donald sterling is a horrible person

interesting study-project on the psychological impact of extreme wealth on someone's mind. once you're on-top, you are surrounded by people that always agree with you and reinforce your views. that can lead to extreme lack of self-awareness and the abandonment of sensible caution, both of which are on display with sterling (and, you know, your highly-successful drug kingpin).

NBA Legion ‏@MySportsLegion 1h -- LeBron James is ready to lead a players boycott next season if Donald Sterling is still the owner of the Clippers. (via Roger Mason)

wow.

i read an interesting article recently, saying that -- based on his words and actions over the past two years -- lebron would rather be muhammad ali than michael jordan. might be true.

full article.

Assuming the owners officially vote Sterling out and then Sterling drags them to court, a boycott would not be a helpful thing. Legal issues take time to be resolved, and there's nothing Silver can do to change that. Sterling doesn't care if the players boycott. He's getting his check either way, and he is clearly does not care about public opinion. In fact, he seems to love the spotlight.

i assume the idea is to only boycott if, by the beginning of the next season, the owners haven't taken action to remove sterling. if they've done all they can do, and sterling has secured an injunction and tied-up the matter in court, i'm guessing the players will play (maybe not the clippers, tho).

i know all this because i consulted my magic 8 ball.

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/rockinrhonda_01/_08ball.jpg

the guy on cnn just now, digging into magic johnson, made some interesting points (he wasn't defending donald sterling, and went out of his way to make that clear).

Stan Van just confirmed to Detroit on TNT

yup! good pickup, detroit.

oops meant to put that in the offseason thread sorry to screw up your immaculate private space, Donald Sterling

donald t. sterling, if you please.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2627494/EXCLUSIVE-Listen-explosive-secret-taped-rants-Donald-Sterling-black-pimp-Stiviano-true-racist-wakes-day-wishing-white-hot-sex-family-call-The-Monster.html

incredible url

lol

white-hot-sex-family

The tapes, recorded just four or five days after the scandal broke, paint a very different picture to that presented to CNN host Anderson Cooper in an interview on Monday night.

no, this is exactly the same picture

Here’s a poor girl a Mexican girl never had anything in her life never had food never had clothes and I mean she has a fabulous body and she loves to have sex and she’s just fun and I think what if I give her some money and what if I helped her. And what if I helped her family. I changed the whole family’s life.

this is Donald T. Sterling's plantation, we're just picking cotton on it

What do you think Donald T. Sterling and "Maserati" talked about when they hung out. I'm guessing cars.

Also, what do you think Donald T. Sterling and now-deceased Raiders owner "Al Davies" talked about when they hung out.

Do you think Al Davies and Maserati ever hung out?

Did Al Davies listen to rap music? Did he know any Ice Cube lyrics?

I feel like a guy whose just been dumped on. I mean I’m down at the bottom of the ocean - not a soul has come to help me up, I’m all by myself. But you know, who would wanna get together with us and hear the real story, the real truth? Maybe a book company?

Aside from all the terribleness, this whole story has been a goldmine of hilarity.

can we talk about how this is the best url ever

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2627494/EXCLUSIVE-Listen-explosive-secret-taped-rants-Donald-Sterling-black-pimp-Stiviano-true-racist-wakes-day-wishing-white-hot-sex-family-call-The-Monster.html

I should etsy up a refrigerator magnet poetry set of that URL

can we talk about how this is the best url ever

I did!

Anyway please shoot this dude into outer space please

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/14/killed-by-donald-sterling-s-racism.html

awesome use of quotes here

Says their sex was 'hot' even if it 'took an hour to 'get there'

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/10954789/nba-initiates-charge-los-angeles-clippers-owner-donald-sterling

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BnefvI7IcAAZWWc.jpg

― k3vin k., Monday, May 12, 2014 9:15 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lmao

whoever picked that still deserves a raise

Sterling is the only guy in america with any beef with magic since larry retired.

i have beef w magic for being terrible on tv, tho he mostly managed to stay away this season so im not too mad rn

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/report--donald-sterling-asked-v--stiviano-to-lie-to-the-nba--he-and-his-wife-are-not-estranged-002432972.html

some new behind the scenes reporting:

Stiviano told Anders that Sterling met with her on May 2, shortly before she was interviewed by ABC’s Barbara Walters. Sterling asked Stiviano to tell the NBA that she lied in her previous meeting with the league. The billionaire owner wanted her to tell the league investigators that the voice on the recording was not his and that she had altered the recording,

Stiviano said Donald Sterling requested that she pay Shelly Sterling to settle the lawsuit, filed in 2013, and that he would return the money to Stiviano through “back channels.”

It also says there is ample evidence that Sterling and his wife are not estranged, as has been suggested.

The Times report also further incriminates former Clippers president Andy Roeser, in the NBA’s eyes. Roeser was given access to the tapes weeks before they were released, from a team employee who received them from Stiviano, according to the report. Allegedly, Roeser knew that the voice on the tapes was that of Sterling, but kept a brave “that-might-not-be-Donald!” face both in a press release and in discussions with the NBA.

http://deadspin.com/did-new-clippers-ceo-dick-parsons-really-play-college-b-1579773293?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

huh

Fuck Mark Cuban btw

he apparently walked back the hoodie stuff b/c of trayvon and apologized for the imagery but yeah his statements were obv extremely problematic

basically erm sorry about Trayvon but you know, my prejudice is still totally defensible

yeah it's gross as hell

its too bad because he started tout by admitting he has prejudices which is imo very healthy and could really helpful and good if more people were willing to do so but then he was all shrug thats just the way it is whatre u gonna do

just think young black dudes are scary hey man that's just me that's life nbd

sometimes i murder hookers everyones got their thing

his fear of young black men is pretty ironic when u consider he owns a basketball team i wonder if hes scared to go in the locker room

dirk checks it out for him, makes sure its safe in there

peaks around the corner does dirk seem nervous has anyone stabbed dirk no dirk is chillin ok its safe just got to remember to keep my back to the wall any everything will be fine

had my guy put my wallet in my other jet thank god

always has bodyguards:

http://blogimages.thescore.com/tbj/files/2013/07/nash-cuban-dirk-cowboy-hats.jpg

Sterling is the only guy in america with any beef with magic since larry retired.

― building a desert (art), Wednesday, May 21, 2014 11:15 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

nah Zeke and Magic had that big incident where Zeke implied (said?) Magic was gay

well that wasn't much of a fight

What is Cuban doing walking the streets at night surely up to no good.

http://37.media.tumblr.com/f507e723539b2fce525a2eec79f8d107/tumblr_n5hmbiSmzH1qg5kzeo1_1280.png

bids to buy the clippers were due at 5pm eastern today, so guess ilh putting together the capital to own a team ain't happening this summer :(

RT @darrenrovell: Sources: The Geffen/Ellison/Oprah group has partnered with Guggenheim execs Todd Boehly & Mark Walter for Clippers bid

game over