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Kings Announcer Grant Napear Placed on Leave After 'All Lives Matter' Tweet

Kings play-by-play announcer Grant Napear has been placed on administrative leave by Sacramento radio station KHTK, according to the Sacramento Bee's Jason Anderson.

Napear is being placed on leave following an exchange on Twitter with former Kings center DeMarcus Cousins. Napear was asked by Cousins for his thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement before responding "All Lives Matter...Every Single One!"

"Grant Napear has been placed on administrative leave while we are investigating the statement that was made on Twitter," KHTK program director Jason Ross said in a statement.

Napear has been the Kings' play-by-play announcer since 1988.