The nba is predicated on this insane contradiction of disposable black labor for the purposes of creating white wealth, while at the same time extolling and elevating that black labor to the heights of heroes. The lack of guaranteed contracts is what's connected to what allows them tabot be so conservative and authoritarian. Once you have somebody pushing against that, i mean, if you're the person in charge, you start feeling like other pulling a string on a sweater all of a sudden.