In an hour-long “fireside chat” with Yale students —recorded on September 10 and posted Friday— Joe Tsai says some “very, very emotional conversations” with his players led him to make the commitment he and his wife Clara have made to social justice, including his $50 million Social Justice Fund for Brooklyn announced in August.
Tsai, who spoke via Zoom to students at the Tsai Center for Innovational Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY) didn’t detail which players he has spoken with, but he described the discussions as intense and emotional and his response as necessary.
“The background is the Brooklyn Nets and the NBA,” said Tsai when asked about his commitment.