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‘He had a great vision’: Utah Jazz players respond to death of L.A.-based rapper Nipsey Hussle

When rapper Nipsey Hussle — a Grammy-nominated artist from the Los Angeles area — was shot and killed Sunday outside of a clothing store he owned, it had an immediate impact on the NBA community, including the Utah Jazz, with dozens of tributes on social media Sunday night.

“It’s a lot of guys who, well, we have a lot of money obviously. Sometimes we don’t do the right thing with it," Crowder said. “He was trying to influence the other side of it, to do the right thing with it, and to help your community and help your family, to just do things the right way.