Sterling banned for life from the NBA (P. 40)

[Illuminati_]

lol wow

telling his so called gf to go sleep around.. thats hollywood for you. She stuck to her guns but as you can see money has a scary hold on people as she quickly changed her tune at the end and started sucking up

Hes what 80? Hed be stupid to think she dont sleep aroung so i guess he thinks he can control it.

I doubt hes the only owner who is racist.

[KnickerBonkerz]

He's just a crazy old man with old fashioned views. I think he's more self conscious than anything. He has this warped view where he's embarassed to be seen with blacks. At least he's not actively promoting hatred towards them.

Don't get me wrong he's still a horrible racist person but these type of people will die out soon.

[Illuminati_]

Listened to the first two minutes. Curious how much the gf was involved in setting him up to say absurd things.

I'm not going to defend Sterling but on issues of race people need to know that you can't change the opinions of a 80-yr old. FWIW he's paying out millions of dollars to African-American players and a coach. Looks like a case where Sterling was lashing out at this gold digger and made some shameful comments in the heat of the moment.

Yeah....no.

There is a rich tradition in the United States of racist white men paying money to be entertained by the athletic exploits of black men in much the same way that ordinary people pay money to watch animals perform in the circus.

Can't buy the exploitation argument when you're paying $80,000,000 in salary to African Americans.

Exploitation is minimum wage/slavery and not $10,000,000 a year contract for a tall guy to put a ball in a hoop.

Expoitation becaise of how much he proits off the nba. You kids cant get past the point of comparing their salaries to your 9-5 lol. Lebron should be making a substantial amount more for what value he brings to the league. A salary cap is in place so owners can attain assets at a set price even though the league grows in value annualy.

[StonedFan420]

First off, never trust a b****. She kept on pushing for answers like she was a reporter.
That being said, Sterling is really dumb. He's just an old senile with the mindset of those back in the 19th century. Thinking that if your seen w/ a black person, it means the worst possible thing. Nowadays its the complete opposite, if you have a racist pov, it can have impact your whole life. Just ask Mel Gibson, who's career went to the can after many racial slurs.

[BigShotBob13]

It defintely isn't exploitation. It's a business where the free market determines who gets paid what. It also isn't proof that he isn't racist cause it's pretty clear there's a certain degree of racism to him. Him owning the Clippers isn't proof one way or the other.

I really think people are missing what this is though. It's an example of how money corrupts people's souls. Both he and her represent how people can be scumbags when all they care about is money and image.

All he cares about is money, if he cared anything about his image he wouldn't have went off like he did. He's a racist, bigot and a hypocrite. His "girlfriend" is of mixed race and he goes off on how he doesn't want her associating with any african americans.

He doesn't give two **** about what people think of him, his African American team turns him a tidy profit and he can go about acting any way he wants. He's an embarassment and Silver should step up and do something about it.

This will overshadow the great series between GSW and LAC, its a shame because it's basketball we as fans care about yet we'll be force fed this **** POV.

[lander]

Can't buy the exploitation argument when you're paying $80,000,000 in salary to African Americans.

Exploitation is minimum wage/slavery and not $10,000,000 a year contract for a tall guy to put a ball in a hoop.

Hank contextualized it to fit 2014. And he's pretty spot on. That 80 million is turning him a profit.

It defintely isn't exploitation. It's a business where the free market determines who gets paid what. It also isn't proof that he isn't racist cause it's pretty clear there's a certain degree of racism to him. Him owning the Clippers isn't proof one way or the other.

I really think people are missing what this is though. It's an example of how money corrupts people's souls. Both he and her represent how people can be scumbags when all they care about is money and image.

Money doesn't make you become racist geez. Racism is a deep seeded hate. Usually to do with how you grew up. He's talking about not wanting black people to attend his games because of the bad image it would project. Yet he thinks ok to have black athletes entertain him and his friends, why do you that is, if Hank is wrong.

Sometimes I think people need a picture drawn for them. Obviously he thinks he bought and paid for them.

[Spicy P]

We're obviously missing some context. I think he's an old school guy who happens to have a young attractive chick who he knows is going to get it elsewhere [he even tells her she can), but still doesn't want her to be seen as the chick who goes around banging all the black guys and it bothers him that she basically flaunts it in his face by posting pics on Instagram. I think it has more to do with his insecurities, than it does with blatant KKKesque racism. After all, he owns an NBA team, and has to interact with blacks on a daily basis. Sounds somewhat masochistic if he were truly the racist that this chicks apparently wanted to make him out to be. Besides, she's Mexican with some African ancestry-- what kind of a lame ass racist is this guy? Smells fishy to me, bitch was probably trying to extort money from him.

Ummm....no. There's no defending him and he really is a racist. Sterling has a long history of racism even before this incident. He doesn't allow black or hispanic families to rent his apartments, he pays his black employees less than his white employees, etc. This latest incident just seals the deal.

[jonny three time]

Some of you guys either didn't listen to the tape or are missing the context.

He doesn't want his girlfriend seen with black guys because it makes him look bad. As in his buddies will think that his girlfriend is sleeping with every black guy around and is only pretending to be his girlfriend, which is probably the case and he knows it, he just doesn't want evidence out there for people to see. If that isn't about being consumed with how your peers see you I don't know what is.

[cammac]

btw...this thread title is ridiculous.

What does any of this have to do with Adam Silver?

Just for you Hank changed the title. It is now all about Silver how he handles it.
See if he has balls Stern definitely didn't this is a ongoing problem.

[KnickerBonkerz]

Some of you guys either didn't listen to the tape or are missing the context.

He doesn't want his girlfriend seen with black guys because it makes him look bad. As in his buddies will think that his girlfriend is sleeping with every black guy around and is only pretending to be his girlfriend, which is probably the case and he knows it, he just doesn't want evidence out there for people to see. If that isn't about being consumed with how your peers see you I don't know what is.

Exactly, I hate how people blow this type of thing out of proportion.

This is not "overshadowing the series" either

[RaptorJ]

He's been like this for many years and done worse things before. Telling the girl he doesn't want her hanging with blacks is hardly as bad as paying his black employees less or embarrassing his black players with slave master language.

btw I'm sure Silver's too busy making sure his refs push the Nets into the 2nd round by **** the Raptors up the **** than to deal with Donald Sterling. **** Silver.

My question is, why in God's name would you buy a basketball team if you hate black people?

[Lucky 24]

Some of you guys either didn't listen to the tape or are missing the context.

He doesn't want his girlfriend seen with black guys because it makes him look bad. As in his buddies will think that his girlfriend is sleeping with every black guy around and is only pretending to be his girlfriend, which is probably the case and he knows it, he just doesn't want evidence out there for people to see. If that isn't about being consumed with how your peers see you I don't know what is.

He did say he wanted his girlfriend to be projected as white or Latina. He sounded that he didn't want her to appreciate that she is half black and he wanted to suppress that side of her. I think that was the most racist part of this video.

[knickerbocker2k2]

Listening to that again the GF comes off worse. She sounds really despicable person. The way she is trying to set him up is grotesque. Sterling is huge POS for what he has done in the past but he doesn't say thing that you would expect from huge racist in private conversations. It looks like he is trying to sound PC.

It basically comes down to insecure old geezer who's trophy GF is making him look bad to his other elitist old white geezers friends by blatantly hanging with other men (in this case made worse by being black). He sounds reasonable in context when he says you can do that privately (even ****) just don't show him up.

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[lander]

He's been like this for many years and done worse things before. Telling the girl he doesn't want her hanging with blacks is hardly as bad as paying his black employees less or embarrassing his black players with slave master language.

btw I'm sure Silver's too busy making sure his refs push the Nets into the 2nd round by **** the Raptors up the **** than to deal with Donald Sterling. **** Silver.

My question is, why in God's name would you buy a basketball team if you hate black people?

Because then you can watch them make money for you, entertain you and feel superior. 21st version of a 19th century concept.

[Mr_NC]

This would have never happened under David Stern, he would have laid the smack down

[lander]

The fact that some bend over backwards to excuse or explain this is either truly **** up or sad. Can't decide.

We have a long way to go as a society, if something even this blatant is somehow considered acceptable behaviour.

[RaptorJ]

He's been like this for many years and done worse things before. Telling the girl he doesn't want her hanging with blacks is hardly as bad as paying his black employees less or embarrassing his black players with slave master language.

btw I'm sure Silver's too busy making sure his refs push the Nets into the 2nd round by **** the Raptors up the **** than to deal with Donald Sterling. **** Silver.

My question is, why in God's name would you buy a basketball team if you hate black people?

Because then you can watch them make money for you, entertain you and feel superior. 21st version of a 19th century concept.

Yah I definitely get the impression it's some sort of weird slave master mentality he's getting off on. Though if I were paying someone millions of dollars to perform it would kind of nullify those feelings pretty quickly.

[jonny three time]

He's been like this for many years and done worse things before. Telling the girl he doesn't want her hanging with blacks is hardly as bad as paying his black employees less or embarrassing his black players with slave master language.

btw I'm sure Silver's too busy making sure his refs push the Nets into the 2nd round by **** the Raptors up the **** than to deal with Donald Sterling. **** Silver.

My question is, why in God's name would you buy a basketball team if you hate black people?

Because then you can watch them make money for you, entertain you and feel superior. 21st version of a 19th century concept.

Ya man. That's what every Klansman grows up dreaming of. To become rich enough to buy an NBA team, then only play Black players 15 million a year when they could be making 20 million a year. That'll keep em down!

Players agree to a collective bargaining agreement as a union. Not only that but by limiting how much the top players make you ensure that there will be more jobs for players. If you took away the cap and salary restrictions it could easily lead to teams folding due to the economics and the growing disparity of the "have" teams and the "have not" teams. Trust me, nobody buys an NBA team out of racism. It isn't proof that he isn't racist either. It's just a business/hobby for rich guys to show off, like their girlfriends who are 50 years younger than them.

[lander]

He's been like this for many years and done worse things before. Telling the girl he doesn't want her hanging with blacks is hardly as bad as paying his black employees less or embarrassing his black players with slave master language.

btw I'm sure Silver's too busy making sure his refs push the Nets into the 2nd round by **** the Raptors up the **** than to deal with Donald Sterling. **** Silver.

My question is, why in God's name would you buy a basketball team if you hate black people?

Because then you can watch them make money for you, entertain you and feel superior. 21st version of a 19th century concept.

Yah I definitely get the impression it's some sort of weird slave master mentality. Though if I were paying someone millions of dollars to play basketball I wouldn't feel any ownership over them. lol

Neither would I but these billionaires have egocentric personalities to begin with imagine adding a hateful soul to that.

[RaptorJ]

Amazing contrast with a guy like Cuban who lets players stay at his house, throws parties for them and basically treats them like family. Sterling treats them like chattel.