Griffin Monitoring Sterling

Nanogeek · Post #1 » by **Nanogeek** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:40 pm

I feel for Clippers fans because Sterling has to be the worst owner in the league and has been consistently so for many years. I suspect the league would love to flush him but probably has no legal basis to do so. He's had sexual harrassment lawsuits, racial accusations, heckling his own players, and the latest insanity with the Elgin Baylor suit. And now it seems as if his nuttery will cost the Clippers fans Blake Griffin.

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/21 ... s_As_Owner

BEazy · Post #2 » by **BEazy** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:58 pm

After all these years of ownership the Clippers organization finally realizes the owner is a straight up douche bag? Ummmmmm I think I already knew that when he wouldn't pay for better players in the past. lol

I feel sorry for the fans because Griffin might bolt if Sterling's shenanigans keeps continuing.

Clip34life · Post #3 » by **Clip34life** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:49 pm

Lakers-Texas wrote:After all these years of ownership the Clippers organization finally realizes the owner is a straight up douche bag? Ummmmmm I think I already knew that when he wouldn't pay for better players in the past. lol

I feel sorry for the fans because Griffin might bolt if Sterling's shenanigans keeps continuing.

Ummmmmmm everyone realizes he's a douche bag. There is nothing we as fans can do about it. Collective action problem. Can't get all the fans to agree to stop buying tickets. Have to wait until we get new ownership. The really terrible thing is that Sterling won't even sell a minority share to someone like Geffen so that there is at least one owner that the players' like.

Recently · Post #4 » by **Recently** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:38 am

Hate to say it but our best option is to hope he dies..... There's like no chance he will sell, and if the NBA could somehow boot him, they would have done so a long long time ago. At the very least i wish he would find some cave to live in and stfu and not make himself look worse and worse each time hes in the news.

Orlando Dawg · Post #5 » by **Orlando Dawg** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:13 pm

I find the premise of the article ridiculous.

"A rookie is monitoring the owner"

oh no ... looks like Sterling better shape up ... he's being watched now .. by someone who plays basketball good

Can these guys even get through their first year now without the media speculating on them jumping ship?

Nanogeek · Post #6 » by **Nanogeek** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:24 pm

Orlando Dawg wrote:I find the premise of the article ridiculous.

"A rookie is monitoring the owner"

oh no ... looks like Sterling better shape up ... he's being watched now .. by someone who plays basketball good

Can these guys even get through their first year now without the media speculating on them jumping ship?

Are you really that daft? In case you weren't aware, player contracts are BILATERAL contracts meaning both the player and the team have to sign. A player can monitor a team's actions and decide not to sign with them. Just remember - think... then post.

Clip34life · Post #7 » by **Clip34life** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:16 pm

Septhaka wrote:
Orlando Dawg wrote:I find the premise of the article ridiculous.

"A rookie is monitoring the owner"

oh no ... looks like Sterling better shape up ... he's being watched now .. by someone who plays basketball good

Can these guys even get through their first year now without the media speculating on them jumping ship?

Are you really that daft? In case you weren't aware, player contracts are BILATERAL contracts meaning both the player and the team have to sign. A player can monitor a team's actions and decide not to sign with them. Just remember - think... then post.

People from other boards who comment on the Clippers rarely do.

supfoo · Post #8 » by **supfoo** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:37 pm

Septhaka wrote:
Orlando Dawg wrote:I find the premise of the article ridiculous.

"A rookie is monitoring the owner"

oh no ... looks like Sterling better shape up ... he's being watched now .. by someone who plays basketball good

Can these guys even get through their first year now without the media speculating on them jumping ship?

Are you really that daft? In case you weren't aware, player contracts are BILATERAL contracts meaning both the player and the team have to sign. A player can monitor a team's actions and decide not to sign with them. Just remember - think... then post.

who are you calling daft? at least he realizes that this article is all bark and no teeth. you could make this (Please Use More Appropriate Word) claim about any player without actually naming a source. what makes this case special other than to highlight sterling's recent string of bad publicity and speculate on a process that has yet to begin? in fact, the author's little blurb on griffin is just one long paragraph (with no source) of many in a weekly nba write-up for cbs. it's called speculation and it's how columnists make money when they don't have real news to report. here's the entire "article" itself:

There's little evidence to refute the notion that Donald Sterling is a disgrace as an NBA owner. Aside from presiding over a perennially inept franchise kept on a shoestring budget despite the resources of a major market, the Donald once again has been cast in a despicable light by revelations that Clippers players paid for then-assistant coach Kim Hughes' prostate cancer surgery in 2004 because the team-sponsored insurance policy wouldn't. None of that, nor Sterling's well-chronicled settlement of a housing discrimination lawsuit or former general manager Elgin Baylor's racial discrimination lawsuit against him, has compelled NBA commissioner David Stern to take action. (Subsequently, Sterling won a housing lawsuit over refusing to accept a Section 8 voucher as rent payment from an elderly widow.) But if Sterling's reign of incompetence and downright meanness continues, there is perhaps one outcome that finally could build enough momentum to overturn, or at least rein in, his dictatorship. Sources say rookie sensation Blake Griffin is closely monitoring Sterling's struggles and is concerned, to say the least, about the owner's unfortunate string of public embarrassments. Under current NBA rules, players on rookie contracts have little power to influence where they play. And from the standpoint of talent and assets, the Clippers are on excellent footing going forward. But Griffin will not be tied to the Clippers forever, and there are indications he will consider not only the Clippers' ability to compete for a championship, but also the kind of owner he wants to play for when he becomes eligible (under current rules, anyway) for an extension on July 1, 2012. Would alienating the most promising player in franchise history be grounds for Sterling to finally be held accountable? The Clippers, still 15 months away from Griffin's extension eligibility, are said to be losing no sleep over the matter for now. But at some point soon, they should.

as for griffin actually jumping ship, griffin has two years left on his contract and there's this thing called restricted free agency where owners have the option to match any offer sheet. even with cba negotiations looming, there's no way owners would collectively agree to play without some form of restricted free agency. still, there's the possibility that griffin forces his way out years down the road ala vince carter but even that's incredibly rare in the nba.

Orlando Dawg · Post #9 » by **Orlando Dawg** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:14 am

Septhaka wrote:Are you really that daft? In case you weren't aware, player contracts are BILATERAL contracts meaning both the player and the team have to sign. A player can monitor a team's actions and decide not to sign with them. Just remember - think... then post.

You apparently have no clue how rookie contracts work. The rest of your post is just irony.

LJ4pointplay · Post #10 » by **LJ4pointplay** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:05 pm

Actually, pretty sure rookie contracts (as well as all NBA contracts) are UNIlateral, not bilateral. Both sides have to sign all contracts.. but when the promisor (Blake Griffin) agrees to future performance (playing basketball) in exchange for money from a promisee (The Clippers/Sterling) that is a unilateral contract. Or at least I'm pretty damn sure it is..