[AUDIO] Donald Sterling - "Don't bring black people to my games" [AGREES TO SELL TEAM]

[12345677]

Silver basically said that...it was the first question asked. They will consider all the sanctions that are written into what I am guessing an encyclopedia worth of legal papers that are reviewing right now. Was he not angry enough for you? Again, we have established that you want Sterling gone...what if Silver DID say "up to and including expulsion" and once he hears back from the legal team that he can't do that? He will look like a moron and people will start playing that back and start asking MORE questions as to why Sterling was not banned.

I expect a pretty harsh penalty come Tuesday...you guys want swift actions to a situation the NBA has NEVER been in like before. This is the first of its kind and are dealing with an owner who has enough money to draw out a long suit if he feels like he has a case. Adam Silver is a goddamn Lawyer...I think its fair to give him and the staff a little time to sort through this mess.

Seriously though, acting like the NBA is protecting Sterling is absurd...the last thing the NBA wants is a tarnished image when it comes to its players and fans. This is bigger than them "protecting their own"...they fukk this up and it can cost the league BILLIONS of dollars in SEVERAL ways if they don't and analyze and tip-toe any possible legal pushback by Sterling or annoy the millions of fans who are calling for Sterling's head.

He didn't have to guarantee expulsion, just by mentioning that it's an option on the table that they're looking into would be enough to send shockwaves and garner positive support all throughout the NBA, players & fans included. He made no mention of specifically doing that. He made no mention of racism being evil and that the league will not play around with racism. Like another poster pointed out, he said he spoke to Sterling and never clarified on asking Sterling whether it was him on the tapes during the presser. Don't you think this is information the public needs to know? It's a yes or no question.

Like I said, I don't want swift action, I just wanted a very serious initial verbal response right now...which we obviously didn't get. With Silver being a lawyer, he knows how the game is played. He knows how he could've spun this publicly and made the NBA look like a white knight (no pun intended) in shining armor. He didn't take those actions, which is what worries me. If he does take proper action in the future, or at least attempts to, I'll be the first one posting in here congratulating him and saying I was wrong and didn't think he would do it.

Sterling has been pulling this racist shyt in the league for a while now. Based on what I've read, people within the league have known about this (Elgin Baylor, Phil Jackson, Baron Davis, etc.), he's been doing it for nearly 30 years and nothing has happened to him yet. We have sworn testimony from people in court acknowledging his racist ideology during the real estate scandal. Why hasn't he been dealt with yet? The public may not have known...but it's been known within league circles for years. That in its own gives me concern about them potentially "protecting their own". My worst case scenario is that the league sits on this and just hands out a suspension for the rest of the year or maybe a fine, and then next year he's back like nothing happened. If that in fact is the result (which in reality is what it could be), what do you expect me to think about that?

 

[Deaf2twothirds]

At the very begging of the convo, this wench said

"I'm sorry. I wish I could change the color of my skin"

And she was dead fukking serious


shyt made my stomach turn

Well I am sure most blk women feel this way with weaves being peddled & sold on every corner. She just had the nerve to say her skin cause she already got the "good" hair

 

[mson]

We see you Mani

 

[Jhoon]

bullshyt i want my pound of flesh now! waiting for karmic justice, is just that waiting. anyone else in a position of power would have been tossed on their ass already...

I want a swift reaction like sterling did to the lady. Soon as the pic went up, he was voicing his displeasure. It's funny when it's the other way. If we had a no tolerance mindset, we wouldn't be in this situation.

 

[Digga38]

Still talkin bout Donald Tokowitz?

Haha!!

 

[Deaf2twothirds]

I don't get why he is with a woman with obvious black heritage if he's racist. idiot

He is doing it out of spite to make niccas mad cause obviously his trick looks better den u since ur on the coli

 

[dtownreppin214]

Joe Paterno and the Penn State administration had similar rational to the warped out look of what's more important in life, they chose sports. History will affirm that they were wrong. On that 30 for 30, I forgot which university team from the 50's or 60's that was willing to forfeit the entire championship run, if the one or two black players that was on the team was some how discriminated against

Yes, it's happened many times throughout history. Heck, the goat Ali gave up 3 years of his prime for his beliefs. The Syracuse 8 gave up their schollies/football at a much younger age than these Clipper players. But they don't build brothers like they used to.

Chris Paul is a multi millionaire. If he loses both of his limbs tomorrow, he will still live a comfortable life as will his kids and grandkids and great grandkids. This is bigger than winning a cheap championship. He needs to boycott along with the rest of his teammates until this cracker is gone. Anything less is unacceptable.

The "Syracuse 8," a commitment for change | African American Registry

This date in 1970 celebrates the “Syracuse 8” college football players.

These African American players at Syracuse University boycotted the 1970 football season in a collective effort to demand change and promote racial equality within the University football program. These student-athletes wanted better medical care for injured players and stronger academic support for African American student-athletes; the right to compete fairly for any position on the starting team; and racial integration of the football coaching staff.

Although called the "Syracuse 8" by the media in 1970, the group included nine individuals. They are Gregory Allen '72, Richard Bulls '73, John Godbolt '73, Dana Harrell '71, G73, John Lobon 9'73, Clarence "Bucky" McGill '72, A. Alif Muhammad '71, Duane Walker '80 and Ron Womack '71.

The activism actually began in the spring of 1969 with the black players accusing (then) Coach Floyd "Ben" Schwartzwalder of discriminatory practices. The ensuing season began with a home game against Kansas and the most potent riot in Syracuse campus history. A pre-game confrontation between nearly 100 policemen and at least 400 students featured flying rocks, bottles, and wood, pepper gas, and nightstick beatings.

Later that school year SU Chancellor John E. Corbally Jr. convened a commission to investigate and assess the situation. The commission's 60-page report concluded that the players' response to the racial injustices of the time, and their efforts to bring about change, were justified.

In 2006, at halftime of the SU-Louisville game, the group was recognized and presented with their SU Letterman's jackets, which they never received after leaving the team 36 years ago. These men sacrificed playing the sport they loved and a possible career after college to stimulate social change and needed awareness.

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

He didn't have to guarantee expulsion, just by mentioning that it's an option on the table that they're looking into would be enough to send shockwaves and garner positive support all throughout the NBA, players & fans included. He made no mention of specifically doing that. He made no mention of racism being evil and that the league will not play around with racism. Like another poster pointed out, he said he spoke to Sterling and never clarified on asking Sterling whether it was him on the tapes during the presser. Don't you think this is information the public needs to know? It's a yes or no question.

Like I said, I don't want swift action, I just wanted a very serious initial verbal response right now...which we obviously didn't get. With Silver being a lawyer, he knows how the game is played. He knows how he could've spun this publicly and made the NBA look like a white knight (no pun intended) in shining armor. He didn't take those actions, which is what worries me. If he does take proper action in the future, or at least attempts to, I'll be the first one posting in here congratulating him and saying I was wrong and didn't think he would do it.

Sterling has been pulling this racist shyt in the league for a while now. Based on what I've read, people within the league have known about this (Elgin Baylor, Phil Jackson, Baron Davis, etc.), he's been doing it for nearly 30 years and nothing has happened to him yet. We have sworn testimony from people in court acknowledging his racist ideology during the real estate scandal. Why hasn't he been dealt with yet? The public may not have known...but it's been known within league circles for years. That in its own gives me concern about them potentially "protecting their own". My worst case scenario is that the league sits on this and just hands out a suspension for the rest of the year or maybe a fine, and then next year he's back like nothing happened. If that in fact is the result (which in reality is what it could be), what do you expect me to think about that?

Yeah for about 72 hours. Forget guaranteeing, just by mentioning it in this initial press conference, that would have set the bar for public expectations. Then after 3 days if they decide not to do that or that they CANT do that, and they just announce some temporary suspension, fines, etc, then Silver looks TERRIBLE for mentioning the expulsion and not following through with it. At best he comes off as a weak figurehead that caved and makes hollow threats, and at worst he is painted as a racist himself protecting his fellow wealthy Jewish comrade. Which is a 1000 times worse for the league than the current issue.

I didnt like the conference either but Silver is just being safe/covering his ass. Ill give em a few days before I pass judgement. Again, we dont know if they even can somehow force him out of ownership, let alone institute a ban or anything.

 

[Tony D'Amato]

ETHER.

































On so many levels.



(Damn near more etherous than the owner's comments).

He wouldnt do sh1t to them. Now Sterling might actually sue them. But Silver and the owners dont have the balls for the hit they'd take. These dudes just went thru an 82 gm season and playing vs a team they genuinely hate. They want to play. This may be the best team some of them will ever play on.

 

[Skooby]

IMAGINE where the Clippers could be if it wasn't for this guy.

Just.

Imagine.

They'd probably move to another deserving city

I never understood why they would want to stay in LA. They will forever be in the Lakers shadow. MOVE TO SEATTLE!

Or at the very least go down to San Diego.

 

[Tony D'Amato]

David Geffen wanted to buy into the team anyways. Now he may get to buy the whole team

 

[Digga38]

This has been said but a lot of valid arguments have been negated by the use of jew every other word.
Ignorance does not negate ignorance....

STFU facts is facts

 

[Primetime21]

12 Years A Clipper.....smh

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Terrible dressers

 

[McPiff]

What in gods name breh?

IT AINT ABOUT THAT YOU bytch ASS DUMB ASS nikka.... IT'S ABOUT THE nikka TAKING A shyt FOR AN HOUR HAVING nikkaS WAITING ON THIS BULLshyt, WHEN HE LEGIT LOOK LIKE HE DON'T EVEN WANNA TALK ABOUT IT OR BE UP THERE... HE UP THERE LIKE HE TRYING TO PROTECT HIS MOTHER WHO'S BOUT TO GO ON DEATH ROW... THE BIASED WAS DRIPPING THE fukk OFF HIM...

HE READ A fukkING STATEMENT WHEN HE SAID HOW TERRIBLE THE COMMENTS WERE.... YOU CAN'T TELL US THE COMMENTS WERE DISGUSTING ON YOUR OWN fukkING RECOGNISANCE??? YOU NEED A PREPARED STATEMENT FOR THAT???

HE'S HELPING STERLING GET HIS fukkING DEFENSE READY RIGHT NOW.... THAT'S WHY HE HAD TO BOUNCE SO FAST.... SMARTEN THE fukk UP YOU IDIOT....




Lebron will go down as my fukking Hero if he boycotts this BLATANTLY racist league

@really breh





lol @ bomani jones reading through the coliseum section and @ROFL_GUY threads like

to use them on his twitter


i see you breh