Sonya Curry, the mother of NBA guards Seth and Stephen Curry, said former Charlotte Hornets owner George Shinn mistakenly believed she was white and used her relationship with Hornets legend Dell Curry to discourage interracial marriage by other members of the organization.
On Monday, Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated provided comments from the Curry matriarch about learning of Shinn's alleged racist remarks in 1988:
"The owner called in another player, a white guy player who dated black women, and said, 'We drafted you. We know who you like to date.