Typical Boneyard. Has to deteriorate into a contest.
A great player, a rookie on his first contract yet, shows the values instilled in him by his mother, and the thread deteriorates into arguments about Cuban and others. Owners may be somewhat impacted by employment law or maybe are just plain selfish/cheap, so why drag them into a story about the actions of a generous player?
My immediate thought was, how nice a young man he must be. To see a player, who like so many others came from nothing and was made instantly wealthy after one year of college basketball, make such a generous gesture should be celebrated.
AND, I think it's fair to ask why other players haven't done more for charities. It makes me laugh when I see some fabulously wealthy athlete who will earn $250 million or more in his career talk about "giving back" when he plays in a charity golf tournament or shows up at some other event as part of the celebrity lineup. Too bad more don't have Zion's values.