Both Doc Rivers and Steve Kerr could return to the media this year. But their comments about ICE earlier this year should give networks pause.

In late January, at the height of public protests, both NBA coaches made false claims about the agency. Kerr said at a press conference that federal agents were not "rooting out violent criminals," but were instead "taking 5-year-old kindergartners." Rivers, meanwhile, claimed ICE was randomly targeting Brown people and committing "murder."

Now, for some facts.

A week before Kerr’s comments, Operation Metro Surge released records showing federal agents had arrested multiple violent offenders, including convicted murderers and sex offenders. That alone undercuts Kerr’s assertion.

Kerr also pointed to a case in Minneapolis involving a 5-year-old. According to DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin, agents were trying to arrest the child’s father, who allegedly fled on foot and left the boy alone in a running vehicle in sub-freezing temperatures. DHS said agents attempted to place the child with his mother.

They were not "taking" the child.

Rivers’ claims were even more incendiary. He accused ICE agents of "murdering" people. Murder is a legal term. He appeared to be referring to the Jan. 9 shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota. Based on available evidence, the ICE agent involved has been described by federal officials as acting in self-defense, citing that Good drove her vehicle directly toward the agent.

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