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My name is Joel Abelson. I am a white Jew from the Bay Area. I went to Michigan for college, then started a minor league basketball coaching odyssey traveling all over this great country. I was a head coach by the time I was 29, and two year later I got engaged to my college sweetheart and on the literal day I proposed I got a job offer from the Knicks to work in their front office, it was fate, love and basketball even if it wasn’t coaching. Growing up my dear Mother always told me “Joely honey, you’re so special. You’re the most special person in the world.” My parents instilled me a sense of confidence but they were wrong. I’m not special. I personally am remarkably unspecial. I’m just a guy who likes to have interesting conversations with people I find interesting. Like I said at the top. I’m a white privileged Jew who grew up with every advantage and I’m TOTALLY comfortable discussing a wide range of hot button topics from my perspective. If you’re offended by that, good,