Thunder television play-by-play man Brian Davis has been suspended for Game 1 of the playoff series against Utah on Sunday for a comment
he made about star Russell Westbrook during Oklahoma City’s regular-season
finale against Memphis.
Davis said Westbrook was ”out of his cotton-pickin’ mind
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averaging a triple-double in multiple seasons.
Cotton picking was the primary responsibility for black slaves in the South, so the term can be offensive when used by a white person to describe a black
person. Many took to social media to complain about Davis’ choice of words.
Davis is white and Westbrook is black.
Dan Mahoney, the Thunder’s vice president of broadcasting and corporate communications
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”It is with great remorse and humility that I accept this suspension for the insensitive words I used during Wednesday’s broadcast,” Davis said in a
statement. ”While unintentional, I understand and acknowledge the gravity of the
situation. I offer my sincere apology and realize that
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Davis also apologized on Facebook.
Mahoney said Matt Pinto, the team’s radio play-by-play announcer
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