NBA player Kyle Korver is a forward and shooting guard for the Utah Jazz. The 6’7 athlete who’s been playing professional basketball since 2003 is also mt for 2k20 white man, an albeit, obvious fact which inspired his recent personal essay in Players Tribune entitled Privileged. The 38-year-old from Paramount, California, who played college basketball at Creighton before being drafted by the New Jersey Nets, wrote a moving op-ed about racism in the NBA, commenting on how he’s watched fellow teammates such as Thabo Sefolosha, and non-teammates like Russell Westbrook, have to abide by a tougher set of rules, both on the court and in life. Here’s what you need to know about Korver’s Privileged Essay: 1. The Russell Westbrook Incident Explained While playing the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star was charged $25,000 for exchanging words with fan, Shane Keisel. Westbrook yelled, “I’ll f**k you up, you and your wife,” after something was said to him. Later, Westbrook expressed how the man in the stands was yelling racial slurs at him. In the essay, Korver highlights this night: “In a closed-door meeting with the president of the Jazz the next day, my teammates shared stories of similar experiences they’d had — of feeling degraded in ways that went beyond acceptable heckling. One teammate talked about how his mom had called him right after the game, concerned for his safety in SLC. One teammate said the night felt like being ‘in a zoo’… Everyone was upset. I was upset — and embarrassed, too.” The Jazz banned Keisel from ever attending future games or any events at Vivint Smart Home Arena. 2. Korver Spoke About Racism in the NBA on Video with Teammates Sefolosha, Udoh, and Niang. https://www.theplayerstribune/en-us/videos/utah-jazz-racism-nba?jwsource=cl The Westbrook situation really shook not just Korver, but the entire Jazz team. In addition to his essay, Korver sat down in a forum to speak about social injustices in the NBA on video with his Utah Jazz teammates: Thabo Sefolosha, Ekpe Udoh and Georges Niang. They discuss the game for which Russell Westbrook had a fan yelling racist slurs mt nba 2k20 him while playing in Salt Lake City.