[NBA Gossip] Donald Sterling Hates the Blacks, Including Magic

Yeah. Its a private business, not government. Freedom of speech prevents you from getting slapped down by the government, it doesn't prevent you from getting slapped down in the private sector.

 

surely you've been checking other media outlets besides this thread. maybe google search "donald sterling knew he as being recorded"? do you come to clutchfans for all your facts?

 

There's no such thing as a "good Lifetime movie". :grin:

And kudos to Silver for sticking it to Donald Sterling.

 

Even if he did not know and the recording was completely illegal, it still doesn't matter. The NBA Board of Governors is not a court of law. They don't throw out information because it was obtained improperly. Aside from which, it wasn't the recording that got him tossed (if they heard it but no one else did, would they have done anything at all?), it was the fact it was plastered all over the news. His crime against the NBA is not being a racist, but letting everyone know he is a racist.

Was it a spiteful ex-girlfriend looking for revenge. Yes, of course. The Sterlings were suing her to recoup gifts Sterling gave her during their affair. She saw a way to cause him trouble, and succeeded in grand fashion. That it was a revenge plot doesn't mean we shouldn't go along.

And, I'm surprised so many people are wringing their hands over Donald Sterling. We've long known him to be not only a terrible person but a terrible owner. A recent spate of good luck in picking up Griffin and Paul doesn't begin to make up for 3 decades of terrible management. Even if he wasn't a racist, the league is better off without him. Until contention fell into his lap, he never tried to win.

 

Mark Cuban is such a tool.

The other day he said these things about slippery slopes.

"Again, there's no excuse for his positions. There's no excuse for what he said. There's no excuse for anybody to support racism. There's no place for it in our league, but there's a very, very, very slippery slope."

He said forcing Sterling to sell would be un-American:

"But regardless of your background, regardless of the history they have, if we're taking something somebody said in their home and we're trying to turn it into something that leads to you being forced to divest property in any way, shape or form, that's not the United States of America. I don't want to be part of that."

http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-cuban-on-donald-sterling-2014-4#!GqyhL


And... today after Silver issues a lifetime ban and will force him to sell the team.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I agree 100% with Commissioner Silvers findings and the actions taken against Donald Sterling</p>&mdash; Mark Cuban (@mcuban) <a href="https://twitter.com/mcuban/statuses/461208183965351937">April 29, 2014</a></blockquote>
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i disagree. especially the one where that woman was done wrong by the man.

 

Those two positions are not contradictory. The commissioner didn't force him to sell the team I'm sure Cuban supports the lifetime ban and will vote against forcing him to sell.

 

Nothing that Cuban has said has been contradictory...

 

If he doesn't how will he look?

 

Silver did not say he will force the sale of the team. (he cant by nba by laws) Silver said he will hold a "vote" for the board of governors/owners if Sterling should be forced to sale.

 

Well, to be fair, Cuban pisses me off, but it's quite possible that he was presented additional information about the situation- maybe that's what he meant by the Commissioner's findings- and remember, Silver said that he was going to talk to Sterling about this, which I'm sure he did- so, yes, I'm defending the owner of a Dallas sports team. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go hurl. :grin:

 

Jemele Hil:

I didn't look at Sterling as a first time offender. We just caught it on audio. You understand this was far deeper than what happened here. This started a long time ago. The NBA is doing what they should have done years ago. Not to applaud or pat him on the back, Silver did his job.


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Within NBA circles - there's real concern about Sterling impacting Game 5 by venting publicly and/or vowing to fight Silver's decision.</p>&mdash; Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillSimmons/statuses/461218715342618624">April 29, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Clippers Statement: &quot;We wholeheartedly support and embrace the decision by the NBA and Adam Silver today. Now the healing process begins.”</p>&mdash; Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArashMarkazi/statuses/461218775082078208">April 29, 2014</a></blockquote>
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He knows that after this decision, if he does not go along with it, it will damage his image.

If the owners voting is made public, every single owner will vote to kick Sterling out of the league.

 

I'm praying Cuban votes to keep Sterling. He will be crucified by the NBA and the national media.

 

Is anyone willing to clarify this with a link?

It's all fine and dandy the NBA made a strong decision due to SOCIAL MEDIA, despite this being tame compared to the evidence against him over the past few DECADES, but for legal reasons I want to know how they can justify using the tape to indict him....
Appreciate any and all help, thank you cf

 

They better or they may get kicked out too.

Mark Cuban doesn't believe the NBA has the right to strip the franchise from a man because of his beliefs and a conversation he had with his GF? We don't like THAT belief either! Vote him out!

 

Right, he supports Silver's attempt to force Sterling to sell the team but won't vote for it. That's great. That's like endorsing a candidate for political office and then voting for his opponent.

 

You are correct. Legally, it's a bit of hypocrisy, but... it is A BUSINESS, after all.


REEKO_HTOWN, they don't have to make the owners' votes public, do they?

 

LOL "holding unpopular private beliefs..."- typical RW. See Also: Marge Schott.