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i happy Magic doesn't want to buy the Clippers...He's a Laker for life, ain't no way in hell would he let them shine lol

Who said Magic doesn't want to buy the Clippers? From everything I'm seeing, he's the front-running candidate ... along with his Guggenheim group partners.

My man Magic going for LA domination. Already a part owner of the Dodgers. He'll be after pieces of the Kings and Galaxy next.
 
Who said Magic doesn't want to buy the Clippers? From everything I'm seeing, he's the front-running candidate ... along with his Guggenheim group partners.

My man Magic going for LA domination. Already a part owner of the Dodgers. He'll be after pieces of the Kings and Galaxy next.

Just journalist trying to create a buzz. Nothing but rumors.

Lakers great Magic Johnson denied a published report that he is interested in buying the Clippers, but he insisted: "I am always going to fight for African-Americans, as well as Latinos ... minorities. I am going to fight for them to the death. That's where I invested my money. That's who I hire."

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/...onald-sterling-magic-johnson-other-nba-owners
 
i happy Magic doesn't want to buy the Clippers...He's a Laker for life, ain't no way in hell would he let them shine lol

you sure about that? Him and his group are interested. They need the other owners to vote against kicking out Donald Sterling first tho. On LA sports radio they were talking about how butt hurt lakers fans would be if Magic did become part owner of the Clippers. One of his own former teammates even said, "he probably would he's about business."
 
[h1]NBA Legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Rips BOTH SIDES in Donald Sterling ‘Scandal’[/h1]

By Top Right News on April 29, 2014 in Entertainment, Race, Sports

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by Scott Aberdeen | Top Right Sports
The NBA players, media, and grievance mongers such as Al Sharpton are up in arms over vile L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s alleged racist remarks. But NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar today said a pox on both your houses – calling out the hypocrisy behind the whole affair and presenting by far the most rounded  – and surprisingly libertarian — view thus far.
Abdul-Jabbar, in an op-ed piece in TIME attacked the collective outrage emanating from America’s media over Sterling’s aremarks to his girlfriend, calling the publication of a private conversation “sleazy” and wondering why earlier, more public manifestations of racism failed to shock those such as Al Sharpton, and the NAACP.
Abdul-Jabbar explains that we’re witnessing a veritable “finger-wagging Olympics . . . all over the latest in a long line of rich white celebrities to come out of the racist closet.”
“Yes, I’m angry, too,” Abdul-Jabbar admits, “but not just about the sins of Donald Sterling. I’ve got a list.”
That list includes Sterling’s girlfriend, V. Stiviano, whose voice is heard on the racially-loaded tape and who likely set the Clippers’ owner up.

“Man, what a winding road she led him down to get all of that out,” he mocked. “She was like a sexy nanny playing ‘pin the fried chicken on the Sambo.’ She blindfolded him and spun him around until he was just blathering all sorts of incoherent racist sound bites that had the news media peeing themselves with glee.”

And speaking of the news media? “They caught big game on a slow news day,” Abdul-Jabbar explained, “so they put his head on a pike, dubbed him Lord of the Flies, and danced around him whooping.”
The former NBA all-star, who played for the Milwaukee Bucks and L.A. Lakers from 1969 to 1989, has no sympathy for Sterling. But he is upset that everyone is acting so surprised, noting that the NBA owner has said offensive comments in the past and has been sued over both housing and employment discrimination.

The NAACP “did nothing” after Sterling was forced to pay a staggering $3 million fine for denying housing to Blacks, saying they “smell, and attract vermin,” Abdul-Jabbar noted. They were even going to present Sterling with an NAACP award on May 15th, with the Rev. Al Sharpton on hand. “Suddenly he says he doesn’t want his girlfriend posing with Magic Johnson on Instagram and we bring out the torches and rope. Shouldn’t we have all called for his resignation back then?

Abdul-Jabbar is correct, but it is worse than that. The NAACP accepted multiple grants from the Donald T. Sterling Charitable Foundation and handed Sterling several “image awards” — despite full knowledge of his prior, massive fine for discrimination against Blacks in his slumlord housing.
Abdul-Jabbar, perhaps channeling his closet libertarianism, also blasted the fact that Sterling’s private conversation — however racist — was suddenly broadcast nationwide.

“Didn’t we just call to task the NSA for intruding into American citizen’s privacy in such an un-American way?” he asked, comparing the secret tape-recording to Mitt Romney’s embarrassing 47 percent remark, recorded without the then-candidate’s knowledge.
“The making and release of this tape is so sleazy that just listening to it makes me feel like an accomplice to the crime,” Abdul-Jabbar fumed. “We didn’t steal the cake but we’re all gorging ourselves on it.”

“So, if we’re all going to be outraged,” the former NBA star wrapped up, “let’s be outraged that we weren’t more outraged when his racism was first evident. Let’s be outraged that private conversations between people in an intimate relationship are recorded and publicly played. Let’s be outraged that whoever did the betraying will probably get a book deal, a sitcom, trade recipes with Hoda and Kathie Lee, and soon appear on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ and ‘Dancing with the Stars.’”
Brilliant.

Hate him or love him, Alcinder is that dude.

For those that are too lazy to read the entire article, just the last paragraph, basically sums up my feels for this entire situation.
 
Agree much more with the actual article than the posted summary (go figure).

I don't agree with the criticizing the woman or fretting over the tape's privacy, but his main point is clearly about society at large and it's a good one.


Seriously though there is something insidious in the fact that so many folks want to obsess over the girlfriend in this one. Like they're trying to find a way to blame her for Sterling's actions.
I think early on in the Donald Sterling thread that it actually is the cause. His wife is suing her. Basically for all the money he spent on her. From what I understand, this is a regular practice for these folks. This was the gf's way of retaliating for the lawsuit.
 
I'm honestly shocked. It's a good move for the NBA. But I'm shocked the owners would want to set up this type of precedent. I also wonder what happens if a player is caught saying some crazy ****. What if it's about religion or sexual orientation? What if an owner talks **** about liberals or conservatives? It's very interesting.

I truly underestimated the backlash since it was common knowledge that sterling was a scumbag racist. So while it's great siler came in with the swift action. Let's not be naive. This was a money issue not a moral issue. Sponsors were already leaving the clippers. This was all over national news outlets during a very exciting playoffs. Plenty of suitors to buy the clippers

Stern will evade the blame. Even though he enabled him for years and helped give him a star, superstar whatever you wanna call it in Chris Paul.
 
[h1]NBA Legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Rips BOTH SIDES in Donald Sterling ‘Scandal’[/h1]

By Top Right News on April 29, 2014 in Entertainment, Race, Sports

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by Scott Aberdeen | Top Right Sports
The NBA players, media, and grievance mongers such as Al Sharpton are up in arms over vile L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s alleged racist remarks. But NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar today said a pox on both your houses – calling out the hypocrisy behind the whole affair and presenting by far the most rounded  – and surprisingly libertarian — view thus far.
Abdul-Jabbar, in an op-ed piece in TIME attacked the collective outrage emanating from America’s media over Sterling’s aremarks to his girlfriend, calling the publication of a private conversation “sleazy” and wondering why earlier, more public manifestations of racism failed to shock those such as Al Sharpton, and the NAACP.
Abdul-Jabbar explains that we’re witnessing a veritable “finger-wagging Olympics . . . all over the latest in a long line of rich white celebrities to come out of the racist closet.”
“Yes, I’m angry, too,” Abdul-Jabbar admits, “but not just about the sins of Donald Sterling. I’ve got a list.”
That list includes Sterling’s girlfriend, V. Stiviano, whose voice is heard on the racially-loaded tape and who likely set the Clippers’ owner up.

“Man, what a winding road she led him down to get all of that out,” he mocked. “She was like a sexy nanny playing ‘pin the fried chicken on the Sambo.’ She blindfolded him and spun him around until he was just blathering all sorts of incoherent racist sound bites that had the news media peeing themselves with glee.”

And speaking of the news media? “They caught big game on a slow news day,” Abdul-Jabbar explained, “so they put his head on a pike, dubbed him Lord of the Flies, and danced around him whooping.”
The former NBA all-star, who played for the Milwaukee Bucks and L.A. Lakers from 1969 to 1989, has no sympathy for Sterling. But he is upset that everyone is acting so surprised, noting that the NBA owner has said offensive comments in the past and has been sued over both housing and employment discrimination.

The NAACP “did nothing” after Sterling was forced to pay a staggering $3 million fine for denying housing to Blacks, saying they “smell, and attract vermin,” Abdul-Jabbar noted. They were even going to present Sterling with an NAACP award on May 15th, with the Rev. Al Sharpton on hand. “Suddenly he says he doesn’t want his girlfriend posing with Magic Johnson on Instagram and we bring out the torches and rope. Shouldn’t we have all called for his resignation back then?

Abdul-Jabbar is correct, but it is worse than that. The NAACP accepted multiple grants from the Donald T. Sterling Charitable Foundation and handed Sterling several “image awards” — despite full knowledge of his prior, massive fine for discrimination against Blacks in his slumlord housing.
Abdul-Jabbar, perhaps channeling his closet libertarianism, also blasted the fact that Sterling’s private conversation — however racist — was suddenly broadcast nationwide.

“Didn’t we just call to task the NSA for intruding into American citizen’s privacy in such an un-American way?” he asked, comparing the secret tape-recording to Mitt Romney’s embarrassing 47 percent remark, recorded without the then-candidate’s knowledge.
“The making and release of this tape is so sleazy that just listening to it makes me feel like an accomplice to the crime,” Abdul-Jabbar fumed. “We didn’t steal the cake but we’re all gorging ourselves on it.”

“So, if we’re all going to be outraged,” the former NBA star wrapped up, “let’s be outraged that we weren’t more outraged when his racism was first evident. Let’s be outraged that private conversations between people in an intimate relationship are recorded and publicly played. Let’s be outraged that whoever did the betraying will probably get a book deal, a sitcom, trade recipes with Hoda and Kathie Lee, and soon appear on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ and ‘Dancing with the Stars.’”
Brilliant.

Hate him or love him, Alcinder is that dude.

For those that are too lazy to read the entire article, just the last paragraph, basically sums up my feels for this entire situation.

Pretty much. I feel NO sympathy for the players that CHOSE to stay in a Clippers uniform. You KNEW what kind of person he was.
 
if an nba player says something as offensive as sterling, would he get banned for life?

ron artest didnt get banned for more than a season and he ran into the stands punching people
 
I'm honestly shocked. It's a good move for the NBA. But I'm shocked the owners would want to set up this type of precedent. I also wonder what happens if a player is caught saying some crazy ****. What if it's about religion or sexual orientation? What if an owner talks **** about liberals or conservatives? It's very interesting.

At first I thought the same, but then you gotta factor in they don't want to be associated to this whatsoever only because it makes them look bad.
 
Pretty much. I feel NO sympathy for the players that CHOSE to stay in a Clippers uniform. You KNEW what kind of person he was.

I'm not sure if all of them knew..but I def. Have zero sympathy for Doc Rivers especially since he played with the clippers in the early 90's. He's been around wayyy too long not to know.
 
I'm honestly shocked. It's a good move for the NBA. But I'm shocked the owners would want to set up this type of precedent. I also wonder what happens if a player is caught saying some crazy ****. What if it's about religion or sexual orientation? What if an owner talks **** about liberals or conservatives? It's very interesting.

I truly underestimated the backlash since it was common knowledge that sterling was a scumbag racist. So while it's great siler came in with the swift action. Let's not be naive. This was a money issue not a moral issue. Sponsors were already leaving the clippers. This was all over national news outlets during a very exciting playoffs. Plenty of suitors to buy the clippers

Stern will evade the blame. Even though he enabled him for years and helped give him a star, superstar whatever you wanna call it in Chris Paul.

Those are all different situations. They can be dealt with differently. It's like sentencing someone to life for murder and then saying "now they're going to sentence people to life for stealing!"
 
 
if an nba player says something as offensive as sterling, would he get banned for life?

ron artest didnt get banned for more than a season and he ran into the stands punching people
Remember that it all started w/ a fan throwing a cup at Ron Artest. I wonder if that fan got banned for life...
 
Those are all different situations. They can be dealt with differently. It's like sentencing someone to life for murder and then saying "now they're going to sentence people to life for stealing!"

I don't see what's so different. You don't think a religious player could be recorded saying all gay people are subhuman and should burn in hell?

Or players making racist comments about Jeremy Lin? You know that's happened....

Or say during a lockout an owner talking negatively about what basketball players would be doing without the NBA?


I think the owners felt backed into a corner and that's why he got the ban hammer.
 
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