Grant Hill’s Response to Jalen Rose

I really wish Grant Hill and Jalen Rose won an NBA Championship. They are two of my favorite players ever. Does Grant still have a chance with the Phoenix Suns? I don't know. Jalen has already retired.

This is a great op-ed piece from Grant Hill in the New York Times in response to the Jalen Rose produced documentary on ESPN about the "Fab 5" where Rose stated that Duke recruited only black players he considered to be "Uncle Toms."

From NY Times:

“The Fab Five,” an ESPN film about the Michigan basketball careers of Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Chris Webber, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson from 1991 to 1993, was broadcast for the first time Sunday night. In the show, Rose, the show’s executive producer, stated that Duke recruited only black players he considered to be “Uncle Toms.” Grant Hill, a player on the Duke team that beat Michigan in the 1992 Final Four, reflected on Rose’s comments.

I am a fan, friend and longtime competitor of the Fab Five. I have competed against Jalen Rose and Chris Webber since the age of 13. At Michigan, the Fab Five represented a cultural phenomenon that impacted the country in a permanent and positive way. The very idea of the Fab Five elicited pride and promise in much the same way the Georgetown teams did in the mid-1980s when I was in high school and idolized them. Their journey from youthful icons to successful men today is a road map for so many young, black men (and women) who saw their journey through the powerful documentary, “The Fab Five.”

Continued in NY Times