddance to Grant and all others like him.
Apparently, I don’t know how to edit on this format.
Hover your mouse over the bottom right corner space of your comment. You might have to search a second or two to find it, but eventually you’ll see a gear icon. Press on it. You’ll see an EDIT square appear. Click on that and you should be able to edit.
I think there’s a time limit though. The opportunity to edit seems to expire after a certain amount of time has lapsed.
I take that back. I still don’t like Cuz but I love that he brought down Grant.
Love Gary almost as much as I love Jerry!
I’d personally love to see Deuce get a shot. He’s been doing play-by-play for Stockton Kings. I always loved his radio show with Jason Ross.
I don’t like Duece. He always preaches party line. Not a logical thinker.
jerry and Gary
Jerry and Gary would be scary!
Scary good 🙂
Scot Pollard, Gary Gerould, and Doug would be great.
Oh god, no. Except for the GG part.
First choice: Gary Gerould and Doug
Second choice: Doris Burke and a broom (pay whatever you have to!)
Third choice: Deuce, Morgan and Doug
Doris Burke, all day. Or let Gary simulcast. And wouldn’t mind your third choice either. Totally with you here.
Ah, I didn’t think if Gary could simulcast.
I previously thought radio play-by-play and TV play-by-play were different animals, with more description necessary for radio.
I’d love to see what Gary can do on TV.
Gary used to do TV for the kings…way, way back in the day
I seriously doubt Doris is in play for Grant’s position, she seems too high of a caliber for a single team. but if she is…. make this happen yesterday!
I don’t see why Doris Burke would take a lower profile job, but I love her! She’s a bright basketball mind.
My sell to her would be: you get to call 82 games a year, not the 25 you call on ESPN. I doubt she would take it, but I would damn sure make the call.
Would she be the first full time female team announcer in the NBA? What about the four major leagues?
And you will have vacation come play-offs. Guaranteed!
Mr Motor Home
Ironically, I believe that was also the last title sponsor of the old barn out in Natomas.
HERE IS THE MAN YOU’RE LOOKING FOR:
Well, I always said a trained chimp would be better than Grant, so I suppose an untrained chimp wouldn’t be that much of a stretch.
and Vlade needs a smoking buddy
Please Kevin Harlan, you’re our only hope!
I think we have to give Boogie the right of first refusal.
If you don’t like that…….
Too soon….
Then I suppose “Turn the sprinkler systems on, Grant Napear has been fired” would be too soon as well?
I literally LOLd.
HEYOOOOOO
WOW. I did not think it would actually happen.
I enjoyed his play by play, but his insensitivity across many issues, specially on his radio show has come back to bite him.
And I will add, rightfully so.
IE- He’s a dick. Always was.
Never fucking forget the fucking Tyreke Evans story. …fuck
Refresh my memory, please.
https://www.sactownroyalty.com/2010/4/14/1419741/peachy-moment-of-the-year-grant
I wish we could still watch that animated thing someone did of the locker room encounter between Grant and Tyreke, I had tears rolling down my cheeks from that…
That was my video. I also wish that video was still around.
Perhaps the funniest thing I have ever seen.
It was Game of Zones long before there was Game of Zones.
I prefer not to give that site any clicks. Can someone summarize for me?
I have no memory of this. Weird.
Ok, I didn’t want to say anything, but I must have missed it as well.
You should definitely read the insane interview he gave Ziller back in 08 while you’re at it.
I re-read that interview and I know its a real interview.
The answers were so ridiculous It was hard for me to believe that isnt a parody/fan fiction interview.
Envisioning that interaction gave me douche chills.
I remember it now, but had forgotten it.
Man, it’s crazy how bad my memory is compared to what I thought it was.
Thanks for sharing that.
To anyone who doesn’t understand this moment in history in regards to civil rights, BLM and the racial fabric of our society as it plays out to us on social media and our televisions, let Grant’s “seemingly harmless” All Lives Matter sink it. We are at a precipice. I really feel we are witnessing a seismic adjustment to our society. Hold on.
Very well said.
It really does feel that way. Covid19, and the world’s subsequent handling of it, already started to really illuminate the strengths and weaknesses of our systems. And the racial inequity in this country has been a powder keg waiting to blow for years. If things are going to change for the better, 2020 seems like the year that will finally really ignite that change.
I feel the same. Scary thing about a precipice is which way you end up falling.
Told my daughter that she’s living through something truly unique in American society, something we’ll (hopefully) be teaching in the history books for the next few hundred years.
I often wondered how incredible (not incredibly good, mind you) it would be live in such a momentous time in history like what we grew up reading about in history books….like, say WWII.
I have to say, I do NOT like living in this momentous time in history that people will be reading about in the future.
All the fear of the unknown we have about the future–imagine being in a world war and not knowing what the result would be.
Can you imagine living in the period of 13 days of the Cuban Missle Crisis? That must’ve been insane.
I just watched that movie! If it were up to the generals in charge, very few of us would be here right now.
Hoping that they don’t continue to censure history books… but spot on
I work with young creative people, and have been imploring my staff of interns to be documenting what they are seeing, feeling, and hearing right now. It’s an incredibly historic and traumatic time.
Let’s hope so. It’s overdue by 250 years.
well said, it is also a good time to learn. I rarely used the term All Lives Matter, or May have never used it. I certainly wouldn’t have used it to be dismissive; with that said I didn’t understand how insensitive it was especially when people used it to be dismissive. I will certainly make a point to never use the term and learned something new after seeing it on Joe Davidson’s sac bee article.
It is all about tone and timing. Saying all lives matter on its own is one thing, but responding to BLM with ALL LIVES MATTER, says something entirely different. There is a sarcastic and antagonistic tone to the latter that leaves one feeling there is a significant insult there.
If the “whatever” and eye roll of GenXers did to their parents in the 90’s offended some, the ALL LIVES MATTER is a stab to the heart of those who genuinely care about social injustice to the black communities of our society. It is a slap in the face of equality and justice.
thanks for the extra explanation, I went down a rabbit hole of reading and research last night when I saw the Sac Bee article.. it was really eye opening and I am very happy I did learn.. always need to be willing to learn
All good amigo. Education is what it is all about.
W2W I have always appreciated your sincerity in discussing these things. Myself or others may not always agree, but I do believe you are earnestly trying to understand and that is super important.
Well said. I find it unconscionable that a major media face for an NBA franchise was so woefully uninformed as to what BLM is. And if he was purposefully being obtuse in refusing to acknowledge BLM, then that’s even more unacceptable.
Sad but to be expected. No such thing as disagreement and diversity of opinions anymore. Figures Boogie’s final farewell to Sac would be getting his revenge against Grant.
He was not fired for having a disagreement and diversity of opinions.
What do you mean? This is one of the times when a person’s opinion is wrong. If by diversity of opinions you mean that “All Lives Matter” then you are correct about that. Because “All Lives Matter” is the call sign to discredit the movement on racial prejudice, bias, and brutality by police officers on minorities especially African American folks. All lives matter, yes. But that is not the issue this country needs to tackle right now. Black people are being marginalized every single day of their lives. They’ve been devoid of privilege and were subject to police brutality. I’m not white. I’m Asian but I do concede that I’ve had more privilege than black folks. So what exactly is the “difference” of opinion here other than All lives matter movement is wrong?
Sometimes when you’re opinions are pretty terrible you get fired from your job. Grant’s opinions are pretty terrible and he got fired from his job.
He’s free to have his opinion. The Kings and many of us as fans are free to disagree with him, others are free to agree with him. What he, you, I, or others are not free from is the possibility of consequences that result from our actions and words.
You could disagree with him.
And he could HANG UP THE PHONE ON YOU.
Or he could just say “Thanks for your call” and then move on and end the conversation.
I think we could have a legitimate discussion of whether this is a fireable offense, but come on – you have to know that what you say on the air, or when you’re representing a company publicly, can get you in trouble.That isn’t some brand new concept.
Grant would still be here if the mental firepower matched the bluster. He said something stupid, and even dumber considering he was an NBA announcer.
It’s amazing he lasted this long.
Grant isn’t new, and I would also assume he is a pretty smart guy to have the level of professional success that he has had. The fact that he just couldn’t help himself, he just had to risk everything slapping back to DMC in the middle of the worst race riots since 1968, says everything you need to know about him. It wasn’t hard to predict.
Is it your opinion that a company should continue to employ a spokesperson that doesn’t represent the values of the organization? Much less one that makes public statements that alienate and marginalize the company’s key employees and the majority of their customer base?
And, of course, that’s just taking it from the cynical “capitalistic” POV. Putting aside any idea of humanity and social awareness or responsibility.
I’ll just leave this here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m81NJmVTY3A
What? He’s back on the air?
I mean, putting aside what a dismissive asshole he is there, his position is also just illogical. Apparently, according to Grant, it’s reasonable to think Walton is a bad coach and to not like him as a coach for the Kings, but it isn’t reasonable to think he should be fired. But… but… if I think he’s bad and don’t like him, why wouldn’t I think he should be fired? I’m an idiot AND a moron for thinking a bad, unlikable coach shouldn’t be the coach? What?
LMFAO “No one can say Luke should be fired based on this season because of……….Injuries.” My God.
Moron …like moron in the sense that Barling called Vlade or moron for the “we had a better deal 2 days ago” DeMarcus trade?
Grant has been teetering on the edge of this 1/2 his career. Definately since Team Vivek took over. The guy is a dismissive a-hole, this was IMO the straw that broke the ass’ back. I got the feeling that Grant was a plant for absentee ownership group… Vivek can’t be a stupid and meddling as he appears….can he?
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Grant dug his own hole here. Cousins (who I dislike intensely) merely showed him where to start.
If you work for an NBA team and you effectively state, particularly after an unarmed black man was killed by police on camera (again), that there’s no difference in police treatment between white and black folks, there’s likely to be an effect on your work status.
“Diversity of opinion” or “freedom of speech” shouldn’t mean that pissing people off is protected from consequences.
Try calling your company owner or major shareholders a stupid motherfucker. I mean, that’s diversity of opinion, and it might even be true (looking at you Judge Smails) but you’re probably not going to keep working there.
Thanks for the good times, Grant! Kings games won’t be the same without you.
Agreed. I might listen to them again!
I mean, I would still play Stevie Wonder during a game…
Yes, they’ll be waaaay better.
I’m so excited about having a new TV voice. I can turn the volume up on games again at last.
Finally I can un-mute the games!
Bill Walton thinks you’re being a little hasty…
Bill Walton is a national treasure.
Don’t need to go from 1 shtick to another shtick
So let’s bury him already. And his kid.
Yeah but he’s half responsible for Luke so….
Bill Walton? That’s a hard NO.
Wow.
So is this going to cause The Kings Herald servers to crash again?
Man, I made that sign about TKH changing to a new local radio host knowing it was just a joke. Did not think it would actually happen.
So it was your fault! Please do not make anymore banners or interpret anything that pertains to the shitshow of 2020.
“We are moving on to a vaccine.”
How’s that?
As long as it’s not American!
Clear your (((ducks))) cache
Does the H key functionality work? I wiped my…uh…cache just now but it does not seem to be working.
Time to try Preparation H.
Well, well, well, if it isn’t the consequences of my own actions.
This is the free market at work, baby!
I will miss him not at all.
I’ll miss “turn the sprinkler systems on” and “we have got a dandy”, but honestly even those phrases have started to lose their luster because of how Grant has handled himself over the years. We will move on.
Also, I think it is HILARIOUS that Demarcus was the one that instigated this. Like, OF COURSE it was. I couldn’t have gone any other way.
I realize most of the people on this site don’t like Grant and are probably happy about this but I think the tweet was taken a bit out of proportion. Being a public figure, especially one that represents the Kings and their stance on BLM, there is no excuse for his ignorance regarding All Lives Matter. His tweet and it’s reaction educated me on ALM as, at least on the surface, that message seems to be one that means “bringing everyone together.” Obviously that is not the case. I’m not sure his ignorance should result in the loss of his job, but I understand it.
Pretty unfortunate situation but it will be interesting to see how his vacancies play out as he’s been a staple figure in the community for a long time. Here’s to a brighter future!
I wonder if the former player’s piling on was really the straw here.
I’m sure it helped. BTW, who cares what Matt Barnes thinks about someone?
Yes Otis I’ve been thinking that for sure.
Imagine, we have a giant mass of Kings fans who can’t stand Grant, what are the odds that some of them inhabit the cubicles next to him?
Rant Napear became a PR nightmare for the team and the NBA. The Kings almost certainly consulted the league office and got the blessing/order to fire him. Easy call.
Just imagine Cousins, Barnes, and Webber recruiting former Kings players to chime in about the Kings harboring a “closet racist.”
I wonder if they were in the same room!
Cousins lobbed Grant a softball, and he swung from the heels and completely missed. DMC knew exactly what he was doing, as should anyone who read it. His final assist as a Kings alum.
And this was not ignorance. It was arrogance.
Appreciate your perspective on this, but I personally believe that Grant knew exactly what he was saying. What remains are the natural consequences of that action.
I’m very glad, this change has been a long time coming given Grant’s actions the past 5 years. I hope it’s okay if I do feel a bit bummed i won’t hear him calling games anymore though, I grew up with it and Grant is phenomenal. However, it’s more than time for a new voice of the franchise.
Grant: “Ok Doug, now I have to be careful here and hope that this mistake doesn’t come back to bite me later on”
That’s sad. I always liked him. I’ve never had a problem with someone toeing the company line. I wish he just would have either not answered DMC or just said, ‘Hell yeah black lives matter’. It really would have been that easy.
Or, he could’ve been pc about it and said, “black lives matter,” “blue lives matter,” and “all lives matter” to drive home his point. I believe if he had tweeted that, he would still have a job, but nooo ppl like him can’t help themselves..
I think you’re right–he’d still have a job if he went about it that way.
I had a big problem with a host toeing the company line under the guise of unbiased talk radio.
Khtk must have some new management that doesn’t know what a great guy grant is.
Just ask him!
Or any one that’s worked with him…but I guess dmc, Webber and Barnes didn’t work “with” him.
Well… bye.
This is a surprise. Grant’s play by play was second to none. But I always took him as…well… Who he is.
I wonder who fills that spot.
Promote J Ross across the board! Give him the 3pm on KHTK, and the play by play!
This a difficult situation to discuss. On the one hand, I have long thought that Grant’s shtick was severely outdated and a bad fit for the org/radio and I look forward to the potential to enjoy local sports radio in the afternoons again. And yet, on the other hand, this result brings me no joy.
It makes me sad. Not because Grant was fired/resigned (could have happened more gracefully a long time ago) but because he couldn’t grow and learn before it was too late. Not even all the resources that come with his access to the most progressive sports league in the nation nor his charity work could get Grant to evolve with the times.
In the end, he just could’t resist the bait. Instead, he yet again let his hubris take control and give an all-too typical insensitive and small minded jab at someone who dared to have a different life experience that he did.
It’s just sad. It’s sad because if thing are to get better it would be helpful if some of the Grants of the world learned, grew, and evolved. Otherwise they will simply be cast aside just like this.
I mean, I don’t enjoy dancing on the grave of someone’s career. But Grant’s a grown-ass man. Dude could be my dad, and I’m about to turn 40. I’m certainly not done learning, but one thing I have learned so far is that the moment I refuse to stop growing, I deserve to be cast aside if it comes to that.
His interaction with Boogie wasn’t remotely as bad as many I’ve seen, but it’s the cherry on a sundae that he’s been serving up for years: he’s small-minded, mean-spirited, and resistant to changing any of his entrenched opinions or beliefs. This moment in our history is the time to pull that shit out by the roots.
Well Said ArsLegendi
Yeah, I’m not sure I feel bad for him, even though I’m uncertain whether the punishment matched the crime. He’s been treating people like shit in this town for what, three decades?
If Napear were better liked within the organization, he’d still be here IMO. I think they were looking to get rid of him and he gave them an excuse.
That’s definitely the sense I get as well. By the way it’s good to have you back poo..er.. Kingsguru!
B I N G O !
Agree
It’s always nice to see a-holes fall flat.
It’s mind boggling that he took the bait in the first place (an action that reveals his true character). DMC’s tweet at Grant was so clearly an attempt to get Grant to tell on himself, and Grant did exactly that. How do you look at Boogies tweet, at this moment in our country, and think Ah, yep, what a perfect time to snark back at him, hehehe. Grant totally did this to himself, and deserves the repercussions.
Kind of like Jack Nicholson taking the bait in A Few Good Men
Dave’s basketball hero goaded dave’s broadcasting hero into getting himself fired. That’s amazing.
By the way, this new site is ruthless gahdamn. Back then no one saw how many flags you got. Now it’s like damn this guy got like 30+ downvotes. Y’all have no chill.
That was me. I didn’t mean it in any way, shape or form, but I couldn’t stop myself.
Facebook should have a dislike button. It would do wonders with relationships with people on your friends list.
Now that I think about it, maybe TKH has the negative vote counts visible because of comments about “the Silent Majority”.
Weren’t there some comments on STR about there being a silent majority who gets overrun by an echo chamber club?
Now with the visible negative vote counts, we can truly see if there is a silent majority or not.
It’s a bit like reddit. The only thing I think we can improve upon is the comment tracker. I get really confused sometimes when following threads.
Yeah I miss the “Z” function for new comments
I believe the term “circle jerk” was also employed.
It’s a thin line between love and hate. I was told in art school that love or hate are both good because that means they were touched by your work either way.
Maybe doesn’t apply the same way here, but at least it shows people read your comment!
My work is usually crap, so thanks for touching my poop Kosta! Also, how’s Russia?
Cold.
It’s a cold world.
OK GUYS
That was a rather Stern response.
Well, the Silver lining is, I could post this gif.
Tatum-something…..Tator tots.
I don’t know. I got nothin.
Who here thinks khtk is doing this because it’s “the right thing” vs khtk protecting their brand? His tweets and responses are a direct reflection on khtk since he’s the biggest sports radio personality in Sacramento.
As mentioned in the other thread others have been fired for less.
In my experience corporations only do the right thing if not doing the right thing impacts their bottom line.
Bonneville is a standard media company, by which I mean they are amoral and gutless. The sponsors spoke up, or this never happens.
Yep.
What about the Kings? I think it’s clear that they did the right thing today by allowing him to resign. I’m curious though how much they’ve tolerated over the years that we don’t know about. If we’re to believe Webber, he’s discussed specific Grant-related issues with the team:
If I were a reporter, I’d ask the Kings if they are aware of any instances in which a current/former player has reported this type of behavior in the past.
If I was the type of person that called into radio shows, then I’d ask Doug if he’s aware of any issues between Webber and Grant. If not, then suggest Doug have CWebb on his show to tell his side of the story.
Article Idea Maybe we can have some Grant replacement power rankings. Folks like Ross, Kayte, etc.
Kayte? BARF
Kayte might be a bigger shill than grant.
I think they’re both 6’2, so tie?
“Well, that’s something you fans don’t understand.”
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Don’t press refresh too many times on a phone as you might press the post comment button with no comment
I think we all knew these peaches were a bit rotten.
I thought Grant was great during the Kings games, and I will miss him in that area.
However, I always felt more of his “true colors” came out on the radio and I couldn’t stand him about 90% of the time there. He was arrogant, stubborn, and a complete dick to most of his audience/callers. It seems almost poetic that DMC is basically the one that brought him down all these years later.
Wow. Enjoy EDH Grant, I doubt we’ll see you downtown anytime soon.
IS he still up here? I heard he moved a while back…. Our kids are the same age and he would sometimes be at the youth sports things. Everybody said he was an ass when I moved here, haven’t seen anything to discount that.
Grant finally learned the lesson that so many of us (particularly yours truly) never seem to learn, and which applies doubly – if not more so – in social media:
A closed mouth gathers no foot.
Everybody with greater than two functioning brain cells could tell he was being baited by Boogie, but Grant just had to be Peaches for a moment and took the bait.
If he hadn’t been suck a dick on the air to his audience in the past decade-plus, he may well have had some storage of goodwill to ride out the storm and perform the necessary apologies and maybe ride this one out. Ultimately, nobody was there to save him because nobody around here WANTED to save him.
He made it easy for Bonneville to pull the plug on his sorry butt.
2 things –
1) Grant should have chosen his words more carefully or, better yet, not responded at all, as DMC was obviously baiting him. Not knowing (as Grant claims) what All Lives Matter means in response to BLM is pretty ignorant and incredibly insensitive before even George Floyd’s murder. A spokesperson for a billion dollar corporation should know the temperature of the room to avoid putting their foot in their mouth. Just dumb.
2) DMC is a bigger douche bag than I ever could have imagined. Did DMC go around to all his previous local radio hosts to ask their opinions as well? Or did he just target Grant hoping he would take the bait? I’m sure you know what my guess is, and what a trash act from a classless individual.
I agree about it being a trash act from a classless individual, but you and I may disagree as to which individual that was.
Agreed. If you’re looking for a good guy in this story, you’re going to come up empty handed.
Somebody needed to really say this.
Grant waited until Cousins was two years out of town to trash him big time on his show. Cousins may be a douche, but he owed Napear nothing, and Napear has to be among the biggest fucking idiots on the planet (never really been argued otherwise) to take such obvious bait.
Douchebags don’t kill stupid radio personality careers. Stupid radio personalities kill stupid radio personality careers.
Yeah, I am no fan of DMC, but I can understand why he would to this. If something has to change regarding racism, people like Napear should not be the spokesperson for an organization like the Kings.
As outspoken as DMC is, I am pretty sure he made his feelings about Grant known to the Kings organization, and clearly nothing happened. Also, there were many previous instances with Napear that showed – to put it very mildly – his lack (or unwillingness) of understanding of the issues involved.
And that begs the question; would Napear be forced to step down if this had happened on any other day, and not in the wake of the George Floyd killing? The organization knew his true colors for longer. People like Matina, Vlade, Peja, Bobby Jackson and Doug know him for a long time. And keeping him around was fine until now, I guess?
Funny thing is, DMC and Grant have some similarities in their personalities…..
They do seem like they’re made for each other in some respects. At the very least neither one has ever been able to help themselves even when they know they are about to do something monumentally stupid. Both guys are way too petty.
If you put a bat in my hand and I promptly bash myself in the face with it, which one of us is responsible for my injury?
Petey D, of course.
the person that made the bat… sarcasm
Technical–DeMarcus Cousins!
How did Cousins know that Grant could be baited so easily though?
Maybe they had a conversation offline previously that went the exact same way, so Cousins wanted to get it on record, in public.
That’s what I keep coming back to. How could a savvy media personality like Grant, (with Black friends!!) not know ALM is the wrong answer to any question other than, what is the wrong answer to a question about BLM?
He certainly put his job in Jeopardy with that answer/question
Grant knew, but he was arrogant enough to believe that there was support for it among the fan base and KHTK listeners. He was that out of touch, because he believed in the cocoon he had constructed around himself. And, then, he thought he could talk his way out of it by absurdly saying that he didn’t know the origin of All Lives Matter.
I reserve the right to intensely dislike both of them. Grant is a grownup. He’s responsible for both his actions and their consequences. Whatever Grant is in real life, he plays a dickhead on the radio, and responding as that impulsive, angry persona is exactly what got him fired in this instance. If Grant acted like a human being for a change, he wouldn’t be in this position.
Cousins seems to me to be more a terrible person than not, but I don’t see how he holds any responsibility for another adult man acting stupidly.
Really having difficulty in parsing how Boogie did anything wrong here.
I would say that it could appear that DMC was trying to bait a man into losing his job. Which would be a deplorable thing to do. I highly doubt the Cuz had this forethought, but he’s such a turd himself it isn’t out of the realm of possibility.
He isn’t responsible for the job loss at all.
He tried to bait him into telling on himself. All Grant had to do was NOT tell on himself, but he just couldn’t.
Frankly, Cuz could probably goad a lot of the old guard of sports media to say #ALM. How many would lose their jobs over it?
I suspect Greg Papa is an ALM guy. Would the Niners have fired him? I don’t know.
where did I indicate that he is responsible? I did not. Nor do I blame him for Grant’s behavior. And Grant had probably used up all his goodwill. But so has DeMarcus. I was simply pointing out why it may appear unseemly to some. And frankly, it does
Another answer old guard Grant could have given instead of coming back in all caps with “ALL LIVES MATTER!” is:
“It’s tragic that this man George Floyd’s life was taken. I will pray for his family.”
He didn’t even have to say “BLACK LIVES MATTER” if it pains him so much to speak that phrase. He could have just offered his condolences and prayers. Anything but “ALL LIVES MATTER!”
Papa is definitely ALM. Heard him say a couple of times on “The Happy Hour” that Kaepernick wasn’t good enough to play QB in the NFL, but could play as a wide out. You know, the kind of thing they said about African Americans back in the 1970s when they were moved away from OB to WR or corner back.
all Boogie did was ask a simple question. If Grant wasn’t an arrogant, racist prick, it wouldn’t have lead to this.
I’m not really seeing how this is a trash act by DMC. I know a lot of people hate him, but he literally just asked the man how he feels about Black Lives Matter. It seems like DMC knew that Grant was kind of racist, and he used the excuse to prove it. The fact that Chris Webber immediately backed him up makes it seem to me that this was a situation that was brewing and needed to have been handled years ago.
So to answer your question, no DMC probably didn’t go to previous radio hosts asking that question. He probably didn’t get racist vibes from them. Think about DMC the person what you will (he is…polarizing, to put it lightly). But this is not a “trash act” by any stretch of the imagination IMO.
“Hello, Grant? Spencer. Wanna get a drink?”
This calls for Peach Bellinis
Okay, can someone tell me why he’s called Peaches? My guess is that he has big balls because of what he’s allowed to say and gets away with, no?
…if DeMarcus turned and gave Grant a smooch:
I’ll miss his play-by-play. He really was one of the best team TV guys in the league. Won’t miss his radio show at all. Long overdue that he left KHTK.
Jerry was the gold standard. Carried the broadcast. Napear’s schtick wore thinner than Grocery Outlet cream cheese.
Is this camera Marty? This is my first time at Kings Herald… the other place is too boring., if it is I am curious if you have been photographing the Protests and other non protest related activities in Downtown
No sir I have been grounded. I’ve had my time in the sun with news, it’s ok. I said goodbye to that in 99, but what a New Years Party it was!
Maybe he can grovel to the ________ brothers for a gig: “Hey boys, remember when I was super loyal to you and just parroted everything you told me to, and then I stopped b/c I could see they were going to make you sell the team and I was afraid of losing my job. Let’s forget about that last part. You have any openings??”
The liberal intolerance reasoning for the firing is sickening and terrible, and unethical
Hes an unlistenable hack who I disliked on radio, but was literally a top 3 nba broadcaster. Games will be a lot more dull now
The impetus is coming from the radio station, and not the Kings?
I hope it doesn’t have to do with anyone at KHTK personally
Go away
You know what I want to say to you, but can’t break the rules
I do indeed!
“IMPRIIIIIIIIIINT”
Grant definitely made his Imprint with that tweet
No, no. Stay. And tell us more about the virtues of tolerating opinions that support structural racism.
I 22nd that.
Go away.
Where “liberal” means “not racist.”
Turns out liberals spend money too. Who knew?
“Liberal intolerance”.
Huh. Never heard that one previously.
It’s used a lot in Toilet Paper USA.
I knew it sounded familiar. Starz is a toilet paper fan. makes so much sense.
Some Americans, upon reading their tube of lotion reads “APPLY LIBERALLY”:
FOH with that “liberal intolerance” shit.
Peaches got shitcanned because he made an obvious mistake that any calm professional would not make, and he had so burned all of his bridges behind him with both the fanbase and the team that he had no store of goodwill to fall back upon and wait out the storm.
To me, SierraSpartan has perfectly described this episode. It was just a month or so ago we went back and forth (okay maybe it was just me) with Carmichael Dave on STR, warning him that this day was coming, and KHTK was going to have to face it.
Who knew it would be Demarcus Cousins, in the parlor, with an iPhone?
I’d say I yearn for those days….but that would be a disservice to the great things going on here and in the future at The ‘rald
I find it interesting that Dave made the point then that Grant the person is not Grant the persona. I don’t know either of them, but it sure as shit seems to me that the persona is what got him fired here.
Also, never forget that Marty was wrong once, and probably even twice.
My belief is that there’s always an overlap between the person and the persona. The persona never develops out of thin air. Not just with relation to Grant, but with anyone.
In boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has the bad guy persona, but some of his fans say it is only an act so that he can get more butts in the seats and eyeballs on the Pay-Per-View, and that he’s actually a nice guy.
I remember Andrew Dice Clay’s onstage persona turned some people off and even drew a boycott from some of the SNL players when he once guest-hosted. He has stated it’s just his stage persona.
I sometimes wonder what is to be believed. In Mayweather’s case he has a record of physical abuse against his ex.
But like with some film actors–are they often cast as certain character types because they have some of those qualities within themselves already?
Do any of us here on The Kings Herald have a persona that is different than their person? I’m not really a cat, to be honest, but I prefer/need lots of solitary time and can get neurotic/moody like a cat. I also like peeing on my territory.
Carmichael Dave should go into politics – he finds a way to stay on everyone’s good side. I’m sure he knows Grant’s a douche generally, but they are friends, so he supports him and talks him up a bit.
It’ll be interesting to read/hear Doug Christie’s response to all of this. I don’t know if he and Grant were real friends or just colleagues, but according to what I’ve read on twitter (was it Barling?) Doug is a big reason the Kings have been vocal about Black Lives Matter, as in he was making sure they did their part to embrace it.
Except Marty!
I’m dying with the Clue reference!
Who’s our photoshop guy? We need DMC on the Clue board game cover…lol
That had me rolling with laughter. I love TKH humor.
I remember.
“Facts don’t care about your feelings” or something like that.
No one should tolerate harm.
Here’s a “conservative” concept for you: Personal responsibility. If you say something that pisses off a lot of people for no good reason, accept the consequences of your actions.
Well stated, Spackler. Crazy how a business owner making a business decision now equates to “liberal intolerance”.
If my liberal intolerance is pointing out and not accepting racist tropes, especially in these times, then I’ll gladly wear the intolerant liberal badge. I welcome it.
Okay, I’ll say it. I like El-Creepo more than this person.
hey you aren’t banned, and likely aren’t going to be. You can say the stupid crap you usually say, and others, like myself will tell you what we think of that.
Not my fault you can’t handle the truth buddy. But I am intolerant of the prejudiced. I also don’t think prejudiced people should be in positions of authority or fame, and i’ll use my FREE SPEECH to say so.
Don’t like it? go back to where you came from. America: love it or leave it.
Those slogans make me sick even when used to mock the intolerant.
I actually enjoy using other people’s sloganeering and alleged principles to pick apart their arguments.
lmao
“Resigned”
Much in the same way JFK resigned the presidency.
Let’s check in again at the 75 year mark. 🙂
This is the end of an error in Sacramento.
Our long regional nightmare is over!
If the TNT show was running, would they address this story?
Kenny and Shaq have ties to Sacramento, so they would have something to say…
As a show it prob wouldn’t, but if it’s on Barkley’s mind, he would bring it up I am sure.
I can imagine Barkley would have an interesting quote on this.
Boogie called Grant out for being racist, and Grant answered with a dog whistle…
Grant is a great play by play announcer, and a terrible person. We’ve all known this for a long time. Seems the Kings finally caught on.
He was a decent play by play guy.
I don’t think we’ll be missing out on that much once he’s gone.
This firing needs to not be from the Kings for me though
Or else the organization is run by biased leftists who I will do what I can do bring negative attention to
Vivek has already stuck his neck where it didn’t belong before, but firing a top 3 announcer for a leftist cause…
your going against me, and making my experience worse as a fan
So, I really hope it isn’t him
By a leftist cause, I assume you mean being a decent human being and acknowledging that America has a race problem then yes, it is.
Man you guys are being self aware.
It’s really tiring, and extremely telling, when people define antiracist action as against their politics.
Yea. Kaep was a thug for kneeling peacefully. Unpatriotic, despite exercising the first amendment. But the Charlotte rally has great people on both sides despite being an affront for White Supremacy. And now when there’s looting, there’ll be shooting. Has anyone paid for the Tulsa Massacre yet? Not to mention those poor privileged people who marched on the State Capitol and held the government there hostage? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
this guy doesn’t know the difference between liberals and leftists.
Oh no, not negative attention from Inthestarz
“Top 3 announcer”. That’s an indictment of the NBA. And he was way worse without Jerry.
It’s systemic in the organization. They drafted Bagley, and he is very leftist.
Okay, that one made me giggle.
LOL! I need that, Rob. Thank you.
Land before Time references = auto rec.
Who made a Land Before Time, reference?
Not the mama!
(from Dinosaurs)
…and they drafted him over Doncic, who would have been the right wing.
CONNECT THE DOTS, PEOPLE!!!
….LA LA LA!
Leftist? I didn’t realize being anti-racist was leftist, but I’m cool with that label.
I love how inthestarz implies more than a few times that being racist is a conservative position, and it’s ok because of that, and not being ok with that makes you the bad guy somehow.
my head just started spinning thinking about the levels of cognitive dissonance that takes.
As Reddit has taught us since 2016, anytime someone uses the term leftist it is usually a stand in for an exceedingly racist and narrow minded comment.
This isn’t a “leftist” cause as you say, it is a human cause. That you think otherwise speaks to your character and how you might have responded to DeMarcus Cousins.
Yup, if you use the term ‘leftist’ unironically, you hang out in /r/the_donald, come from 4chan, or participate in other hate based subs on reddit, and get your ‘news’ from Fox.
nobody uses the term ‘leftist’ in good faith.
I don’t know the origin of the Peaches nickname and at this point, I am afraid to ask…
I’ve done enough digging in the StR archives today, but the gist of the story is someone edited a bunch of Wikipedia entries for Kings peeps like Koz and Grant that included ridiculous facts like Grant being nicknamed Peaches. We eventually found out about it and ran with it because it was hilarious. I think Grant’s wife even posted about it on Twitter once.
Tl;dr
Sactown Royalty silliness
Having been around at its genesis, I’ll say that Peaches was not created by StR. It was a nickname others gave him, and we found out about it (I believe because Koz called him that on air once), and then more importantly we found out he hated the nickname.
Also, he got canned.
Oh dang. I think Canned Peaches is the new nickname.
The Koz involvement actually came from a game recap fan post that I did. I went to a game and asked Koz during a commercial break if it was true Grant’s nickname was Peaches and Koz just laughed and smiled and I think said “No comment” and so in my recap I wrote that he confirmed it with his eyes or something.
He’s got a giant head and red hair.
There is nothing outlandish about All lives matter.
Normal everyday conservative say it. Google it and random republicans or suburbanites say it. Everyday people who I view as liberal
Its a typical response to what many feel is an overreaction depicting cops negatively (You know, how statistically many more whites are killed by cops, and that blacks aren’t killed over commensurate with crime rates they commit)
Its a purposefully leftist viewpoint to censure that or attack it as if it’s non normal
I never knew the saying was dismissive until I read about it. It ok to learn and seek to understand. I spent some time last night reading about it. If anyone cares about making things better they should not use it in any form or relation to BLM.
i have to believe any open, good person that spends a few minutes to read about it would see how dismissive it is..
Yes, a lot of well-intentioned people do indeed say racist things and perpetuate racist ideas, which is why we are where we are.
Keep up.
Quote:
So your argument here is that because some black dudes committed a crime somewhere (and let’s ignore stop, arrest and conviction disparities) that George Floyd should, statistically speaking, expect a knee in his neck for eight minutes until he died? And that’s “normal?”
I wonder why the “All Lives Matter” folks aren’t absolutely outraged about George Floyd and Tamir Rice, LaQuan McDonald, Walter Scott, Stephon Clark and the many others. It’s right in the phrase after all that they care about everyone’s life equally. And yet somehow, for some reason it’s always about leftists and statistics and “hypocrisy,” and not about, you know, lives.
Also, hey, buddy? It’s Black people. Not blacks.
Serious question from a foreigner: is “black people” an acceptable term?
Is there a better one?
Language tends to shift, and it can be fraught keeping up with what is considered offensive and what is not, especially considering that communities aren’t monoliths and therefore don’t always agree at any given time on what the “proper” terminology is.
As I currently understand things (I am white, so take what I say with a grain of salt and defer to an actual Black person if they tell you something different), “Black people” is an acceptable term so long as you capitalize Black, as it refers to culture, not color. Some people prefer African American, but I have been told those two terms are different, as the latter is more specific than the former.
What I can tell you is that calling people “blacks” is unambiguously offensive, at least in America.
Well People, when you say black people .. could some of them be a sarcastic cat.. Or do I infer incorrectly? Could we say human .. or do we need to say H U M A N?
No, there may not be anything outlandish about it, but it is very clearly based upon racism.
Normal has been racist for a long time in this country.
Show your work. Most of the statistics I have seen being thrown around are garbage because they either aren’t proportional, or are missing so much context that they are useless.
You know, 10 years ago I didn’t think there really was a deeper systemic issue. Five years ago I started doing some research and listening to my friends who are POC and realized I needed to try and view things from their perspective. Every single one of them had MULTIPLE stories of being harassed by police officers or of being arrested for nothing and then being released. That opened my eyes a bit. So I kept studying and trying to learn.
I started digging into how use of force rules are made and who has made them. How officers are trained and how effective it is at helping to stop the issues of police violence (hint: it generally isn’t). And what stricter legislation regarding the improper use of force does (hint: when you have strict penalties i.e. lots of jail time for cops who use excessive force, it actually does start to change their behavior). When I did that I began to realize that my previous assumptions were incorrect and that when people talk about these issues being systemic, they really are.
Not to get to deep in the weeds of religion here but the lead pastor at my church last Sunday said something at the end of his message that is unequivocally true: “250 years ago the white founders of this nation perpetuated a terrible sin that I wish they would have repented of, but they didn’t. Because they didn’t we have gone on perpetuating that same sin and we haven’t done nearly enough to stop it. America may have fought a war over the slavery problem 150 years ago but we have never even had a discussion about the racism problem that is built into the foundations of this country.” And that’s the truth.
All Lives Matter doesn’t mean all lives matter because it was created in direct response to people simply asking that Black Lives Matter. It’s a dog whistle. It was created to be one. It’s disingenuous. I know that many people don’t believe it is but that’s because they are ignorant of what it means and where it comes from. For those who do know where it comes from and why it has been used, and continue to use it, they are doing it on purpose to push an agenda that seeks to keep a status quo that supports the inhumane treatment of other human beings. As a human being who spends his days trying to seek the well fare of other human beings, I find that morally reprehensible. Any use of the words “conservative” or “liberal” are meaningless to me in the face of human tragedy. You either care about other people or you don’t. That’s why this isn’t really that hard for most of us to grasp.
Just don’t say it in response to someone saying “Black Lives Matter”. Simple.
Or just say what you mean to say – “White Lives Matter More”.
The term Black Lives Matter is really not a hard concept to grasp.
There are many explanations about it. Some people explain it with the house on fire analogy (“My house is on fire, help!” …..”Yes, but all houses matter!”)
But even after receiving a very logical explanation like that, some people REFUSE to accept it and continue with their “ALL LIVES MATTER! is not racist, in fact it’s racist to say Black Lives Matter!!!!!!”
So it leads one to assume either the person who continues with “ALL LIVES MATTER!”, even after hearing a very logical explanation is either not good with logic, or is feigning ignorance.
In Grant’s case, probably a lot of both.
Not mine
I have so many photoshops saved. It might be too soon.
Probably…..but like the title says “tomorrow’s a new day” which means NEW ‘SHOPS
All your favorites in one photo?
Ziller, off the top rope…
This was so avoidable. Good riddance, Peaches.
A
Grant was a Sacramento icon. I will miss him. His ego got the best of him. In time we will find a better one but at this time we need a change.
End of an error
Eh, whatever. IMO Grant got fired for being dumb, not being obviously racist. He’s a classic case of white privilege and I doubt he really gets the thrust of BLM. There’s nothing wrong with saying All Lives Matter because they should. But it’s obvious that’s not the case. That’s the issue here. But it is fun to have a villain and Grant saying something dumb in the Twitter outrage era is just whatever. Made for good pitchfork material though.
Personally I think it’s funny. But the biggest impact of this will be who does the PBP and I highly doubt (even if it ends up being Koz) that the PBP will be quite as good. Guess we shall see.
Tata Peaches! Nice knowing ya! ððð
Well then that escalated quickly!
If you don’t like that, you don’t like racist dog whistles!
250+ comments…must be a king’s loss
Haha you beat me to it! Remember when there were sports? It all seems like memory now.
Hey DeMarcus, can you please tweet Joe Buck and ask his opinion?
I believe this site will be a success. I predict tons of losses for the Kings.
What a limb you went out on.
Yes, I was being very liberal with my prediction.
anybody else ever go to click sort by oldest/newest and the screen kinda shifts up so your coursor is over the post comment button? Or am I just trippin?
Yes….I have that problem as well.
I haven’t wiped my cache recently.
Gross. Get a bidet!
Yeah I’ve just seen a lot of blank comments, so I was wondering if that might be the cause. It’s really only when I’m first loading the page so it could just be my internet is slow.
Go back to eating your drunk 4 way dogaroo’s, Bratz.
Sir this is sober June, an annual event that precedes drunk July, so no drunk 4 ways for me. Also, in Contra Costa County they’ve prohibited gas stations from selling hot food, so RORDOGs have been hard to come by.
My apologies, my knowledge of Sactown basketball is fairly limited. So I didn’t really get the fun you had with “Peaches” (I just remembered the Hawes shirt).
If you are interested in a bit of nostalgia:
https://www.sactownroyalty.com/2008/4/4/103311/8054
and Rob’s comment back then still seems fitting:
Dear Peaches,Nine of the ten people that actually voted to put a jersey in the rafters in your honor contacted me to rescind their vote. These people included your parents, your wife, your kids, Jerry, Gary Gerould (Gary voted yes on everybody, he’s just that nice), and my mom, who mistakenly thought she was voting for Cary Grant.
I would take this opportunity to really rip you, but I can’t help but pity someone that has a great job and (from all appearances) a great life, yet can’t seem to enjoy it (again, at least not publicly). You appear to be a humorless, mean, joyless individual. I base that on your increasingly negative attitude on your radio show (I must admit that this opinion is a little old as I stopped listening 3 months ago), coupled with your reaction to a harmless T-shirt that benefits the local SPCA.
Grant Napear, you’re a tool.*
*The opinions expressed here are solely section214’s and may not reflect the opinion of StR. No animals were harmed in the writing of this note. OH BOY!
Posted by Rob Hessing on Apr 4, 2008 | 8:17 AM
The part where he said that Napear couldn’t enjoy life hit home to me. I worked at Steve’s Pizza near where he lived in the mid 2000s and he would come there from time to time. I will never forget the time he came in and said “Hey, you must be the order for Grant!”, all excited that the Kings guy was in the store. He then questioned why I would assume the order for Grant was his. It was really weird. I thought that maybe he was having a bad day or something, but when I asked around, everyone said that they had weird interactions like that with him and that everyone had learned to just tone down the fanboy stuff (if that is even fanboy stuff) with him.
He was always nice when I would run into him at Kings functions or at KHTK stuff though, so at least he was nice at work.
I am just here for the comments section
Apparently not all co-workers LOVED Grant.
This is a really good listen. Ive been checking in on Damiens twitter account the last couple days which turned me on to his podcast.
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-podcast-with-damien-barling/e/70112046?autoplay=true
Wow. I though I knew the story about Damien’s one-day suspension. Wow.
Damien states that when he criticized Vlade on-air for his “better deal two days ago”, Grant went to their GM and had him suspended for one day for criticizing Vlade.
Then Grant went to the GM to complain about Damien’s support for Colin Kaepernick.
Wow.
I loved his show, it was JUST what this town needed. I’d hire him tomorrow and give him that afternoon drive slot.
I saw on twitter that Bradley is friendly with him. I would really like to hear Barling on the TKH podcast.
Wow. I will have to give this podcast a listen when I get back home from work.
Good riddance, Grant.
I don’t know what is and isn’t true in all of this, but I’ve been saying since I heard this that Grant knew exactly what he was saying when he responded to Cousins.
What a snowflake
How about DMC as the new play-by-play commentator? 🙂
I learned something over the last few days & this is eye opening. That a bunch of sports bloggers in their “basement” can cause change. I’ve read for a long time what people have to say about the Kings. The varied opinions in the comments are the draw for me. I could put up a topic .. What do you think about the new Kings Tie-Dye home uniforms.. and the comments will go where they may. Also, you don’t want to get behind and stay current; follow where ever it is going to go. It will be an interesting ride.
Yo quit meowing so much it’s time to sleep
https://mobile.twitter.com/wojespn/status/1268203696728530950
Woj: Kings making the playoffs (sort of)
I know this is all about ones interpretation but Carmichael Dave put it best…in this situation the “PLAY IN” game is not part of the “PLAY OFFS”
Getting Peaches fired easily makes DeMarcus Cousins one of the Top 5 Kings of all time.
Retire Boogie’s number for this alone lmao. He just fuckin rolled the ball out and Grant dove face first on it.
If, indeed, the move was indeed the Kings,the bottom line is, would an average team have made this move? To not let a tenured employee even kiss butt after making this quasi comment?
If not, we have an ownership deliberately placing itself politically, not respecting it’s non liberal paying customer by firing a top 3 announcer for disagreeable politics
The non liberal customers would then need to show the ownership the same respect (unless this is proven to somehow be about finances/something else which I doubt)
Or anyone can do a google news search for “radio announcer fired” and scroll through the pages of RECENT results showing radio announcers are fired on the reg for a litany of missteps.
Why do you guys keep equating being against racism is a leftist view and is generally bad? Are you guys closet racists?
Antiracism isn’t “political” unless you’re a racist, Imprint Guy.
Holy Crap-Oly! I logged on for the first time in a few days and this is the shit I see? LOL grant. dummy dumb dumb. You could have gotten away with that dummy comment a couple of years ago and gotten some eye rolls but right now is a legit Civil Rights movement. Aye Yai Yai.
I hope they put someone semi-intelligent next to Doug cause if not that shit is gonna be super cringeworthy. Can you imagine Doug and Bjax? Jezus Louizus!
I wonder if they’ll go for another Sacramento legend? Dunno who would fit, but I’m ready to give them a try.
lol Doug and Peja!
in all seriousness Scott Pollard would be good but unattainable. Maybe maybe Brad Miller or Mitch Richmond. I’m not sure at this point. No doubt about it that Grant’s shoes will
be hard to fill.
I vote to blow it all up for the broadcast rebuild. Send Christie to concessions and have Jerry mentor some young aspiring play-by-play duo’s. In a couple of seasons, we’ll see where we’re at.
Badge Legend