Should the Lakers sign CP3 and Blake Griffin this offseason?

[DEEP3CL]

he can't void those contracts, but can he at least allow them to move teams with those existing contracts?

after all, technically, their employer is the NBA, working inside the LAC department.

this is where it gets murky

No he can't do anything with their contracts. The only way the players contracts can be voided is if they did anything on their part to invalidate the contract.

This is petty of guys wanting the league to extract players from the Clippers, imagine how many other players would ask to get their deals erased if Clipper players were allowed to have it done ?

Devaluing the Clippers isn't going to make it attractive to other buyers if the team has no talent.

again, it's not voiding contracts or letting players become free agents. it's allowing their contracts to be picked up by other teams like the post-amnesty process

the NBA as an organisation is the players' employer, not the team owners, for all intents and purposes, the teams are individual departments within the NBA organisation. what's to stop the CEO from allowing those employees to join other departments if they don't want to stay in the clippers department?

not that i want any clippers players, i'm just merely stating the fact that the clippers organisation isn't the players' direct employer, the NBA is

I get what you're saying Aki, it's just that you have to believe the process can't be that erasable. Again think of the situation, and then imagine if any player just one day decides he doesn't like where he is and just asked the NBA to move his contract ?

I'm guessing you're more to the point of trying to force Sterling to sell if his franchise is devalued ?

[Angel strike1]

LOOOL

[dirtymike]

ummmm, sure I guess!

[Dr Aki]

I get what you're saying Aki, it's just that you have to believe the process can't be that erasable. Again think of the situation, and then imagine if any player just one day decides he doesn't like where he is and just asked the NBA to move his contract ?

I'm guessing you're more to the point of trying to force Sterling to sell if his franchise is devalued ?

i think the league would have to examine each of these instances on a case by case basis.

sterling's pretty much brought the game into disrepute with those comments, and the league and the other owners are somewhat unanimous in their decision to kick him out.

if anything, this here would be a line in the sand for any future attempts from players wanting their contracts moved (ie. it will take overt racism from a team owner to trigger a move clause, which we might never see again for our lifetime)

[NBAWestFan]

I think the NBA should allow the players to void their contracts.

A new Franchise with a new name should be created and they
should be first to sign the players that had their contracts voided from the Clippers.

After that the players should be able to go anywhere and then the Clippers
Franchise will basically have little to no value with not players that will sign
a contract.

[ak7]

can this be locked? and/or deleted? it's a glaring sore on our board, imo.

[TruSkool]

send your awesome suggestion to mitch kupchak

[TonyMontana]

Devaluing the Clippers isn't going to make it attractive to other buyers if the team has no talent.

And Sterling can sue the NBA for this same reason. The Clippers were evaluated to be worth over 700 million. If and then Sterling is forced to sell his team WHICH HE WONT then he can sue the NBA well over 1.4 Billion dollars. Trust me the NBA doesn't want to go to court over this. That's why they stopped at banning Sterling and not him and his entire partners that have a share at stake with the Clippers.

Like I said this thread sucks and Im not going to bash anybody but this thread is pointless!!

Just my two cents says Chuck Norris/Tony Montana. /thread.

Yeah T-Money Sterling will sue, but ask yourself this.....you think the NBA didn't think about that before making that ruling ? They wanted a court fight to begin with. Sterling violated Article 13 section J, it's plain as day. Owners must not do anything that will hamper the growth of the league, and his comments certainly do that.

Bottom line is Sterling can sue all he wants, and he will take it to court but he won't win. It's 29 NBA owners, Silver only needs 21 of them to vote him out. That will happen then we see it go to the courts for a year or so.

You got some valid points my bradah but keep in mind. This happened in the privacy of Sterlings home/where ever. The audio was obtained without his consent and he did put his own foot in his arse and he was punished for what he said. Now if the NBA knew that forcing Sterling out was an easy task then they would have taken a vote ASAP to eliminate Sterlings ownership.

Btw Article 13 constitution, only covers actions such as willfully violating the league’s constitution or bylaws, failure to pay dues, being found guilty of attempting to fix games, amassing huge gambling debts, or disbanding the team during a season. It doesn't say anything about an owner making racial comments in the privacy of his own home.

Its not an easy task since there are partners/wife involved in the Clippers. Removing Sterling will not be easy. He can sue the league claiming that they violated his constitutional right to free speech. This will put the matter in the courts for years. Also there isn't any “morals” clause but you can say Sterling is just a bigot and a moron. Now the lawyers can and will say that Sec. 13 of the constitution is vague, enough that Sterling can and will use it in a court of law. He will get injunctions, and he will drag this out as long as it can. Which is not going to be good for the NBA since the NBA is trying to get rid of this ASAP and they don't need to drag this out in court and tarnish their reputation and their image.