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

scopy · Post #1541 » by **scopy** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:15 pm

Choker wrote:Chris Paul for John Salmons.

Sterling will definitely want to sell the Clippers now.

In all honesty, you know the vultures are circling that team now scouring for talent. Might be a lot of trade requests coming from the LAC. Its going to be a gong show for a long time and I'm sure a lot of guys won't want anything to do with it.

CrookedJ · Post #1542 » by **CrookedJ** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:18 pm

RaptorJ wrote:I really don't know why Bobcat and the FAN guys still have Butch on. Sure he knows his stuff, but he's senile and a mental case. I bet Butch thinks everyone is against him and he should still be coaching in the NBA.

Just read his piece on Sportsnet on game 5... and was shocked that he admitted he had messed up with his handling of VC in the first playoff series.

emphatikdunker · Post #1543 » by **emphatikdunker** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:23 pm

pbj wrote:

Spoiler:

wolfv · Post #1544 » by **wolfv** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:23 pm

Good luck selling the team if that happens

emphatikdunker · Post #1545 » by **emphatikdunker** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:24 pm

scopy wrote:Someone should release Butch Carter.

They did. Thing is he still thinks he works for the raptors

Mack11 · Post #1546 » by **Mack11** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:26 pm

thats dumb.. only way that would work if the the entire organization went on strike including the players till sterling sold the team.

steamed hams · Post #1547 » by **steamed hams** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:29 pm

F*ck Butch Carter

Indeed · Post #1548 » by **Indeed** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:30 pm

Not sure if it is legal.
The league itself should have their way of dealing it instead of passing this to the NBPL side. Perhaps not releasing a schedule for LAC is another way that the league has control.

UnRealGM · Post #1549 » by **UnRealGM** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:30 pm

symbolically, it sorta works.. yknow, emancipation and all that..

basketball royalty · Post #1550 » by **basketball royalty** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:31 pm

I think this was before the smackdown on Sterling by Silver. Pretty sure after that I heard Butch on the radio saying the commish did the right thing.

scopy · Post #1551 » by **scopy** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:31 pm

emphatikdunker wrote:
scopy wrote:Someone should release Butch Carter.

They did. Thing is he still thinks he works for the raptors

Touche.
He's a blow hard who spews verbal diarrhea just to get attention.

savierdcglobe · Post #1552 » by **savierdcglobe** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:32 pm

Thats impossible. They have to be at least above minimum salary cap threshold or else they pay some fine

changes · Post #1553 » by **changes** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:33 pm

TheSamMitchell · Post #1554 » by **TheSamMitchell** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:37 pm

savierdcglobe wrote:Thats impossible. They have to be at least above minimum salary cap threshold or else they pay some fine

You're right lol. It didn't work when the 76ers tried it, so it's not gonna work now.

vincecarter55 · Post #1555 » by **vincecarter55** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:39 pm

Why is there so much hate for Butch on this forum? I think he is a pretty intelligent basketball mind. Sure he says some off the wall things sometimes, but he speaks his mind and makes you think. Better than Sherman Hamilton, Steve Kerr, Leo Rautins, etc. who might as well be a robot programmed to spit out generic crap that means nothing.

Badonkadonk · Post #1556 » by **Badonkadonk** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:42 pm

Why does he continue to embarrass himself? I wish he would just shut up.

Post #1557 » by **Patman** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:44 pm

IMAN5 · Post #1558 » by **IMAN5** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 8:08 pm

Butch Carter should also be banned from the NBA for life and fined 2.5 Million

Post #1559 » by **Patman** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 8:16 pm

So, like, can Sterling even download NBA 2K updates or what?

Birth of the Cool · Post #1560 » by **Birth of the Cool** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 8:25 pm

cammac wrote:
J-Roc wrote:So operation sympathy has begun. Maybe the Sterling family can keep the team?

@SpearsNBAYahoo

Shelly Sterling just departed Staples Center surrounded by body guards.

@SpearsNBAYahoo

Doc expresses compassion for Shelly Sterling and told her to come to game. Doc said mrs sterling told him to tell players she loved them.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2046 ... ors-game-5

Doc Rivers Told Shelly Sterling to Attend Clippers-Warriors Game 5

Just because Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is now banned from the NBA for life, per ESPN.com, does not mean that his estranged wife, Shelly, is an unwanted presence at games.

As a matter of fact, Clippers coach Doc Rivers wanted Shelly in attendance for Los Angeles' Game 5 matchup with the Golden State Warriors. Plus, Shelly had a special message for the players.

Shelly did come to the game, and as you would expect, she was given maximum security.

In times like these, we have to remember that guilt by association does not always apply, and that could not be any more true in this case.

Sure, Donald Sterling may have made some disgusting, hair-raising remarks that sent shock waves through the NBA, an organization that runs a sport we love, but that does not mean that everyone around him shares his views.

One can only imagine the predicament that Shelly is currently in, but her coming to the game Tuesday night was terrific. It not only demonstrated that she fully buys into the "We Are One" mantra that the Clippers have now adopted, but also showed that the team is not shunning her just because she has a history with a man who holds a disturbing perspective on society.

Just a note she was implicated in the trails where Sterling was fined for unfair housing practices she impersonated a government official to get access to tenants in the buildings so they could be targeted for eviction. Hardly lily white herself. Plus her suing of the GF likely initiated the taping of the conversations. (give her points for that)

Yeah this whole thing is just about money & PR. It's hillarious all the backslapping players and others are giving Silver...the same guy with Stern who had no issues with Sterling for many years as long as a gossip website didn't turn social media on him. This wife just recently insisted Sterling was not racist so I mean the whole thing is just a joke and we are the punchline.

but thankfully the NBA got rid of the racist in the league. We can all sleep more comfortably now that racism and other bigotry has been nipped in the bud. Thank God!

Donald Sterling's punishment was...