Grant Hill writes back

Suns forward Grant Hill has written an editorial that will appear in this Sunday's New York Times in response to the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary on Michigan's Fab Five.

The Fab Five was a college contemporary of Hill's time at Duke and the documentary, for which Jalen Rose was executive producer, has created controversy with statements Rose made about Duke recruiting, including an "Uncle Tom" reference. He and Michigan teammate Jimmy King made specific statements about Hill.

"For me, Duke was a person," Rose said on the documentary. "I hated Duke and I hated everything Duke stood for. Schools like Duke don't recruit players like me. I felt like they only recruited Black players that were Uncle Toms.

"I was jealous of Grant Hill. He came from a great Black family. Congratulations, your mom went to college and was roommates with Hillary Clinton. And your dad played in the NFL - a very well-spoken and successful man. I was upset and bitter my mom had to bust her hump for 20 years. I was bitter that I had a professional athlete that was my dad that I didn't know. I resented that more than I resented him."