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NBA Hall of Famer Wayne Embry: 'The Inside Game'

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Published June 9, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

NBA Hall of Famer Wayne Embry talks to NPR's Tavis Smiley about his legacy in the NBA, being the first African-American general manager of a team and the hard road that led to his success. The legend also shares some of the problems in the NBA, laid out in his new book, The Inside Game: Race, Power and Politics in the NBA.

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