OT - Clippers Owner Donald Sterling to GF -- Don't Bring Black People to My Games

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Will Sterling be owner of the Clips on Nov. 1?

  1. yes, he'll still be owner (Sterlng Wins, at least temporarily)

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  2. no, he'll be ousted (Sterling Loses)

    8 vote(s)
    25.0%

  3. no, but he'll make an exorbitant amount of dough in the sale (Sterling basically wins)

    18 vote(s)
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  1. SlyPokerDog

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    Any basketball franchise that comes for sale in LA magic is going to be one of the main people involved in getting it.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Apr 28, 2014
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    I wonder when their lease is up at Staples? It seems strange that Seattle or San Diego don't have a team and LA has two.
     
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    SlyPokerDog, Apr 28, 2014
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    they recently re-upped for 10 years.
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Hahahahaha! And some of you thought it was a dumb idea.


    Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander told the Houston Chronicle that the NBA should allow the Los Angeles Clippers players to become free agents so that they don't have to play for Donald Sterling.

    He made this suggestion to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, who said that he would consider it.

    “I thought that there’s got to be a way to disrupt him from owning the team,” Alexander said. “I gave [Silver] the sword to deal with this. I said, ‘Let the players become free agents.’ I mentioned that to Adam. I told Adam I don’t think he can be removed because the constitution (of the NBA) only allows him to be removed except for gambling. I’m not sure that legally can be done. But if he loses his players, nobody is going to want to go there. He’ll only be able to get a player that is worth $2 million and will play for $12 (million.) And who is going to want to coach there? If you’re a player in the NBA you don’t want to play for somebody like that. If you worked for a company, you would walk away and say, ‘I’m gone.' I think the players should have that right.”

    “He listened to it,” Alexander added. “He said he hadn’t heard that before. He said to me, ‘You always give me a novel idea that I haven’t heard before.’ He told me he would look at it and see what the professionals around him think.”

    http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterocke...leslie-alexander-seeks-to-drive-him-from-nba/
     
    SlyPokerDog, Apr 28, 2014
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    Aaaand, Paul and Blake join the Lakers...
     
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    And Kobe would still demand to be the first and only option on offense.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Apr 28, 2014
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    I wonder what Fred Savage and Billy Crystal think of all this?
     
    BigGameDamian, Apr 28, 2014
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    Mark Cuban's Comments on Sterling

    Wow ... didn't see that coming. :crazy:
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Re: Mark Cuban's Comments on Sterling

    Share what he said? (paraphrase)
     
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    SlyPokerDog, Apr 28, 2014
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    Re: Mark Cuban's Comments on Sterling

    [video=youtube;GgDjIce_MFA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgDjIce_MFA[/video]
     
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    Re: Mark Cuban's Comments on Sterling

    I disagree with him. It was clear how he views his players, and how he views black people. This isn't just some offhanded remark either. The dude has a history of this kind of thing. He needs to go. I would really hate to see the government get involved in this.
     
    Natebishop3, Apr 28, 2014
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    Re: Mark Cuban's Comments on Sterling

    Cuban is making a less articulate argument than the one I made about rushing to judgment in terms of legal options, before actually making sure your bylaws protect against specific, or nonspecific, grievances.
     
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    Re: Mark Cuban's Comments on Sterling

    Thought crimes! Cuban is right on this. You can't just kick him out because of his thoughts and seize his business due to his ideology. Let the market decide his fate.

    Alexander's idea is fucking stupid as well.
     
    EL PRESIDENTE, Apr 28, 2014
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    Re: Mark Cuban's Comments on Sterling

    I think Cuban was thinking more legally than in terms of emotion. He owns a $1b asset, and I imagine he'd like to know legally what else can allow the league to take drastic measures against other owners. I've posted it before, but very often in big decisions, the emotional response conflicts with the business response.
     
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    Re: Mark Cuban's Comments on Sterling

    Well, if you seize a team due to an emotional reaction then it becomes a legal issue. They can probably ban him/fine him, that's about it. Its in his best interest to sell the team over the summer however.
     
    EL PRESIDENTE, Apr 28, 2014
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    Re: Mark Cuban's Comments on Sterling

    This could very well end up like the McCourt/Dodgers fiasco, what with the possible and likely divorce and all. I actually don't think they could probably legally get away with banning him from what appears to be an illegally obtained private conversation. If he was dickish enough about it, he could sue the league for any "unjust" punishments.
     
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