Steve Nash filling the Brooklyn Nets head coaching vacancy was the biggest news in sports Thursday.
It was also the most debatable between people who believe he's qualified as a Hall of Fame point guard and two-time MVP and others who perceive his race as a main factor.
Retired NBA player and Phoenix native Richard Jefferson defended the Nets hiring Phoenix Suns legend on ESPN's First Take to dismiss co-host Stephen A. Smith who attributed Nash getting the job to "white privilege" over several available qualified Black NBA coaching candidates.
The Arizona alum rebutted Smith's claim that it was a basketball decision rather than looking at it through a black-and-white lens.