[Regina]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

Regina Regina:

Banned his stupid ass.

I had no idea that Sterling had been a member of CKA!

Well if he ever shows his wrinkled up ass around here..........BOOM!

[Regina]

Anyone hear the recording?

"You can bang black guys ....just don't bring them to games."

[BRAH]

Regina Regina:

Anyone hear the recording?

"You can bang black guys ....just don't bring them to games."

[Gunnair]

Regina Regina:

Anyone hear the recording?

"You can bang black guys ....just don't bring them to games."

[andyt]

I've gotta say, what I heard this guy say isn't so bad - just doesn't want blacks around. How much fuss is there about Nation of Islam, they don't want whites around. Aren't some NBA players adherents? Wasn't there just a player called out for this for his tat or t shirt or something? The shit storm about that was sure a lot less than this guy. How many black people give other blacks grief for dating white people? How many blacks just hang with other blacks, don't want no white folk around.

As far as denigrating blacks, I've seen way worse written here than this guy said. He just doesn't want them around - that's his choice. A strange choice for an NBA owner, but I think the reaction here is a bit over the top vs the reaction of blacks who don't like whites. But that's par for the course, I guess.

[Public_Domain]

[Regina]

[ShepherdsDog]

Remember Charles Barkley's comment, ' That's why I hate white people'

http://articles.philly.com/1995-02-13/s ... ngelo-joke

10 sports figures who've made racist comments

[Thanos]

This actually would have been kinda awesome to see if the NBA had wussed out on Sterling:

$1:

The plan was set, the product of a 30-minute players meeting.

The Warriors were going to go through pre-game warm-ups and take part in the national anthem and starting line-up introductions. They were going to take the floor for the jump ball, dapping up the Clippers players as is customary before games.

Then once the ball was in the air, they were just going to walk off. All 15 of them.

“It would have been our only chance to make a statement in front of the biggest audience that we weren’t going to accept anything but the maximum punishment,” Curry said. “We would deal with the consequences later but we were not going to play.”



The message was intentionally bold and controversial, point guard Stephen Curry said. And if they had their way, the Clippers would have joined them in exiting the court.

The wheels were in motion until NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s banishment of Clippers’ owner Donald Sterling appeased the players’ fury. And there were plans being hatched for all the games.

The Warriors’ players wanted to protest previously, but decided to give Silver a chance to do the right thing. But if Silver had announced the punishment for Sterling’s bigoted comments were an indefinite suspension and a measly fine, the Warriors were ready to make an historic statement.

Curry, David Lee, Jermaine O’Neal and Draymond Green were behind the boycott idea. The bold message the Warriors had plan was hatched at shootaround.

The idea included plans, if necessary, to reach out to the Clippers and share the plan. The hope would have been that the Clippers would join them, letting the jump ball drop to the hardwood while all the players walked off the court.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Many of these guys are still playing pro ball.
http://nbacrimelibrary.wordpress.com/ca ... rest/2013/

So assaulting the homeless, pulling guns on ex-wives and generally acting like total douche nozzles in public is acceptable behavior, but some mildly racist comments made during a PRIVATE conversation are grounds for a fine and perma-banning from the NBA. (Yes, I'm fully aware of the irony of his comments)

It's good to see the NBA has its priorities straight.

[Public_Domain]

[Freakinoldguy]

DanSC DanSC:

xerxes xerxes:

Yeah, I'm not sure if the NBA can force him to sell either. At the most, they can lean on him as hard as possible to GTFO. And rightly so.

The NBA's nuclear option, which I expect they will use, will be to revoke his franchise. He will own a team, but won't have a league in which to field that team.

It'll never come to that. Even if he manages to hang onto the franchise he won't have any players coaches or fans so the league using that option is pretty much a moot point.

I'm thinking if Sterling hadn't been such an asshole all his life people might have cut him some slack but, you've got to remember this is the guy who fought paying players and coaches their salaries after he'd shit canned them, tried to move the team for financial gain, treated pretty much everyone he ever met with utter distain and that just pertains to basketball, As for his personal life and foibles here's an article from 09 which paints the picture of a complete asshole who like all of us had his loves and hates:

$1:

Just in time for the lottery, ESPN The Magazine has a look-see at the walking abomination known as Donald Sterling, Clippers owner and a man of discerning taste. Dislikes: blacks, Mexicans, children. Likes: Koreans, blowjobs

http://deadspin.com/5263277/the-sordid- ... d-sterling

Some of the quotes attributed to him from the article are downright terrifying and while I don't think what he said was all that reprehensible, it appears that Karma is at play here and he's getting what are his just deserts.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Sterling may very well be a dick and deserving of his fate. BUT, what I also see here is another case of left-tarded political correctness gone insane. There is a CLEAR message being sent by the NBA. It's ok to pull guns on people, assault people, intimidate people, make racist comments towards White people and even have multiple criminal convictions. The NBA will still let you play ball. But the moment you dare to utter mildly racist comments about Black people in the privacy of your own home? Well that warrants a lifetime ban from the NBA.

[andyt]

I agree. Not that it's OK, but that there's a double standard here.

[Freakinoldguy]

It may be a double standard but I think it's more a case of hey asshole, you screwed up royally and we can get finally get rid of your embarrassing ass.

My guess is that he could have said he didn't like Taco's and the result would have been the same with the whole black, Hispanic and NBA head office communities going batshit crazy on him.