What Spencer Haywood has said about National Basketball Players Association
2 quotes · 1 episode · May 8, 2026
Spencer Haywood, American former professional basketball player, Olympic gold medalist and Hall of Famer whose Supreme Court case ended the NBA's four-year rule, has been quoted on National Basketball Players Association 2 times in 1 episode of Digital Social Hour, most recently on May 8, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Haywood says Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ended the players' snub of him by asking why they were still punishing him after he won.
“He said, he won the case, man. Why are we still punishing him?”
Digital Social Hour: He Took the NBA to the Supreme Court... & Won... | Spencer Haywood | DSH #1955 (May 8, 2026) · Listen from 12:49
Haywood says LeBron James cursed at him at a board meeting, and he confronted James about it afterward.
“why would you talk to me such harsh ways and I paved the way for you?”
Digital Social Hour: He Took the NBA to the Supreme Court... & Won... | Spencer Haywood | DSH #1955 (May 8, 2026) · Listen from 36:30
Episodes
He Took the NBA to the Supreme Court... & Won... | Spencer Haywood | DSH #1955Digital Social Hour · May 8, 2026 · 1 h 4 min
Basketball Hall of Famer Spencer Haywood tells Sean Kelly about his Supreme Court fight against the NBA, 1968 Olympic gold, racism, addiction, therapy and family.
Spencer Haywood on other topics
- Haywood v. National Basketball Association · 5 quotes
- Name, image and likeness rights in college sports · 2 quotes
- NBA expansion · 2 quotes
- Addiction and recovery · 1 quote
- Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty · 1 quote
- Psychotherapy · 1 quote
- Jim Crow laws · 1 quote
- NCAA amateurism · 1 quote