non-partisan politics with underlying basketball themes

These two articles are important and enlightening... I feel for Enes and especially for Julius Jones. I am proud of Enes, Blake, Russell,and other NBA stars for speaking out. I doubt anyone of Sam's site will take any offense at all to these stories.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29334397/celtics-enes-kanter-says-father-released-turkish-prison-7-years

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29318748/why-blake-griffin-russell-westbrook-other-nba-stars-fighting-save-julius-jones

Thanks, Worcester. I knew about Kanter's dad, but the Jones story is new to me

It was to me also.

That is a terribly sad story. I pray that they are able to do something to help this young man