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prefect posted:No one? Not even Donald Trump? Let's not get carried away with the hyperbole. I had to ponder this. Nope still going with Sterling.
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Doltos posted:I hope all this leads to a dispersion draft and the Knicks somehow get Griffin
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Apr 28, 2014 20:03
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Marketing New Brain posted:I'm actually a little surprised the players aren't just sitting out until Sterling is removed from any relevant position (I'm aware it will take longer than that to force him to sell).
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Apr 28, 2014 20:04
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AsInHowe posted:Many of Paul and Griffin's ads feature them in Clippers uniforms and logos. Except for the All-Star game clips, he is always wearing a red jacket that only says Griffin on it. I could see them not using clips of him in a Clippers uniform, but they aren't going to drop the players themselves from contracts.
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Apr 28, 2014 20:04
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AsInHowe posted:Many of Paul and Griffin's ads feature them in Clippers uniforms and logos. none of Blake Griffin's current advertisements feature the Clippers logo and State Farm has already said that they will continue supporting Chris Paul. You're being real dumb
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Apr 28, 2014 20:05
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Crazy Ted posted:Because they already talked about this with Coach Rivers and Kevin Johnson and quickly decided it was a no-go? NBA players don't compete in the playoffs for the honor of the team owner, and none of these guys wanted to throw away the chance at a dream they've been working toward since they were small children because their owner was a cock; they decided they're in it for themselves. I think the Clippers will wear red jerseys tomorrow, as those feature LOS ANGELES across the front instead of CLIPPERS. Those wouldn't match Golden State's blue jerseys either.
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Apr 28, 2014 20:05
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Tombstone posted:Except for the All-Star game clips, he is always wearing a red jacket that only says Griffin on it. I could see them not using clips of him in a Clippers uniform, but they aren't going to drop the players themselves from contracts.
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Apr 28, 2014 20:06
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mynameisjohn posted:I'm thinking that you don't watch much basketball or basketball advertisements. And Chris Paul's only ad that features the Clippers colors prominently is the argyle shoe one which will probably stop airing soon anyways since it was a limited edition
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Apr 28, 2014 20:06
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The Clippers are considering having a player speak to the crowd before tomorrow's game to clear the air or whatever. No word yet on what Sterling is planning to do.
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Apr 28, 2014 20:11
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mynameisjohn posted:I'm thinking that you don't watch much basketball or basketball advertisements. Careful John just breathe. It's all going to be ok maybe
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Apr 28, 2014 20:11
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It's times like this that I wish my owner was a terrible racist and also recorded himself frequently
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Apr 28, 2014 20:11
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Any sort of confirmation on the story about more tapes?
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Apr 28, 2014 20:12
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Doltos posted:It's times like this that I wish my owner was a terrible racist and also recorded himself frequently
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Apr 28, 2014 20:13
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Doltos posted:It's times like this that I wish my owner was a terrible racist and also recorded himself frequently Dolan records himself plenty, have you not seen the CDs available in the shop at MSG
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Apr 28, 2014 20:13
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Declan MacManus posted:Dolan records himself plenty, have you not seen the CDs available in the shop at MSG
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Apr 28, 2014 20:14
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Deadspin is leaking portions of the NBA's constitution that might allow them to punish Sterling. http://deadspin.com/heres-the-secret-nba-rule-that-could-oust-donald-sterli-1568842613 The passage only refers to players, but they've got lawyers looking over the entire thing (which they hope to publish in its entirety later this week). Crazy Ted posted:Okay now dub the Donald Sterling audio recordings over that smooth James Dolan jazz and you've got a winner. I think we've got the backing track to Donald Sterling's Adult Storytime. Someone alert Olbermann.
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Apr 28, 2014 20:15
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AsInHowe posted:I think we've got the backing track to Donald Sterling's Adult Storytime. Someone alert Olbermann.
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Apr 28, 2014 20:18
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Crazy Ted posted:Okay now dub the Donald Sterling audio recordings over that smooth James Dolan jazz and you've got a winner. James Dolan plays the blues. Donald Sterling plays the blacks. Both are themed around lamenting things that surround you in life.
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Apr 28, 2014 20:18
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Lockback posted:Aww, that sucks. I was hoping you both were at Wake at the same time and he stole your girlfriend or something. Not that I was wishing for your emotional pain or anything, but those kinds of stories are always awesome. Not the sexual assault stories. We WERE at Wake together, but actually I didn't know Jeff at all personally, though I did know other guys on the team. Funnily enough I'm closer to the current team than the ones I was in school with. Sorry my story wasn't awesome/hilarious. However  at Donald Trump, and AsInHowe, stop being a dummy.
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Apr 28, 2014 20:18
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The Trump response is just the first wave of dumb partisan backlash you're going to get over Obama dropping in on the conversation. Although Trump's also got a few horses in the whole culture-that-insulates-socially-degenerate-billionaires race himself so he's not a neutral party. If you spin the JD & The Straight Shot CDs backwards you can hear James Dolan bemoaning his city's pivotal role in waging the war of northern aggression.
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Apr 28, 2014 20:19
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FYI for anyone who read/heard Sterling's wife and her vehement denial of being a racist: during the lawsuits about housing discrimination, it came out that she had falsely posed as a government "health inspector" in order to gain access to tenants' apartments so that she could do things like record their ethnicity and family size.
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Apr 28, 2014 20:19
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thompson posted:Careful John just breathe. It's all going to be ok maybe
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Apr 28, 2014 20:20
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Crazy Ted posted:Before I was thinking you could get Bob Barker to do voice work on those court transcripts. I'll regroup and say that I'll bet just about anything that you could get William Shatner to do it. Shatner is a guy who is always available. Always. Also, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is angry about how angry everyone is getting. http://time.com/79590/donald-sterling-kareem-abdul-jabbar-racism/ quote:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Welcome to the Finger-Wagging Olympics First off, there's only one winner of the Finger-Wagging Olympics, Kareem, and that's Dikembe Mutombo
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Apr 28, 2014 20:22
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I went back and looked because I was deceived by his red jumpsuits in the KIA commercials into thinking he was in Clippers gear but it's just a red and white Griffin outfit. The Nike/Jordan commercials are all in Air Jordan gear. State Farm also plays on the red and white thing for Chris Paul but yeah no Clippers.
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Apr 28, 2014 20:23
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AsInHowe posted:Shatner is a guy who is always available. Always. what in the gently caress
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Apr 28, 2014 20:24
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The Asian Oprah posted:I went back and looked because I was deceived by his red jumpsuits in the KIA commercials into thinking he was in Clippers gear but it's just a red and white Griffin outfit. As someone who mainly follows the NBA via DVR'd games, highlights, and certain writers, I did not know that.
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Apr 28, 2014 20:24
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AsInHowe posted:Shatner is a guy who is always available. Always. It's a confused way of stating it but I figure "it's bullshit that this bullshit wasn't a big deal already" is probably a legitimate way to feel.
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Apr 28, 2014 20:25
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The Asian Oprah posted:It's a confused way of stating it but I figure "it's bullshit that this bullshit wasn't a big deal already" is probably a legitimate way to feel.
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Apr 28, 2014 20:26
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The Asian Oprah posted:It's a confused way of stating it but I figure "it's bullshit that this bullshit wasn't a big deal already" is probably a legitimate way to feel. People were angry about Sterling for a long time, but it never went viral until now. People were angry about a lot of things for a while, until one flashpoint turned public outrage their way. That's life.
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Apr 28, 2014 20:26
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I really wish there was a way we could just make him sell, but man his silence is making me fear he'll just take this team to the grave.
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Apr 28, 2014 20:26
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Yeah, but how does he feel about the HBO Series Girls?
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AsInHowe posted:As someone who mainly follows the NBA via DVR'd games, highlights, and certain writers, I did not know that.
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thompson posted:I really wish there was a way we could just make him sell, but man his silence is making me fear he'll just take this team to the grave. His silence makes me kind of think he's going to pull a Dan Snyder, and make the next game as much about him and his greatness as possible. Game 5 is NAACP Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Donald T. Sterling Night, everyone. Come early and celebrate beloved non-racist Donald Sterling! Free white hoodies to the first 5,000 fans! Miko posted:Yet, you seemed to be p.sure that they were decked in Clippers gear during endorsements. Every other league's ads have players in team jerseys in the ads, if the company has a relationship with both the team and player. Unless they had prior reservations about the Clippers brand, I assumed they'd include some basketball footage.
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AsInHowe posted:Shatner is a guy who is always available. Always. He makes good points even though it comes off weird. Basically he's just saying that everyone becoming morally outraged is tiring and that privately taping someone in order to expose them to the world is unsettling. He also wishes people got outraged the first time Sterling was exposed as a scumbag racist instead of sitting on it until it festered over again. And finally, he thinks that exposing and denouncing a scumbag racist won't do much towards combating racism. That idea was reflected earlier in this thread when john said that Sterling is an 81 year old dude who doesn't give a poo poo.
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AsInHowe posted:People were angry about Sterling for a long time, but it never went viral until now. People were angry about a lot of things for a while, until one flashpoint turned public outrage their way. That's life. I agree, it's not a particularly productive point. But it's not like he's saying nothing should be done about Sterling, just saying it ought to have happened earlier and he reserves the right to be annoyed that it didn't. Crazy Ted posted:But it's Kareem so you know he had to write it like an autist. Bet he wishes he'd practiced public speaking instead of that lame ol' skyhook 
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Apr 28, 2014 20:35
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The Asian Oprah posted:Bet he wishes he'd practiced public speaking instead of that lame ol' skyhook
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Apr 28, 2014 20:37
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Seriously, who could possibly be editing that to somehow keep in the phrase "She was like a sexy nanny playing 'pin the fried chicken on the Sambo.'" How could that possibly get published in any context?
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Apr 28, 2014 20:40
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That doesn't even make any sense, it's just racist gobbledegook
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Apr 28, 2014 20:43
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Declan MacManus posted:That doesn't even make any sense, it's just racist gobbledegook It's nonsensical racism, the kind of racism that Kareem wants us to be retroactively angry about.
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Declan MacManus posted:That doesn't even make any sense, it's just racist gobbledegook
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