In the leaked recording, Sterling tells his girlfriend, V. Stiviano, how displeased he is that she associates with black people such as Magic Johnson and brings them to Clippers games. Last week NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced that Sterling would be banned for life from the NBA and the league would move to force a sale of the team.
Abdul-Jabbar said Sunday that the league has a responsibility to address racism “when it’s appropriate.”
“What the NBA has to do now is just keep the issue in people’s minds when it’s appropriate,” he said. “It’s not something you can constantly be harping on, but when it’s appropriate and they see people doing things that don’t line up with how we’re supposed to be feeling about things, then people have to speak up.”
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