Korver also benefitted at each stop …

Korver also benefitted at each stop with a gift that would expand his view of humanity and race. As a white man in a black man’s game and locker room, he received a level of education and awareness and sensitivity that escapes many who look like him. “When I went to Philadelphia I was the only white guy on the team my rookie year,” he said. “After a couple years I get traded to Salt Lake City, which is as white as it gets in the NBA. Went from there to Chicago and Atlanta. Then I went to Cleveland, then back to Utah. And now I’m in Milwaukee, a place some say is the most segregated city in America. It seems whenever I go, I move from one side to the other.”