donald sterling is a horrible person

fact

I dunno I think he's kinda cool

we will just have to agree to disagree

he looks like he sleeps in a humidor
his skin is like paper

i heard he is the one who killed the bees

also

his name is on every fucking building on the street where my office is (wilshire blvd)

burnit down

my two cents:

donald sterling is a horrible person

thanks for reading.

He's a coward and doesn't even smoke crack.

donald sterling? more like donald bad

i looked up antonyms for sterling

The Marge Schott of the NBA.

i would not spend a single british pound sterling in support of donald sterling

maybe if schott actually practiced genocide. otherwise sterling is much worse.

tbf pretty much all team owners are horrible people, if less obviously so

donald s. clover (sorry).

heat wore their jerseys inside out during warmups tonight.

blazers owner, paul allen: We at the Trail Blazers reject any and all such sentiments, and believe NBA leadership should take swift and impactful action in this case.

rockets owner, leslie alexander: Calling the comments "disgusting," Alexander said he told Silver he should stab "a sword" into the heart of Sterling's ownership of the Clippers.

Donald Tokowitz Sterling (born Donald Tokowitz; April 26, 1934) is an American business magnate and former attorney. He is the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Sterling acquired the Clippers in 1981 for $12.5 million.

Dude's going to turn 12.5 million into 1 billion dollars in his worst case scenario. #blessed

aw, we missed his birthday

glad we have a separate thread now

here's lester munson on silver's options: http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/10852199/challenge-donald-sterling

FWIW 12.5 mil in 1981 dollars is ~325 million dollars today

nooo its 32.5 million

Haha yeah sorry

Well that's a nice ROI

and probably like 50% of it is due to having the #1 draft pick in 2009

i don't really get why this is so huge? i can name like four nba owners and even i knew that he was a colossal racist asshole (and terrible owner) for 30 years. everyone knew this. why was shitting on elgin baylor for years acceptable?

not that the response isn't deserved, i just wonder why *now*.

also fuc turning jerseys inside out -- don't play. what's the league going to do, bring in scabs for the rest of the playoffs?

I don't know why this one's the big one but I'm glad that it is big

feel like it cld be indicative of a wider cultural shift someone on twitter today said something like "the message of brady and sterling is your racist friend isnt ok anymore"

yeah the world just isn't the same as it was the last time sterling did something outrageously racist that was made public and that's a good and comforting thing.

even though his exploits w/ his residential complexes were well known, he always did the wink-wink-deny-everything did, but this shit is recorded on tape, basically blatantly documenting his prejudices for all to see and no claim of deniability* this time.

but yeah, he should have been gone ages ago and whatever gets him there, I am fine with.

*except him and the organization are, of course, now trying to say the tapes were 'doctored'....

lester munson article was interesting, silver has a lot more power than i think most ppl assumed

Yeah I mean I think rather than say "why is this so huge now" we should be saying "it's a good sign that this is huge now"

re: "why now?", caught on tape saying undeniably fucked up racist shit is just tons more compelling and damning evidence than anything previous. it's like if there was new tape of OJ going "yeah I killed that bitch so what" and people being all "confused", "why now all the OJ pitchforkin mobbin??"

wut

Sterling isn't comparable to OJ ... even though they're probably friends

I just compared them. pro tip, 2 situations or people don't need to be 100% or even 5% the same in order for valid comparisons to be made.

Oh I didn't know there was a pro in here

When [current Blazers assistant coach] Kim Hughes, then an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers, was found to have prostate cancer on the eve of training camp in 2004, he learned what it was like to work in Donald Sterling's world.

Hughes wanted to postpone surgery. The disease ran in the family, usually slowly. But after Coach Mike Dunleavy encouraged Hughes to get another opinion, the second doctor urged Hughes to have surgery quickly. When Hughes contacted the Clippers about his health insurance coverage, he was told the surgery was not covered. If they made an exception for him, they would have to do so for everyone.

The cost would be $70,000.

Hughes went ahead and had the surgery anyway. Unknown to him, four players - Chris Kaman, Corey Maggette, Elton Brand and Marko Jaric - chipped in to cover Hughes's cost for the operation.

I think Matt may have alluded to this earlier but it's a story I hadn't heard before. Donald Sterling is a horrible person.

Q: Can Silver force Sterling to say whether the voice on the tapes is his?

A: Yes. Under the terms of Paragraph 24(m)(ii) of the "constitution" that governs the 30 owners of NBA teams and establishes the authority of the owners' commissioner, Silver can require Sterling to respond under oath to questions. The commissioner has "the right to require testimony and the production of documents and other evidence from any Member." As an owner, Sterling is a "member" of the NBA. Sterling and his lawyers could delay answering questions from Silver, but if Sterling refuses to admit or to deny that it is his voice on the tapes, he is in violation of the constitution and would face termination. He has no protection from the U.S. Constitution's Fifth Amendment guarantee against self-incrimination, because he is not facing any charge of any crime

Q: What penalties can Silver issue?

A: Under the provisions of the bylaws, Silver has two sets of powers that he may use. Under either, he can issue a lifetime suspension and a substantial fine. Under Paragraph 24(l) of the constitution that was adopted by the NBA owners on Oct. 26, 2005, he can issue a fine of up to $2.5 million, can suspend an owner indefinitely and can order the forfeiture of draft picks.

...
In another provision, Paragraph 35(A)(c), Silver can issue an indefinite suspension and a fine of $1 million to any owner who "makes ... a statement having or designed to have an effect prejudicial or detrimental to the best interests of basketball."

Q: Is it possible for Silver and the NBA to terminate Sterling's franchise ownership?

A: Yes. Under the terms of Paragraph 13 of the constitution, the owners can terminate another owner's franchise with a vote of three-fourths of the NBA Board of Governors, which is composed of all 30 owners.

another NBA owner suggested an interesting penalty, designed to use "soft-power" to pressure sterling to sell the clippers.

Like Cuban, Alexander interpreted the NBA constitution to not allow the commissioner to have the power to remove an owner except for gambling. However, Alexander said he suggested to Silver that all the Clippers players could be given the option to become free agents after this season, a step toward driving Sterling out of the league.

FWIW, while I thought it was a little weird that Kareem focused so much on how the person who made the tape should be arrested, he is technically correct. California requires all parties consent to recording, and a violation appears to be a misdemeanor offense. Still kind of odd that he focused so much on that.

I don't think he focused on it to any strange degree. He gives it two paragraphs in order to support his point that the "making and release of this tape are so sleazy" and that we probably should have been outraged over sterling's earlier offenses, which were more substantial and acquired through less sleazy means. It is the same point others have made on ILX, and it is OTM. There's nothing odd about it.

re: what was link that someone posted about how other the NBA has other dickface owners? Anyway, Cuban knows what's up:

"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."

did they analyze the tape for his vocal cord infra-red frequencies yet

I heard they dusted it for DNA.

these argyle socks signify my silent protest of ur (alleged) ignorance

if they don't force him out i'll wear my elbow pad upside down!

i bet he gets the lifetime suspension and the max 2.5 mill fine and he'll sell the team during the offseason

they send joey crawford to his house

he will be suspended in a tub of goo for life. little kids will throw popcorn at him.

cue the flood of *what kind of punishment is two billion dollars won't someone think of the children* facebook posts

http://i-cdn.phonearena.com/images/article/46704-image/Heres-what-well-remember-Steve-Ballmer-for-best-and-weirdest-moments.jpg

lol i love ballmer he is so ballmer

so not ballmer

ballmer should have bought beats and apple should have bought the clippers

Jeez, two freakin' billion dollars??? What in holy hell happened in the five years between The No Benjamins Association and now? (Other than the economy recovering and the owners winning the lockout.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY2j_GPIqRA

so apparently his wife got him declared mentally incapacitated so she could be sole trustee and sell the team, lol

30 years too late or something.

ballmer #1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_AP3SGMxxM

I know it's not what happened.

I know that Sterling is a douche who got caught being douchey and his co-owners wanted him gone for a while, and Silver knew he'd look awesome for doing it as early as he could.

BUT

Imagine just for a second that Sterling planned this whole thing. It is really not too far outside the realm of possibility. It would not take a Kaiser Soze or Petyr Baelish to pull this off.

I know it would have just been easier and less public and possibly more profitable (although I don't see how THAT'S possible) to just put the team up for sale, so I'm not sure if this was a thing that makes sense pragmatically. Like, would this brouhaha increase value? Possibly by way of publicity?

Thoughts?

Sorry - FELLOW owners.

As first reported by NBC News, Donald Sterling will file a lawsuit against the NBA for forcing a sale of the Clippers, and he'll reportedly seek more than $1 billion in damages. ESPN's Ramona Shelburne adds that Sterling is still deciding whether to sue Shelly Sterling too. And here comes Woj, saying Sterling could file a separate suit to stop the sale of the team.

http://deadspin.com/donald-sterling-to-sue-nba-1583993252

http://thedirtyturban.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/aasilver.gif

"i got u"

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2014/0529/nba_g_steveb2_cr_576x324.jpg

Lawsuit filed, sale is off

rough day to be steve ballmer, hope he finds the slightest comfort in his billions upon billions of dollars

sterling's only delaying the inevitable. no chance he'd win. he's just trying to be the biggest pain in the ass he can be.

if he manages to delay the sale until after he dies then he wins i think

if you consider poking the other guy in the eye and then dying before he can crush you as a win, then I suppose yeah, it's a win.

im glad were in agreement

he gave up

everyone hates a quitter

very disappoint

BUT. MAYBE NOT. QUITTING YET

jezz

jeez

this guy

just take ur $2b and go home

lmao this guy
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/11059020/donald-sterling-decides-pursue-1-billion-lawsuit-nba-all

srs question is it possible for someone to rob him of the clippers at gunpoint?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BpzWbvqCYAAgc4Z.png:large

put this right up there with dan_gilbert_comic_sans

i mean this is donald "t." sterling literally talking about systematic discrimination enacted by institutions and how said institution is avoiding "the larger social issue"

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/10/sports/basketball/donald-sterling-impairment-eased-clippers-sale-to-steve-ballmer.html
fun read and an easy way to get up to date

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holy shit it's like the chutzpah story of the kid who kills his parents and then asks for clemency bc he's an orphan

im a despicable monster. THIS IS THE REASON I WILL NOT SELL MY TEAM.

Hi sometimes lurker here who happens to be up early:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/13/us/sterling-nba-investigation/index.html

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11105717/sad-last-chapter-donald-sterling-life

just starting this

making my way through that and, like, is there a single aspect of this guy's personality that is not utterly repulsive?

Donald liked to order for everyone at the table, then eat off their plates.

like wtf dude you are obviously the worst, get outta here

it was all soup, too

Soup in plates? MONSTER.

he makes them eat the soup from his cold lizard hands

The trial is going great:

@everettcook · 1m
Shelly was walking towards Donald after testifying, and he screamed at her, "Get away from me you pig."

bite it u scum

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140721/SPORTS0102/307210094/Witness-Donald-Sterling-needs-Clippers-sale-pay-500M-debts

@adbrandt: Judge has ruled for Shelly Sterling on all counts. Stage is set for Ballmer $2 billion transaction to go through. #Clippers

oh my god

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-sterlings-decide-not-to-divorce-20160311-story.html#nt=oft12aH-1gp2

Former Clippers owner Donald Sterling and his wife, Shelly, have decided not to divorce, according to a filing in Los Angeles Superior Court.

“Notwithstanding all the difficult events of the last two years, the Sterlings have resolved their differences,” Donald Sterling’s attorney, Bobby Samini, wrote in an email to The Times on Friday.

crazy kids. rooting for them

bonnie and clyde 16

he not dead yet