On today's TrueHoop Henry Abbott and Jarod Hector are joined by Dr. Theresa Runstedtler, author of the forthcoming book Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA 

They discuss:

• What led Theresa to writing a book about these specific NBA players?
• Who has governance over the Black body?
• How did the policies and incidents that shaped America in the 1960s and 1970s shape NBA policies and vice versa?
• The struggles fought for then are still the same struggles that are bing played out now with load management and the collective bargaining agreement.

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