This year, the NBA celebrates the 75th Anniversary of the historic 1950 NBA Draft, commemorating the season that broke the color barrier when NBA Pioneers Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton became the first Black players to enter the NBA. Ahead of the 13th selection tonight, the pick that Cooper was drafted in 1950, family members of our NBA Pioneers, Chuck Cooper III (son of Chuck Cooper), Kevin Lloyd (son of Earl Lloyd) and JaTaun Robinson (daughter of Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton) joined NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, Andre Iguodala, Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association and Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson on stage for a special moment in recognizing and honoring their fathers. #NBAPioneers75