2013/14 NBA season chatter - let the LBJ hating begin!

• DeyDurkie5

  

  I'm having a hard time watching these series when the refs are absolutely deciding who wins.
• Heretic

  

  Donald Sterling continues to show he's pro sports most embarrassing owner. Classy guy, he is.
• Mohican00

  

  Can the NBA not allow him to own the Clippers?
• DeyDurkie5

  

  What's silver going to do? ?
• SportsAndLady

  

  Mohican00;1609500 wrote:Can the NBA not allow him to own the Clippers?

  Yeah, considering "boycott nba" is trending on twitter, id imagine the nba is not happy about this and will do everything they legally can to force him out.
• Mulva

  

  How is being a racist grounds to strip him of the team? He'll get heat, but I can't see the league having jurisdiction to do much of anything.
• Automatik

  

  It's fucked up what he said. He's a racist asshat.
  
  
  That being said....I don't want to hear about this shit ALL. FUCKING. DAY.
• Midstate01

  

  Boycotting the team is dumb. He's in LA, the teams going to make money regardless. If black people wanna really make him uncomfortable, show up in huge numbers and GO to the game. He doesn't want you there, it'll make him feel awkward.
• Mohican00

  

  Mulva;1609504 wrote:How is being a racist grounds to strip him of the team? He'll get heat, but I can't see the league having jurisdiction to do much of anything.

  The Clippers are a franchise of the nba. I'm sure they'll think of something....hell, Marge Schott was banned twice from day to day operations for shit she said. It's 2014, you can't say that shit even in private
• Mulva

  

  Mohican00;1609510 wrote:The Clippers are a franchise of the nba. I'm sure they'll think of something....hell, Marge Schott was banned twice from day to day operations for shit she said. It's 2014, you can't say that shit even in private

  I'm sure they can fine him or suspend him, but I can't imagine it would be legal for them to completely strip ownership.
• Mohican00

  

  "He can be fined up to 1 million dollars (gonna happen) and can be suspended indefinitely for conduct that hurts the NBA's reputation (up for interpretation on purpose).
  
  So basically, they're going to fine him a mil and give him an open ended suspension while pressuring him hard to sell, and he will sell because the NBA can't force him to, but they can fuck him over in other ways as an owner."
  
  taken from another site....
  
  Also didn't realize he is the league's longest tenured owner
• SportsAndLady

  

  Mohican00;1609513 wrote:"He can be fined up to 1 million dollars (gonna happen) and can be suspended indefinitely for conduct that hurts the NBA's reputation (up for interpretation on purpose).
  
  So basically, they're going to fine him a mil and give him an open ended suspension while pressuring him hard to sell, and he will sell because the NBA can't force him to, but they can fuck him over in other ways as an owner."
  
  taken from another site....
  
  Also didn't realize he is the league's longest tenured owner

  That's what I figured they'd do. Legally can't just make him sell. But make his life living hell until he just says fuck it and sells.
• Mulva

  

  SportsAndLady;1609514 wrote:That's what I figured they'd do. Legally can't just make him sell. But make his life living hell until he just says fuck it and sells.

  Maybe he'll try to do the same thing and see how desperate they are to get him out. Black eye for the NBA until he's gone, so tell them fuck it, you want the team? $2 billion price tag.
• SportsAndLady

  

  4 times in the final minute they've gone to the video review. Ridiculous
• Mulva

  

  I really don't think Antic is the guy you want chucking a three at the buzzer.
• Tigerfan00

  

  Tony Parker, biggest flopper in the game. That last play looked like he was shot.
• Ironman92

  

  Tigerfan00;1609526 wrote:Tony Parker, biggest flopper in the game. That last play looked like he was shot.

  If I was commish the first flop/flail would be $100,000, then double every time after. It wouldn't take too long to stop, but then again no one gives a shit about the hideous refs so they don't care about flopping.
• Mulva

  

  Holy Shit VC. What a finish.
• Mulva

  

  Just listened to the whole Sterling audio, and it wasn't as explosive as I expected based on the reaction it's getting. The conversation didn't make a whole lot of sense, but he didn't use any slurs, and went out of his way multiple times to say he didn't hate black people, even as she kept baiting him. I was kind of picturing a Michael Richards situation.
  
  Also checked, and California is a 2-party state. Not sure how problematic that would be for any NBA action, but assuming Sterling didn't consent to have the conversation recorded he could easily press wiretapping charges against the girl.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Lol Reggie Jackson
• Terry_Tate

  

  These OKC-Memphis games have been a lot of fun. Third straight OT game.
• Mulva

  

  The west is so deep.
• KB0938

  Conley mugged em lol
• KB0938

  Wide open Jumper for Conley, way way too hard
• Azubuike24

  

  Mike Miller time.