ABC’s Warriors-Spurs broadcast Saturday night “did not shy away" from examining Warriors F Andre Iguodala’s racially-charged remarks about his not playing against the Spurs, and it was an “excellent moment for the broadcast because they examined a relevant story,” according to Richard Deitsch of SI.com. Iguodala on Friday said of resting for the game, “I do what master say.” ABC analyst Mark Jackson said, “It’s wrong, it’s offensive, and you got to do better.” Analyst Jeff Van Gundy added, “We (ESPN) are supposedly partners with the league, right? We’re not. It’s one sided. We used to get access to players for paying a billion dollars. Now they don’t feel like they have to come in [to talk to the broadcasters] and we can’t ask them these questions. Because when you say stuff like that, you should have to address them." Play-by-play announcer Mike Breen said, “The league has not addressed it.” Van Gundy: “I’ll tell you what, they would if it was a white guy saying it. That’s for sure. And they should have. They should have already addressed it and said, ‘No matter who says that, we are not going to be tolerant of that type of language’” (SI.com, 3/12).
