Oh god.
I'm watching CNN and these nikkas have the CAC lawyer for Zimmerman breaking down the legal ramifications of the Sterling mess. shyt is just fukking up my day.
Dudes who think that they should've played need to realize the large scale, social impact them playing implies. Look at this from a white man's point of view. These black people just got shytted on by their owner in all types of way, they're millionaires who don't HAVE to play today, they play a fukking game for a living, and instead of standing up for themselves like proud men and showing that no game is bigger than the pride of their race nationwide, they think playing a fukking game is the best choice for them right now. It shows meekness, lack of pride, and a willingness to get shytted on without firmly responding (not this passive aggressive shyt). It makes them realize they can literally get away with calling sub-ordinate blacks "100% lower than" themselves, and still having those blacks show up to work for their business. You may not be seeing it that way from your perspective, but if you were a white owner, billionaire, or a person of heavy influence, what would you be taking away from black people from this situation?
No NBA game is bigger than pride for yourself as a man and pride for your race. Owners would be forever shook if players realized that they ARE the league, and there'd be no league without them, and walked out in the middle of a game. It'd be a historic moment, not just for athletes, but for ALL minority groups world-wide, showing that we aren't willing to be spat on by white people and that there are real consequences for racial actions...not just consequences from other whites who are in positions of power....but from the minorities as well.
I hope y'all realize what I'm getting at. This is bigger than basketball, and if you're worried about a fukking basketball game more than the socio-political implications of this you're deluded and hopeless as shyt.