2014 NBA Playoffs

[jersey cubs fan]

Here's my question: Everyone seems to have known about his overt racism for quite a while. So why were players OK with things prior to this, if it were basically a known fact long before, stemming from Elgin, the other lawsuits, etc?

 

I'm glad to see the [expletive] finally get what's coming to him, but everyone knew this previously and it should have happened long ago.

 

I don't think people were generally OK with things, but they didn't have the momentum and opportunity to push him out. He gave them that opportunity and they pounced on it.

[Derwood]

I love the white male callers on sports talk radio who would all like to "just get past these race issues in 'Merica".

 

DECODED: "I'm uncomfortable that people are railing on opinions about race that I happen to share, so can we please just stop talking about it?"

[imb]

Yeah, I ended up in a group text last night where a guy kept repeating that he was just tired of these black people complaining. ooooook then

[Guest]

Here's my question: Everyone seems to have known about his overt racism for quite a while. So why were players OK with things prior to this, if it were basically a known fact long before, stemming from Elgin, the other lawsuits, etc?

 

I'm glad to see the [expletive] finally get what's coming to him, but everyone knew this previously and it should have happened long ago.

 

I don't think people were generally OK with things, but they didn't have the momentum and opportunity to push him out. He gave them that opportunity and they pounced on it.

 

I think this instance also was pretty crystal clear. His company getting sued over discrimination has a lot more complexity and shades of gray than him clearly telling his ladyfriend not to be publicly seen with black people.

[PosterToBeNamedLater]

Yeah, I ended up in a group text last night where a guy kept repeating that he was just tired of these black people complaining. ooooook then

lol. I am just glad that after hundreds of years of a horrible history of racism in this country, we have finally found the true victims: white guys who are tired of hearing about it.

[Sammy Sofa]

More gems from the same idiot...

 

How racist is this guy if his mistress/girlfriend is half-black?

 

Hey, one of the KKK's Super Dragons or whatever the [expletive] was just caught with a black male hooker; even racists lust for forbidden fruit.

[SouthSideRyan]

Needless to say the Illinois Scout board is as pathetic as ever on the topic.

[mul21]

Mark Wohlers ‏@MarkWohlers 3h

I’m off to search for the First Amendment. Hopefully it’s around here somewhere. Be back soon #fingerscrossed

 

Mark Wohlers must be thinking that Sterling was arrested.

 

There needs to be a Cosmos-like show that explains basic US civics to the average person.

 

Here's a start:

 

http://www.upworthy.com/a-quick-little-reminder-to-everyone-who-seems-to-have-forgotten-what-exactly-free-speech-means?c=ufb1

[dcvalpo]

http://www.ijreview.com/2014/04/133773-video-shaquille-oneal-celebrity-friends-cruelly-mocked-disabled-man-got-14k-likes/

 

As if we needed more evidence that Shaq is an ass...

[Soul]

More gems from the same idiot...

 

How racist is this guy if his mistress/girlfriend is half-black?

 

Hey, one of the KKK's Super Dragons or whatever the [expletive] was just caught with a black male hooker; even racists lust for forbidden fruit.

Hah, awesome

[Banedon]

Chances Sterling sues over this?

100%

 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2047434-donald-sterling-reportedly-will-sue-nba-if-forced-to-sell-clippers

 

Donald Sterling won’t go down without a fight, according to an NBA executive who is close to the disgraced owner of the Clippers, and will sue the NBA if the other 29 owners vote to force him to sell.

 

The wheels are in motion to remove Sterling, a process that the executive said Wednesday night would lead to a lawsuit by the disgraced owner, possibly tying up the future of the team for years.

 

"He is not going to sell the team," the executive said.

[jersey cubs fan]

http://gawker.com/sterling-yells-at-george-costanza-for-associating-with-1570386651

 

There's video of him making a lot of same comments back in the 90s.

[Soul]

I wonder how that would play out, if Sterling is able to block the NBA from forcing him to sell.

 

Would the NBA then remove the Clippers from the league, and then re-sell the franchise rights to another ownership group?

[jersey cubs fan]

I wonder how that would play out, if Sterling is able to block the NBA from forcing him to sell.

 

Would the NBA then remove the Clippers from the league, and then re-sell the franchise rights to another ownership group?

 

It is going to go one of two ways:

 

A) A very long protracted process where the NBA sticks to its guns but Sterling manages to pit multiple groups against one another in a bidding war, using the threat of lawsuit against the NBA to force it to help drive up the price.

 

B) A very long protracted process where the NBA waits for the heat to die down and then allows for some sort of transfer of ownership from Sterling to his heirs.

[Soul]

I wonder how that would play out, if Sterling is able to block the NBA from forcing him to sell.

 

Would the NBA then remove the Clippers from the league, and then re-sell the franchise rights to another ownership group?

 

It is going to go one of two ways:

 

A) A very long protracted process where the NBA sticks to its guns but Sterling manages to pit multiple groups against one another in a bidding war, using the threat of lawsuit against the NBA to force it to help drive up the price.

 

B) A very long protracted process where the NBA waits for the heat to die down and then allows for some sort of transfer of ownership from Sterling to his heirs.

 

Ick. Next year is likely to be very strange in Clipper-land.

[Guest]

I wonder how that would play out, if Sterling is able to block the NBA from forcing him to sell.

 

Would the NBA then remove the Clippers from the league, and then re-sell the franchise rights to another ownership group?

 

It is going to go one of two ways:

 

A) A very long protracted process where the NBA sticks to its guns but Sterling manages to pit multiple groups against one another in a bidding war, using the threat of lawsuit against the NBA to force it to help drive up the price.

 

B) A very long protracted process where the NBA waits for the heat to die down and then allows for some sort of transfer of ownership from Sterling to his heirs.

 

Ick. Next year is likely to be very strange in Clipper-land.

If he owns the team by the start of the season I will be shocked. I should say, if the sale of the team isn't in process I will be shocked.

[jersey cubs fan]

Floyd Mayweather was going to do an interview on CNBC defending Sterling, and just cancelled.

[bukie]

Floyd Mayweather was going to do an interview on CNBC defending Sterling, and just cancelled.

Floyd Mayweather doesn't like to take a hit.

[Ryne Ween]

A 7 and 8 seed both have a shot to close the series at home tonight. Unexpected.

 

Love seeing BKN idiot tank come back to bite them losing a series hopefully to TOR and WSH cruised past us. Makes that strategy look pretty asinine.

 

Gonna be sad when Durant goes to LAL and wins 3 straight titles.

[Derwood]

Supposedly a buying group that includes Oprah Winfrey is expressing interest in the Clippers

[Cubswin11]

Hibbert's last two games: 0-3 FG, 0 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks, 1 turnover, 8 fouls, 24 TOTAL minutes

[CubColtPacer]

Hibbert's last two games: 0-3 FG, 0 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks, 1 turnover, 8 fouls, 24 TOTAL minutes

 

Yup. When you combine his struggles recently with the Hawks tactics (pack the paint on defense, spread the floor wildly on offense) there's no reason for him to be on the floor. Many Pacer fans just want him benched entirely for game 7. If (a big if) the Pacers make it past the Hawks, Hibbert becomes much more important in the next series, but in this series he's a detriment.

[dcvalpo]

I wonder how that would play out, if Sterling is able to block the NBA from forcing him to sell.

 

Would the NBA then remove the Clippers from the league, and then re-sell the franchise rights to another ownership group?

 

It is going to go one of two ways:

 

A) A very long protracted process where the NBA sticks to its guns but Sterling manages to pit multiple groups against one another in a bidding war, using the threat of lawsuit against the NBA to force it to help drive up the price.

 

B) A very long protracted process where the NBA waits for the heat to die down and then allows for some sort of transfer of ownership from Sterling to his heirs.

 

Or

 

C) We find out Sterling has cancer and they just wait for him to die within the year.

[Soul]

As I was flipping through channels last night, I caught someone saying that Sterling actually has some portion of the Clipper in his family trust, which might mean its more difficult for the league to get him to sell, since "him" is actually his family.

[Cubswin11]

That would make sense that someone at his age would already have put a chunk in a trust/entity he wasn't the sole owner of. Also he has cancer apparently