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[Kitschkraft]

I'm disgusted by the entire situation.

I kind of wish that it were practical for the players to boycott, but I'll accept blatant tanking just the same.

 

[PBY]

I'm disgusted by the entire situation.

I kind of wish that it were practical for the players to boycott, but I'll accept blatant tanking just the same.

Tanking hurts the players as well as the owner. It's not their fault the owner is a racist.

 

[ShowDog]

Sterling shamelessly ran the Clippers like garbage for decades while cashing checks. He doesn't care what anyone thinks, I don't believe he will relinquish the team unless FORCED to and it's hard to see how they could pull that off, as despicable as he is.

 

[n64coder]

At first I thought Sterling wife's is death, but he has a wife and a girlfriend? No one thinks that an issue?

He's separated from his wife, apparently for a number of years.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

lol Dodgers OF Matt Kemp, who is mentioned in the conversations between Sterling and his GF, and is apparently "ok" because he is mixed, used "Black and White" by Michael Jackson as his walkup music today

http://deadspin.com/matt-kemp-used-michael-jacksons-black-or-white-as-his-1568464183

 

[Coolade]

I'm not sure if you all are aware of the Da_Czar on youtube but he held an hour long hangout I think is worth listening to on the topic.

SimHangOut 12 Donald Sterling

 

[Gorillaz]

So is the NBA going to make an example out of him?

Lol

 

[MWS Natural]

Beautiful black bodies was too hilarious, like how he emphasized it

Cuckold confirmed.

 

[LyleLanley]

Exit strategy for NBA, Donald Sterling: Sell Clippers to Magic Johnson

Magic Johnson and his billionaire backers, the Guggenheim Partners, want a chance to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers, league sources told Yahoo Sports. "Magic's absolutely interested," one source closely connected to Johnson's business interests told Yahoo Sports on Sunday night.

I hope this happens, this would be great in so many ways.

 

[CrankyJay]

Exit strategy for NBA, Donald Sterling: Sell Clippers to Magic Johnson



I hope this happens, this would be great in so many ways.

Oh wow...lol

I had to highlight the link to make sure it wasn't an Onion article. This would be amazing.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Exit strategy for NBA, Donald Sterling: Sell Clippers to Magic Johnson



I hope this happens, this would be great in so many ways.

Wouldn't that just be the funniest outcome..please, let this happen.

 

[entremet]

I can't see the league rescinding ownership. It is even possible legally and Sterling probably has top notch legal team.

 

[J10]

Exit strategy for NBA, Donald Sterling: Sell Clippers to Magic Johnson



I hope this happens, this would be great in so many ways.

I hate that the solution is here is to give a racist scumbag a warehouse full of money.

 

[plantedunicorn]

I hate that the solution is here is to give a racist scumbag a warehouse full of money.

It seems that's the only solution though since he outright owns the team. The NBA is gonna have to compensate him somehow if they take the team from him.

 

[entremet]

I hate that the solution is here is to give a racist scumbag a warehouse full of money.

He is a scumbag no doubt, but it's simple economics. He owns the team, so the only way to get the team from is to buy it from him somehow. He's not going to gift the team to anyone while alive.

 

[cripterion]

What if he refuses any deal though?

 

[LyleLanley]

I hate that the solution is here is to give a racist scumbag a warehouse full of money.

If the only reasonable way to get an already rich racist to sell his team is to make him even richer I think it's a worthwhile tradeoff.

 

[dark_chris]

so what if sterling is a racist, this is america, he has that right.

Are you kidding me?

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Are you kidding me?

Pretty sure he's not kidding..at all. Freedoms and all that..

 

[Sanjuro]

I don't think it's surprising that Magic's organization would want to buy the team. I haven't looked at their net worth in a while, but I can safely say that if we rounded the Clippers up to a billion, it would be a drop in the bucket for them.

 

[LyleLanley]

I don't think it's surprising that Magic's organization would want to buy the team. I haven't looked at their net worth in a while, but I can safely say that if we rounded the Clippers up to a billion, it would be a drop in the bucket for them.

According to that article they have a net worth of over $200 billion.

 

[OriginofHysteria]

Are you kidding me?

Well he's technically right. Being a racist isn't illegal, it's just being being a scumbag.

 

[Master Thespian]

so what if sterling is a racist, this is america, he has that right.

Just as it's the league's right to not have an openly racist owner among their ranks, hurting their image and bottom line. This isn't a free speech issue.

 

[J10]

Here's a billion dollars! Take that, you racist piece of shit!

 

[HoosTrax]

How does the draft in the NBA work, out of curiosity? Can draftees pull an Eli Manning and refuse to play for a certain team and force a trade?

 

[ratcliffja]

Exit strategy for NBA, Donald Sterling: Sell Clippers to Magic Johnson



I hope this happens, this would be great in so many ways.

This was what I'd suggested before, but I didn't think there was much chance of it happening. I really, really hope they do, though.

 

[richiek]

If Magic buys the team, I hope he does a rebranding/overhaul of the Clippers logo, similar to the Nets when they moved to Brooklyn.

 

[Halcyon]

If Magic buys the team, I hope he does a rebranding/overhaul of the Clippers logo, similar to the Nets when they moved to Brooklyn.

Los Angeles Showtime should be the name of the team.

 

[ratcliffja]

Los Angeles Showtime should be the name of the team.

I'd be OK with that. There's no need to change the team name though.

 

[LyleLanley]

If Magic buys the team, I hope he does a rebranding/overhaul of the Clippers logo, similar to the Nets when they moved to Brooklyn.

He should pay Orlando a ton of money to take their name.

Edit:

On a serious note apparently State Farm is pulling its sponsorship of the Clippers.

State Farm is pulling its sponsorship of the Clippers. Wow. Others expected to do the same.

 

[teruterubozu]

Exit strategy for NBA, Donald Sterling: Sell Clippers to Magic Johnson

A Laker buys the Clippers. Oh the irony.

 

[OriginofHysteria]

Los Angeles Showtime should be the name of the team.

Couldn't be worse than the 'Wizards' or the 'Magic'

 

[HuskerDutheDu]

Exit strategy for NBA, Donald Sterling: Sell Clippers to Magic Johnson



I hope this happens, this would be great in so many ways.

When talk of the NBA forcing a sale, I immediately thought of Magic/The Dodgers group as potential buyers. Magic might make out like a bandit because of this whole thing.

 

[ratcliffja]

He should pay Orlando a ton of money to take their name.

Edit:

On a serious note apparently State Farm is pulling its sponsorship of the Clippers.

Thanks, sponsors. This should definitely force Sterling to sell. If he can't get money from advertisers and it looks like he'll ever huge penalties from the league, I think he'll have no other choice.

 

[Arkos]

My issue is his hot girlfriend. Why?

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

I hate that the solution is here is to give a racist scumbag a warehouse full of money.

It isn't illegal to be a racist asshat, just inappropriate and an embarrassment to the league.

My issue is his hot girlfriend. Why?

Money can be exchanged for goods and services.

 

[cripterion]

My issue is his hot girlfriend. Why?

That's your issue???

He has money.

 

[DrFunk]

Just saw on Twitter that State Farm is pulling it's sponsorship of the Clippers, and others are doing the same

 

[dream]

I suspect Kia and Carmax will be next to pull out.

 

[LyleLanley]

My issue is his hot girlfriend. Why?

http://www.forbes.com/profile/donald-sterling/

Net Worth
$1.9 Billion

 

[Gordon Shumway]

http://www.forbes.com/profile/donald-sterling/

Net Worth
$1.9 Billion

That'll do it..

 

[OriginofHysteria]

He should pay Orlando a ton of money to take their name.

Edit:

On a serious note apparently State Farm is pulling its sponsorship of the Clippers.

I wonder what happens with Chris Paul in that matter. I mean could Kia pull its sponsorship too even though it deals with Blake Griffin?

 

[DJwest]

My issue is his hot girlfriend. Why?

Money. What else ?

 

[Enron]

Exit strategy for NBA, Donald Sterling: Sell Clippers to Magic Johnson



I hope this happens, this would be great in so many ways.

So now we know the REAL reason magic has been out in front of this whole "Sterling shouldn't own the Clippers" deal of the last couple of days. Respect - - a bit for Magic.

 

[dream]

I wonder what happens with Chris Paul in that matter. I mean could Kia pull its sponsorship too even though it deals with Blake Griffin?

Yeah. Pulling the Cliff Paul ads seems like it would be an abhorrent amount of bullshit but at the same time, the climate is so toxic that I could see State Farm and Kia wanting to distance themselves from anything Clippers-related for now.

 

[Tom Penny]

HIs mistress has been pretty stealth since the tapes came out

 

[SyenceLabb]

HIs mistress has been pretty stealth since the tapes came out

Ummm...is this real?

 

[alr1ght]

My issue is his hot girlfriend. Why?

Somebody's gotta pay for her plastic surgery.

The bigger question is why would his wife stay with him after she found out about the mistress.

They both have the same answer.

 

[alr1ght]

Ummm...is this real?

http://www.barstoolsports.com/chica...razzi-kryptonite-with-this-face-visor-thingy/

It's a visor, not a bucket.

 

[statham]

R & B singer Tank has joined the boycott against Donald Sterling ... REFUSING to go ahead with his plan to sing the National Anthem at Tuesday's Clippers game.

Tank tells TMZ, "As an African American man and artist, I must take a stand on a matter that is so deeply personal to me."

-TMZ