donald sterling is a horrible person

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

Well that was a scam with t shirts and everything

No cynicism until shirted

The Los Angeles Actors/Waiters

The Los Angeles Fear of Aging

ballers don't liars

The Los Angeles Old Man Nutsucks

The Los Angeles Lapbands

yeah the "we are one" was kind of lame as far as "statements" go, but imo just making any "statement" was enough at that point

ugh Boston Strong. That one doubly irks me. It's not fucking Dresden.

wow insensitive much

wow dude

The Los Angeles BALL

only beef with boston strong is I read that shirts were being sold under pretense that profits were donated but were not

they were prob donated to bostonians tho

good point. i am totally down with it now.

Would we otherwise expect a city to be "weak" a year after a terrorist attack at a sports event? I get that it's a trauma, but it seems like such an easy self-pat on the back for something that didn't directly impact most people in the city. Three deaths and 140 injuries.

sry injury number was low but same idea

hurting if i even meet you im going to literally beat u up then u will understand what boston strong is all about

they shut down an entire neighborhood for the manhunt iirc