Kenneth Shropshire STEVE GOLDSTEIN: The NBA is nearly a third of the way through its regular season, and some markets, including Phoenix, have started welcoming a small percentage of fans back into the arenas. Dallas had not been one of them until this week, and that had given the Mavericks — and their "maverick" owner, Mark Cuban — the opportunity to not play the national anthem, which is traditionally played before every game. And since fans weren't present to express support or concern about it, the policy continued. That is, until a couple of journalists from the Athletic reported on it. And the NBA responded with an official statement on [Feb. 10] calling for every team to play the national anthem, quote, "in keeping with longstanding league policy," end quote. Understanding how Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the anthem before NFL games led to controversy and inflammatory tweets from Donald Trump, I wanted to talk with Kenneth Shropshire of ASU's Global Sport Institute to put this into context. So, Ken, what do you think Mark Cuban was trying to do? And then what do you think about the NBA's move to sort of big foot on Cuba?