NBPA slams Lithuanian club president for racist comments
The National Basketball Players Association released a statement Tuesday regarding the racist comments made by BC Lietuvos Rytas president Gedvydas Vainauskas last week.
"The comments made by BC Lietuvos Rytas' President Gedvydas Vainauskas on Friday are as stupid as they are offensive," the statement reads. "Basketball is an institution that unites people around the world and it saddens us to see it tarnished by such racism. Unfortunately, this serves as a reminder of just how far we still must go in ridding the basketball community, and our society as a whole, of such hateful sentiments.
"In order to ensure that such bigotry is stamped out, we call upon FIBA to take action so that this kind of hatred and racism is purged from professional basketball. FIBA has been presented with the opportunity to show the world that racial discrimination will not be tolerated within our sport and we truly hope they take full advantage of it."
Vainauskas has drawn a ton of backlash after telling a reporter that "there shouldn't be more than two black players on the team."