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Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 9:37 am
by Leisher
Steve Ballmer buys the team for $2B.
That was fast.
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Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 9:46 am
by TheCatt
Donald Sterling's lawyer Max Blecher did not return messages asking for comment on Shelly Sterling's actions. However, earlier in the day, Blecher said in an email to ESPN that his client had not signed off on the sale.
Bobby Samini, another attorney for Donald Sterling, told the Los Angeles Times, "There's been no sale. There can be no sale without Donald's signature."
Drama.
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 10:27 am
by Malcolm
If Ballmer's tenure at MS is any indication, the Clippers are going to suck for a long, long time.
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 11:14 am
by GORDON
How long will it take to get a return on a $2B investment in that team?
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 11:27 am
by Vince
Was going to comment, but don't think I care enough anymore. NBA can burn to the ground. Don't care.
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 12:28 pm
by TheCatt
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 12:05 am
by Leisher
Because you can't make this shit up, Donald Sterling's mistress has now been caught on tape bashing black people.
That's the same chick who recorded him bashing black people starting this whole thing.
And she's half black...
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 11:47 am
by GORDON
Oh no she d'int.
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 1:50 pm
by Malcolm
Leisher wrote:Because you can't make this shit up, Donald Sterling's mistress has now been
caught on tape bashing black people.
That's the same chick who recorded him bashing black people starting this whole thing.
And she's half black...
You act as if self-loathing isn't a thing.
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 6:52 am
by Vince
Leisher wrote:Because you can't make this shit up, Donald Sterling's mistress has now been
caught on tape bashing black people.
That's the same chick who recorded him bashing black people starting this whole thing.
And she's half black...
Interesting that the day after that story breaks, she says a couple of racist white guys beat her up in NYC. I thought her story seemed really weird. Now I think I understand where it came from.
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 9:05 am
by Paul
GORDON wrote:How long will it take to get a return on a $2B investment in that team?
Revenue-wise, I hear the Clippers are worth about $700 billion.
If you are worth $20 billion, and really want a team, why not decrease your net worth a measly $1.3 billion so so you can have a cool new toy?
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 9:25 am
by Leisher
Article about the guys attacking her.
I call bullshit. Two nondescript white guys that a crowd tried to apprehend, but apparently couldn't? No witness statements? No police report? She went to a doctor because her face was "extremely red"?
Meanwhile, Sterling went to an all black church.
I get that it's a PR move, and good on the pastor for inviting him, however:
TMZ added that Sterling did sit through the entire two-hour service, surrounded by bodyguards, though at least one of the 30 people in attendance "left with his children as soon as Sterling walked in with his entourage."
Seems to me that the guy who left wasn't being very Christian.
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 9:37 am
by GORDON
I don't even care about any of this.
All I know is that if I say something unpopular, I might be forced to sell my house. I am not sure how that is happening.
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 10:05 am
by Leisher
There are a lot of people who are confused about why Sterling was forced to sell his team. Especially since he never dropped the N word.
Basically, it came down to PR for the NBA. In their constitution they have the right to remove an owner from a team if that owner does something that can damage the league, and thus, other teams. That's what happened here.
The NBA is a league of mostly black players, and a large portion of their fan base is black. They couldn't have an owner making the comments that Sterling did as it'd be bad for business.
Meanwhile, the NBA's "bad boy" owner, Mark Cuban, got into a smaller controversy when he suggested that people shouldn't be punished for their opinions. He stated that everyone has prejudices. He's right. Nobody wants to admit that though.
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 10:19 am
by TPRJones
GORDON wrote:All I know is that if I say something unpopular, I might be forced to sell my house. I am not sure how that is happening.
That completely depends on what's in your Home Owners Association Agreement as a rider to your house title. In some cases this thing you posit could certainly happen.
Think of the NBA as a shitty HOA and it all makes sense.
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 10:29 am
by Malcolm
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 10:55 am
by TheCatt
Malcolm wrote:$700 billion
Really?
Typo. Was supposed to be million.
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 12:24 pm
by Paul
Typo. Was supposed to be million.
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 1:28 pm
by Malcolm
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 11:30 am
by Leisher
