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Mark Cuban thinks Draymond Green ‘owes the NBA an apology’ for his post about ownership

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During a meeting with his fellow NFL owners last month, Houston Texas owner Robert McNair opened a floodgate of controversy by saying the NFL “can’t have inmates running the prison” in the discussion about what to do with players kneeling for the national anthem.

Although McNair has since apologized for his comment and claims it was directed towards his fellow owners–not the players–this issue leaked beyond football and pricked the ears of Draymond Green.

In response, Green took to social media and shared his thoughts on McNair’s comments on Instagram.

Green argued that the term “owner” gives the impression that there is something being owned–the players–and suggested it be changed to something with less historical and racial connotation. Although Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban thought McNair’s comments were “wrong, ridiculous”, he believes Green’s comments were an unfair portrayal of NBA ownership.

“If you want to talk about slavery and everything that’s important about it and some people who make comments and don’t respect other individuals, great, let’s have that conversation about people who don’t respect others,” Cuban said. “But don’t try to suggest that because we have a team and the nomenclature is ‘owners’ because we own shares of stock, own equity, that it’s analogous to slavery. That’s just as bad [as McNair’s comment]. It’s just as bad.”

Cuban went on to admit that he hasn’t been perfect as an owner, but “that’s certainly not a connotation that you’re going to hear from anybody that I’ve ever been associated with. I’ve been brutally honest about racism and how we have to work hard to overcome it, but to suggest that an NBA team is some sort of…I’m not even going to go there.”

After hearing Cuban’s response, Green refused to respond and instead jokingly began talking about the Saturday night’s game against the Denver Nuggets.