Draymond Green responds to Mark Cuban’s criticism over use of term ‘owner’

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Speaking Thursday afternoon to a standing-room-only crowd at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, Warriors forward Draymond Green detailed why he feels so strongly that "chairman" should replace the term "owner" in sports. "When you look at the word 'owner,' it really dates back to slavery," said Green, who spoke to more than 500 students and faculty at Harvard ahead of Thursday night's nationally televised game against the Celtics. "The word 'owner' and 'master' dates back to slavery. However it was then, if you were a slave owner, it's kind of your job. You owned slaves. They did the work for you. You sold the cotton. We just took those words and continued to use them.