donald sterling is a horrible person

amigos is a super good team name imho

can we have a few moments for dude's suggestion that the new owner wipes away the stigma of Sterling's racism by renaming the team to the Los Angeles Amigos because that is amazing

xp: lol

i kinda like dream too except maybe dreams is better, then u can refer to a player for the team as a dream

lol @ suggesting "magic"

"this is probably unrealistic but i need 50 more words and also i am an idiot"

You'd be obliged to hire Hakeem though.

*free agent signing press conference*

"im just really happy to be here today, to be part of this team, to be a dream, i am not real*

might the NBA be able to engineer some sort of trade between Los Angeles and Orlando? It's probably unrealistic

no, yes

haha thanks to formatting I had a split second where I though he was suggesting the Los Angeles U.S. Commission On Civil Rights as a team name

would be a good one tho

Rename them the Los Angeles Apology?

Los Angeles Checkers (4 'checkered past')

Los Angeles Lakers?

NBA VS. CLIPPERS OWNER STERLING
Opinion: Hold on -- Sterling is a victim, too
Marc Randazza says easily recording and leaking private speech -- even that of a racist -- portends a chilling future without privacy. Shouldn't we condemn that, too? FULL STORY

Los Angels River

First they came for Donald Sterling, but I did not speak up, because I'm not a fucking asshole....

Los Angeles Holdons
Los Angeles Victims
Los Angeles Leakers
Los Angeles Futures

i'm really confused abt all these privacy dorks still beating this drum...if he consented to being taped i don't really know what their point is?

Los Angels River

― lag∞n, Wednesday, April 30, 2014 1:29 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

can we all just hold on and think about what a good idea this is for a sec

Los Angeles Holdons

http://thescenenewyork.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/wilson-phillips-2012-photo-by-yoni-levy-1.jpg

Changing the city name, too?

the privacy thing is straw-grasping. I mean, similar to IMDB, no matter what piece of shit exists in the world, if you look long and hard enough on the internet, you will always find some asshole defending it

can we all just hold on and think about what a good idea this is for a sec

― lag∞n, Wednesday, April 30, 2014 1:32 PM (0 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

1. it brilliantly skewers the absurdity of the lakers name
2. it is a real place in LA
3. their coach is named coach rivers

IMDB, neanderthal?

Also, a pic of the Los Angeles River would clarify the aptitude of the name, given the team's win-loss record since it began.

like I mean if I agreed to a Code of Conduct and agreed to behave myself off of the court and then had a conversation with someone off the record and said "hey y'know the HOlocaust didn't happen and fuck the Jews for perpetuating the lie" and the guy was horrified and told everyone in the world I said this...it reflects badly on the league, and I should be punished for it, 'privacy' be damned.

It isn't as if Silver drilled a hole in Sterling's head and scooped out the thoughts inside, or that he hadn't done DECADES WORTH OF HORRIBLE SHIT prior, such as heckling his own goddamn player, threatening to evict a black tenant because she reported leaks. the people who would go to lengths to defend this guy are about as bad as him and deserve to be told to fuck off as well.

how's life I'm referring to the fact that you'll find people on IMDB championing classics like "Alien from L.A." or that one film with Nick Swardson playing a porn star.

I've forced myself away from the internet comments for this fiasco and it has made me happier for this sitch.

idk it a feels like a setup to me wake up sheeple fasle flag

waiting for Cliven Bundy to offer his support, pointing out that nowhere in the Constitution does it say an 80-year old misogynist, racist, wrinklefarm can't own a historically mediocre franchise

"Mediocre" is being generous.

How about Los Angeles Panthers

THE LA PANTHER THRASHERS

The Los Angeles X

you know, because of LAX airport

and the iconic punk band x

certainly there'd be too many puns about ex-LAX players

I think you meant not enough.

the Los Angeles Everything

the Los Angeles Everything Bagel

The Los Angeles Food Scene

The Los Angeles The Angels

The Los Angeles County

BTW can I just say I think "We Are One" is kind of cheap and stupid even if well-meaning, and I hate how they already had TV spots using it ready to go for last night's game

also think of all of the fun. royalty money they're leaving on the table

The Los Angeles Bulgogi Cheesesteaks

last sammich I had in LA was so good that they should name team after it

BTW can I just say I think "We Are One" is kind of cheap and stupid even if well-meaning, and I hate how they already had TV spots using it ready to go for last night's game

― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Wednesday, April 30, 2014 2:52 PM (56 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no you cannot say that sorry this thread is not for the haters

still think an NBA team should call themselves the Ballers

i'm down w/the sentiment but the execution felt less grassroots and more like a really slick ad campaign, like let's take this incident and boil it down to a three word catchphrase as quickly as possible.

We've already decided to not be cynical about this and just enjoy it

see also: BOSTON STRONG