Ahead of a tantalizing Warriors-Kings Game 1 matchup Saturday night, ESPN’s Michael Wilbon brought a curious name into the mix: disgraced former Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson.
On an interminable ABC pregame show — the game tipped off about half an hour after scheduled — Wilbon praised Johnson for his role in keeping the Kings in Sacramento.
It’s true that Johnson, who was the mayor of Sacramento from 2008 to 2016, made using public funds to keep the Kings in the city a major plank of his administration. But he is in no way a praiseworthy public figure.