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I wonder about that tape....we will see in the future what will come from that and how others will have to deal with perhaps a similar thing if this is going to be allowed.
The NBA, and professional sports generally ... will struggle with how to deal similarly with comments team owners make. The NBA over-reacted and will regret what it did and is doing in response to what, on balance, was a relatively insignificant remark made in private between a man and the woman he pays to have sex with.
I guarantee you he couldn't care less about winning a championship. He was very good friends with Jerry Buss and Jerry Buss had to go into the tax penalty to win rings. Judging by Sterlings body of work in 30 years as an owner...he wanted no part of that whatsoever.
The guy did not like basketball...
The team was a business. It was his franchise. Like Starbucks #1 or Starbucks #30 is just a # to Magic.
bs. he went out and spent the money because he wanted a championship. he couldve told the gm not to go after chris paul or resign blake griffin, but he spent over 200 mill combined on both of those guys long term contracts alone.
he wanted a championship which is why he also spent so much on doc rivers.
losing this team, and his credibility, and his reputation are far worse then whatever he'll get from this sale.
bs. he went out and spent the money because he wanted a championship. he couldve told the gm not to go after chris paul or resign blake griffin, but he spent over 200 mill combined on both of those guys long term contracts alone.
he wanted a championship which is why he also spent so much on doc rivers.
losing this team, and his credibility, and his reputation are far worse then whatever he'll get from this sale.
Maybe as a last gasp effort after driving his team into the ground for 30+ years he figured he would give it a run.
Why not?
You are acting like this was a passion of his. It wasn't. The numbers are very much against you.
It's very amusing how much some people delude themselves because they want to see this man hurting LOL. He couldn't care less about his credibility. This is a dude who had the hammer brought down on him and his obnoxious habits a few times in the past.
I don't know what makes you think his reputation are any worse off than it has been...it's been in the toilet forever. And furthermore, why you would think he cares.
umm... he could have sold at any time if it was about the money.
You guys act like that 2 Billion will cure his cancer.
Billionaires don't care about another Billion or 2... they want power. Sterling was stripped of his team.
He will probably fight this sale because Billionaires HATE to be told what to do. This is why he was damn near in tears when his mistress defended Magic.
Exactly. People act like making all this money at 81 is what matters to this guy. It isn't.
It's very amusing how much some people delude themselves because they want to see this man hurting LOL. He couldn't care less about his credibility. This is a dude who had the hammer brought down on him and his obnoxious habits a few times in the past.
I don't know what makes you think his reputation are any worse off than it has been...it's been in the toilet forever. And furthermore, why you would think he cares.
You act like you have special insight into this man, how he feels, and what matters to him.
...Why did the Clippers sell for nearly 4 times the amount of the single largest NBA franchise acquisition in the history of the NBA.....which transpired only a few weeks ago???
The market.
It's up to you to show how "the scandal" inflated the price of the sale.
It's up to you to show how "the scandal" inflated the price of the sale.
No, it's not up to me...because *I* didn't explicitly make that claim. I said it was a "reasonable guess" just as the market being a reasonable guess. I think it has to do with both of those factors.
However, I can prove NEITHER ONE.
Market undoubtedly drives up the price of a franchise. But it is not the only factor. If you are dismissing everything else...then YOU must prove that market, and market alone, caused that much of a price disparity between two NBA franchises.
Do you see what happened here? Sterling got paid 2 billion dollars for being a bigot lol.
This dude worked Black America into a foaming mouth frenzy....then as the angry mob were about to raise their hands in victory, in the blink of an eye, Sterling pocketed thousands of Black American Dreams.
He bought the team for 12 million dollars.......
Trust me, he is laughing. He is in happy tears.
Gotta love social justice....LOL
2 billion to a guy that is already a multi billionaire doesn't really matter much.
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