Oklahoma City Thunder Announcer Suspended After ‘Cotton-Pickin’ Mind’ Comment About Player
Oklahoma City Thunder announcer Brian Davis has been suspended, after saying during a game this week that Thunder player Russell Westbrook was “out of his cotton-pickin’ mind.”
A spokesman for the team said that Davis has received a one-game suspension, for Sunday’s Game 1 playoff game in Oklahoma City. The team’s radio announcer Matt Pinto will fill in for Davis for Sunday’s game.
In a statement, Davis apologized for the comment, saying that the suspension is “an appropriate consequence for my actions.