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  • England's Amaechi: being gay was a factor in Jazz cut

    02/12/2007 6:17:13 AM PST · by presidio9 · 17 replies · 836+ views
    AFP ^ | 02/12/07
    England's John Amaechi, a former NBA player who reveals in a new book that he is gay, told ESPN that he believes his homosexuality was a factor in his parting ways with the Utah Jazz. Speaking on ESPN's "Outside the Lines" about his upcoming ESPN Books publication "Man in the Middle", Amaechi became the first former NBA player to announce he is gay, a fact revealed in a magazine story last Wednesday. Amaechi is convinced his gay lifestyle was a factor behind Jazz coach Jerry Sloan not using him at the start of the 2003-2004 season. "It's not necessarily just...