A civil rights activist took a highly-critical stance toward the Charlotte Hornets organization and their decision to dismiss play-by-play announcer John Focke.
Alvertis Simmons, the president of Simmons Foundation for Youth and Change, took aim at Michael Jordan's handling of the incident while sitting down with Darren McKee on 104.3 the fan (KKFN) in Denver, Colo. last Thursday. An appearance by Simmons was brokered by the station to smooth over racial tensions created by McKee tweeting out a racial slur during an NBA playoff game on Aug 23.
In the span of the 18-minute radio interview, Simmons went after Jordan saying, "I know in Charlotte, the announcer there for the Charlotte Hornets, he tweeted the same thing you did, DMac.