Dream speak out, Mayor Dicken's plea, Flavor Flav's pass

The NBA Finals on the horizon. The Atlanta Dream will host the Golden State Valkyries tomorrow. They must win this to keep their championship hopes alive. But it's the same day the Atlanta Hawks are set to host the Cleveland Cavaliers. In an open letter to the city, the Dream addressed scheduling conflicts with the NBA, saying they raised concerns two months ago when the WNBA finalized the final schedule. Yes, so in that letter, the Dream says they reiterated their concerns as they moved through the playoffs. but team officials say their concerns, quote, did not receive the attention or the urgency that they deserved. The letter goes on to suggest that league officials may have assumed the dream wouldn't make it this far. The team also thanking fans, of course, for their support, saying, quote, playing a midday game on a Thursday is not what we would have chosen and not what we fought for. In the meantime, Atlanta's Mayor Andre Dickens is asking businesses and teachers to give workers and students a little slack to show their support i love this actually as the dream fight for their first WNBA championship yes the mayor shared an open letter on Instagram encouraging educators and employees to allow people to watch tomorrow's game saying quote whether they're at the game or catch it a few moments on their devices please allows that allow them to be excited to cheer on our home team and if you do need some additional permission rap legend Flavor Flav has issued a signed permission slip for everybody to be excused from work tomorrow to watch game six he uh even went as far as to call it a quote paid holiday interesting well the unofficial document includes a blank space for fans to fill out their own names and urges bosses to go ahead and approve that day off Flavor Flav coming in clutch for us all right you can't argue with him nope yeah not at all what do you think joanne no and you know it reminds me