Former NBA player Elijah Millsap is standing by his story after the Utah Jazz released a statement concerning his allegations of bigotry within its brass. Elijah, the younger brother of former Jazz player and current Denver Nuggets forward Paul Millsap, accused team executive Dennis Lindsey of once threatening to cut his “Black ass” and sending him home back in 2015.
The Jazz has already released a statement about bringing in an outside counsel to investigate the matter. Elijah Millsap, who last played in the NBA in 2017, is hoping that justice will be served with due diligence following his big revelation.
“Obviously, I know my truth,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press. “Some outside counsel or somebody, all they can do is just try to stir it up and make it me look as if I’m lying. I did it basically to free myself from the torture of holding things in, to free myself, not to make Dennis Lindsey feel bad and not to make him look like a racist. I don’t feel he is a racist, but I do know what he said to me.”
Issues of racism within the highest ranks of basketball have been an issue around the league before, with that whole Donald Sterling-Los Angeles Clippers debacle first coming to mind. Elijah Millsap, meanwhile, barely made an impact on the floor in his one-year stint in Salt Lake from 2015-16.
The current Jazz team has been the toast of the league as of late, racing to a league-best 26-7 slate. As great as they've been in the first half of the season, this whole Elijah Millsap-Dennis Lindsey situation is a distraction they can't afford right now.
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