Jnai said:This guy has all the gravitas of an undergrad doing his first presentation.
Feels like we are the biggest winnerEd Hillel said:This is a great day for the future of the Boston Celtics. That is the message to take from today, right?
Jnai said:This guy has all the gravitas of an undergrad doing his first presentation.
Yes. That is my takeaway for sure. This mess will be tied up in the courts for years, right? I don't see Sterling accepting this punishment and walking away.Ed Hillel said:This is a great day for the future of the Boston Celtics. That is the message to take from today, right?
She asked a great question, though.Luis Taint said:Lisa Guerrero has gone downhill
Ed Hillel said:This is a great day for the future of the Boston Celtics. That is the message to take from today, right?
IHateDaveKerpen said:
Seriously. He sounds so nervous.
Ed Hillel said:This is a great day for the future of the Boston Celtics. That is the message to take from today, right?
Greg29fan said:
Mark Cuban @mcuban 3m
I agree 100% with Commissioner Silvers findings and the actions taken against Donald Sterling
Because this is a very slippery slope. What Donald said was wrong. It was abhorrent. There's no place for racism in the NBA, any business I'm associated with, and I don't want to be associated with people who have that position.
But at the same time, that's a decision I make. I think you've got to be very, very careful when you start making blanket statements about what people say and think, as opposed to what they do. It's a very, very slippery slope.
RedOctober3829 said:This isn't going to stand.
In all fairness it essentially is and he layed the fuckin hammer DOWN!Jnai said:This guy has all the gravitas of an undergrad doing his first presentation.
I expect a unanimous vote regardless of them being happy or not. Cuban was the only one publicly showing skepticism on a forced sale and he came out saying he 100% supports Silver. 28 more will surely follow.Ed Hillel said:Silver is getting in too deep here. The owners cannot be happy with him right now.
I'm hoping so too. How exactly do we benefit? The pick they owe us is next season when Paul, Blake, DeAndre, etc and likely Doc are leading them to another 50+ win season.Drocca said:Hopefully the suggestion that the Celtics are the 'big winners' is sarcasm and jokes that are just not coming through on this medium.
DennyDoyle'sBoil said:I don't really understand what a "lifetime ban" means for a person who owns a team.
they haven't, someone specifically asked that in the press conference and Silver basically dodged the question by mentioning Sterling won his court cases and they didn't have enough evidencebankshot1 said:Without defending a word of what Sterling said, and playing the Devil's Advocate, has the NBA ever fined Sterling before for untoward behavior/language, and if not, does a 1st time offense for using offensive/racist language warrant a lifetime ban?
wutang112878 said:
Talk about a hypocrite:
Certainly they can, but the emphasis isn't punishing the team, he's punishing Sterling.Luis Taint said:If a further penalty is given, can they yank the 1st round pick?
HomeRunBaker said:I'm hoping so too. How exactly do we benefit? The pick they owe us is next season when Paul, Blake, DeAndre, etc and likely Doc are leading them to another 50+ win season.
Drocca said:Hopefully the suggestion that the Celtics are the 'big winners' is sarcasm and jokes that are just not coming through on this medium.
Luis Taint said:If a further penalty is given, can they yank the 1st round pick?
PaulinMyrBch said:Certainly they can, but the emphasis isn't punishing the team, he's punishing Sterling.
There is no way the league can take away a pick that was included in a trade that the league already approved and that is now controlled by another team.Luis Taint said:If a further penalty is given, can they yank the 1st round pick?