LEBRON JAMES (and others) say they will BOYCOTT the NBA if DONALD STERLING (or his wife/family) stay
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LeBron James and other players won't play next season if Donald Sterling still is an NBA owner, according to Roger Mason Jr., vice president of the NBA Players Association.
Mason told "Jim Rome on Showtime" this week that the players are united in boycotting the league next season if Sterling isn't removed as Clippers owner. The NBA owners committee met for the third time this week to discuss ousting Sterling.
"If it's not handled by ... the start of next season, I don't see how we're playing basketball," Mason said. "I was just in the locker room with LeBron ... At the end of the day, you know we have leaders. We have player reps, we've got executive committee members ... Leaders of the teams, they're all saying the same thing, 'If this man is still in place, we ain't playing.'"
Rome went on to ask: "So your guy LeBron, you think he would not play if Sterling were still in there when the [next] season started?"
"I was just in the locker room three or four days ago. LeBron and I talked about it," Mason added. "He ain't playing if Sterling is still an owner."
When asked about how players would react if Sterling's wife is kept on as an owner, Mason said: "There's no place for that family in the NBA."
Both Donald and Shelly Sterling have said that they will do everything in thier legal rights to fight being removed as owners, and if either of them sues — or if they both do — what will happen if next season comes around and the Sterling saga still isn't settled? Will the players actually sit out? That's a nightmare scenario that new commissioner Adam Silver, praised for how he's handled Sterling so far, could be helpless to avoid.
SOURCE: fox news
Mason told "Jim Rome on Showtime" this week that the players are united in boycotting the league next season if Sterling isn't removed as Clippers owner. The NBA owners committee met for the third time this week to discuss ousting Sterling.
"If it's not handled by ... the start of next season, I don't see how we're playing basketball," Mason said. "I was just in the locker room with LeBron ... At the end of the day, you know we have leaders. We have player reps, we've got executive committee members ... Leaders of the teams, they're all saying the same thing, 'If this man is still in place, we ain't playing.'"
Rome went on to ask: "So your guy LeBron, you think he would not play if Sterling were still in there when the [next] season started?"
"I was just in the locker room three or four days ago. LeBron and I talked about it," Mason added. "He ain't playing if Sterling is still an owner."
When asked about how players would react if Sterling's wife is kept on as an owner, Mason said: "There's no place for that family in the NBA."
Both Donald and Shelly Sterling have said that they will do everything in thier legal rights to fight being removed as owners, and if either of them sues — or if they both do — what will happen if next season comes around and the Sterling saga still isn't settled? Will the players actually sit out? That's a nightmare scenario that new commissioner Adam Silver, praised for how he's handled Sterling so far, could be helpless to avoid.
SOURCE: fox news
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LeBron >>>>
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inb4 ppl really believe it can't happen before next season... billion dollar transactions happen as quick as the stakeholders want it to happen.
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I'm callin shenanigans and ducktales. These ? ain't bout it bout it
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Props to lebron if true.
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Lebron the only player w/ the power to flex like this and make them react. Kudos to him.
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And in 6months i can already see Silver has more respect/healthy fear of the players/black people than Stern ever did. Lil ? like the extra apology to Magic, and how cp3 felt comfortable yellin out to Silver during that mini blackout Lol
Thats the way it should be. -
IF this is true, LeBron will be the realist dude in sports since Jim Brown the GOAT and the Greatest, Muhammad Ali.
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I told y'all, Lebron is the GOAT
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I'll believe it when I see it
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IF this is true, LeBron will be the realist dude in sports since Jim Brown the GOAT and the Greatest, Muhammad Ali.
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props but i wont believe it until i see it happening
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So if they sell the team before next season and the players don't boycott. Do that mean y'all still don't believe it, because you didn't see it?
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Yall really think Lebron gives a ? ? He's going with the grain so he don't look like a bad guy
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Lebron said he didn't say he was boycotting and Roger Mason backtracked on the issue
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source?Chi-Town Bully wrote: »Lebron said he didn't say he was boycotting and Roger Mason backtracked on the issue
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source?Chi-Town Bully wrote: »Lebron said he didn't say he was boycotting and Roger Mason backtracked on the issue
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/nba-players-including-lebron-james-threaten-boycott-sterling-article-1.1791801 -
Chi-Town Bully wrote: »
source?Chi-Town Bully wrote: »Lebron said he didn't say he was boycotting and Roger Mason backtracked on the issue
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/nba-players-including-lebron-james-threaten-boycott-sterling-article-1.1791801
? on the part of them all
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Chi-Town Bully wrote: »
source?Chi-Town Bully wrote: »Lebron said he didn't say he was boycotting and Roger Mason backtracked on the issue
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/nba-players-including-lebron-james-threaten-boycott-sterling-article-1.1791801
? on the part of them all
No, Roger Nappy Headed Mason made it hot.
That ? is a big mouth negress. Keep it on the low ,until y'all ready for the action.
instead, He runs to a radio station, and reveal his hands.
He wanted his name In the mix, and sabotaged it.
What u want Lebron to do?
He played it smart.
The nba is white freindly. What's not white freindly, is a radical ? . -
A boycott for this would be dumb as hell. The league did all it could to ban him mind you in my opinion the housing discrimination bs everyone overlooked is more ? up than saying he didn't want black people at the games. But anyways they dropped the ether bomb but now its going to take time for this to be resolved. You can't speed that ? up with a protest.
And boycotting games would not hurt sterling because even if he looses millions hes old as ? and has such a huge profit margin. How about if ? actually protested playing in florida untill stand your ground laws changed? How about if ? had some statement about the violence going on in chicago and other black communities. Actually what if the bulls protested a game due to the housing discrimination in chicago that stops black familes from moving to safer parts of the city. Those would be great causes to protest for.
Some owner who says a few things behind closed doors aint ? to the real blackballing and boxing out of black people in this country that stop black people with money or gaining wealth to move up the ladder. -
Whoever trolled ^ this statement deserves 1000 flags
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Damn @Monizzle14 talking that ?
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SrMonizzle14 wrote: »A boycott for this would be dumb as hell. The league did all it could to ban him mind you in my opinion the housing discrimination bs everyone overlooked is more ? up than saying he didn't want black people at the games. But anyways they dropped the ether bomb but now its going to take time for this to be resolved. You can't speed that ? up with a protest.
And boycotting games would not hurt sterling because even if he looses millions hes old as ? and has such a huge profit margin. How about if ? actually protested playing in florida untill stand your ground laws changed? How about if ? had some statement about the violence going on in chicago and other black communities. Actually what if the bulls protested a game due to the housing discrimination in chicago that stops black familes from moving to safer parts of the city. Those would be great causes to protest for.
Some owner who says a few things behind closed doors aint ? to the real blackballing and boxing out of black people in this country that stop black people with money or gaining wealth to move up the ladder.
The housing ? fell on Stern's watch, a commissioner who decided to make a dress code because players were too "urban" smh. A commissioner who gift wrapped Chris Paul to the Clippers knowing the racist history of the Owner. Sterling has already said ? a fine and he's suing the league to postpone any punishment he may face. The only way the players can make a difference is by boycotting if he still owns the team come next season. Or Silver has to seriously threaten to dissolve the Clippers and immediately move to instate an expansion team in Los Angeles to take their place. At the very least, he should allow players to void their contracts to play for other teams. -
manofmorehouse wrote: »SrMonizzle14 wrote: »A boycott for this would be dumb as hell. The league did all it could to ban him mind you in my opinion the housing discrimination bs everyone overlooked is more ? up than saying he didn't want black people at the games. But anyways they dropped the ether bomb but now its going to take time for this to be resolved. You can't speed that ? up with a protest.
And boycotting games would not hurt sterling because even if he looses millions hes old as ? and has such a huge profit margin. How about if ? actually protested playing in florida untill stand your ground laws changed? How about if ? had some statement about the violence going on in chicago and other black communities. Actually what if the bulls protested a game due to the housing discrimination in chicago that stops black familes from moving to safer parts of the city. Those would be great causes to protest for.
Some owner who says a few things behind closed doors aint ? to the real blackballing and boxing out of black people in this country that stop black people with money or gaining wealth to move up the ladder.
The housing ? fell on Stern's watch, a commissioner who decided to make a dress code because players were too "urban" smh. A commissioner who gift wrapped Chris Paul to the Clippers knowing the racist history of the Owner. Sterling has already said ? a fine and he's suing the league to postpone any punishment he may face. The only way the players can make a difference is by boycotting if he still owns the team come next season. Or Silver has to seriously threaten to dissolve the Clippers and immediately move to instate an expansion team in Los Angeles to take their place. At the very least, he should allow players to void their contracts to play for other teams.
To be honest i know black coaches in communities who made their players dress to a certain level of class. My older relatives had to wear shirt and tie to certain stuff so people in our own commnity demand us to dress to be respected. Stern just happens to be jewish so ? got all salty. Look im not saying stern didn't have his issues. But point blank cat made it a players league and wanted to give the players power to market their last name and number.
Point blank then entire league ignored the hundreds of articles from Jounalist's telling people about this bulllshit. Black players, black coaches (doc), white owners, and the former stern regime equally share the blame. The ? ? at the NAACP gave him an award because he threw money at black charities that is a ? shame ? the NAACP. You can't single out stern ? the players should have protested that ? on the housing discrimination/? around with a legend in baylor when he was wronged. But ? salty over a tape?
And again i don't think you understand how complicated it would be to have the whole team leave contracts and start a new franchise. Point blank nothing they can do outside of sterling dying will change ? overnight. Because again Sterling could care less about losing money. His racist wife (who profiled tennants for her husband) wont give up legally. The courts can't speed up the resulting lawsuits and due process which in time will change ? . -
They have no legal grounds to stand on. Sterling has a contract he agreed to, that states that he has to abide by certain rules determined by the commissioner. Because the terms of ousting an owner are ambiguous, the commissioner has final say in how it should be interpreted. California is a community property state, which means that if/when the Clippers are stripped from Donald Sterling, the are also stripped from his wife.
By the way, I am in no way against a dress code for your work place. It's professional and makes a great impression on potential investors. But Stern was going at cornrows, locks, baggy clothes, etc. that were specific to African Americans - the bulk of players and stars that have made the league what it is. We can say the entire league looked the other way when this stuff was happening, but maybe people were making noise about it and it was just being ignored by Stern. Remember, Elgin Baylor and other Clipper employees have been complaining about racism for a while now. Perhaps the players saw the new commissioner as someone with a different mindset on the matter, that would take their concerns seriously
