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On April 27 2014 14:43 LibertyRises wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2014 14:02 Zorkmid wrote:On April 27 2014 13:25 Jibba wrote:On April 27 2014 13:13 Zorkmid wrote:On April 27 2014 13:11 Jibba wrote:On April 27 2014 13:04 Doraemon wrote:On April 27 2014 12:58 Zorkmid wrote:On April 27 2014 12:51 Doraemon wrote:On April 27 2014 12:46 Zorkmid wrote:
Does anyone know what would have to happen for the franchise to be taken away from him? Something like a unanimous vote from the rest of the owners? don't think you can legally do that...you can't force someone to sell something they own... The Reds forced out Marge Schott a few years back. really? color me surprised then, i would think if the league wants to force sterling to sell it'll have to go through a lengthy court process lol russ, keep taking dem threes The SI article Ace posted is pretty informative. The NBA probably can't remove the team from him unless it were for financial reasons, but they can take over operations or suspend him indefinitely. He also doesn't have much room to sue the NBA, outside of anti-trust against the other owners. So the NBA constitution is a secret. Imagine a country run that like.... I think the NHL's is also. Most private companies' are. The NBA is at least in part publicly funded. This isnt grounds for shit. This is the most endearing of all the fucked up sleezebag stories associated with Sterling over the years. I listened to the audio. He clearly doesnt hate black people. Maybe his family, his business partners perhaps. His issue is clearly hiding his affiliation with black people not with any actual affiliation. Maybe he gets his country club membership revoked, who knows. It sucks for him that he has to live his life as a slave to the norms of the wealthy societal circle he was raised in. Hes the one thats a slave... that he cant live life true to himself and his own beliefs. Wealth like that comes with a price... It sets a bad precedent if he were forced out. The other owners wont have it, I reckon. Whats to stop them from losing their team after a few drinks and taped convo with one of their many mistresses? LOL. Or, OR, its the other owners who are calling him out for his gfs instagram pictures. Im far more amused, or more sympathetic than I am angry. His girlfriend tho... man Ray Allen eat your heart out cause she has way more game than Shuttlesworth. Played Sterling like a fiddle. And the fact that she took down the pic of Magic probably means all is well in their budding relationship with this concession, LOL. Talk about having your cake and eating it too.
This is one of the greatest stupid posts of all time. This is the Vince Carter 3 of awful posts.
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On April 27 2014 17:29 TwoToneTerran wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2014 14:43 LibertyRises wrote:On April 27 2014 14:02 Zorkmid wrote:On April 27 2014 13:25 Jibba wrote:On April 27 2014 13:13 Zorkmid wrote:On April 27 2014 13:11 Jibba wrote:On April 27 2014 13:04 Doraemon wrote:On April 27 2014 12:58 Zorkmid wrote:On April 27 2014 12:51 Doraemon wrote:On April 27 2014 12:46 Zorkmid wrote:
Does anyone know what would have to happen for the franchise to be taken away from him? Something like a unanimous vote from the rest of the owners? don't think you can legally do that...you can't force someone to sell something they own... The Reds forced out Marge Schott a few years back. really? color me surprised then, i would think if the league wants to force sterling to sell it'll have to go through a lengthy court process lol russ, keep taking dem threes The SI article Ace posted is pretty informative. The NBA probably can't remove the team from him unless it were for financial reasons, but they can take over operations or suspend him indefinitely. He also doesn't have much room to sue the NBA, outside of anti-trust against the other owners. So the NBA constitution is a secret. Imagine a country run that like.... I think the NHL's is also. Most private companies' are. The NBA is at least in part publicly funded. This isnt grounds for shit. This is the most endearing of all the fucked up sleezebag stories associated with Sterling over the years. I listened to the audio. He clearly doesnt hate black people. Maybe his family, his business partners perhaps. His issue is clearly hiding his affiliation with black people not with any actual affiliation. Maybe he gets his country club membership revoked, who knows. It sucks for him that he has to live his life as a slave to the norms of the wealthy societal circle he was raised in. Hes the one thats a slave... that he cant live life true to himself and his own beliefs. Wealth like that comes with a price... It sets a bad precedent if he were forced out. The other owners wont have it, I reckon. Whats to stop them from losing their team after a few drinks and taped convo with one of their many mistresses? LOL. Or, OR, its the other owners who are calling him out for his gfs instagram pictures. Im far more amused, or more sympathetic than I am angry. His girlfriend tho... man Ray Allen eat your heart out cause she has way more game than Shuttlesworth. Played Sterling like a fiddle. And the fact that she took down the pic of Magic probably means all is well in their budding relationship with this concession, LOL. Talk about having your cake and eating it too. This is one of the greatest stupid posts of all time. This is the Vince Carter 3 of awful posts.
the post needs fry meme. can't tell if serious or jk
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On April 27 2014 17:21 DystopiaX wrote:
Whoever comes out of the West is gonna be hella good too
and tired
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So will the Heat though. They might sweep the Bobcats but I'd be really surprised if they managed to take any other series in less than 6 games.
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i disagree completely,I think miami will have walkovers all the way to the final.maybe the conference finals will be 6 games but other than that either 4-0s or 4-1s
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On April 27 2014 18:10 Ru ba wrote:
i disagree completely,I think miami will have walkovers all the way to the final.maybe the conference finals will be 6 games but other than that either 4-0s or 4-1s
They did get swept by the nets in the regular season, that series goes at least 6 games.
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On April 27 2014 18:10 Ru ba wrote:
i disagree completely,I think miami will have walkovers all the way to the final.maybe the conference finals will be 6 games but other than that either 4-0s or 4-1s
I don't see the Heat 4-1ing Brooklyn, maybe Toronto if they turn that series around.
Predicting how easy the Heat's path to a 3-peat will have been as a way of discrediting it before it even happens is so silly though.
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I'd say Miami 4-1ing Brooklyn is a good chance of happening.
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I watched every game that came from the west (cept the warriors vs clips games)and granted,I have not watched all the ones from the east,only series I followed completely is nets vs raptors.
There is just a huge rift between the teams and games played in the east vs the ones in the west.I have no doubt in my mind that the heat will come out on top relatively comfortably,but the west is a huge cluster fuck.The spurs vs mavs and thunder vs memphis series in particular is like a fight too the death compared to what miami is going through right now in the first round and I can't imagine it becoming a lot harder for miami,while west is just going to get worse and worse for any team that advances.
It's such a good climate for the heat right now to 3-peat,who ever comes out of the west is going to feel like they just climbed from the pit of hell and I can't see miami having to deal with that much adversity on their inevitable way to the finals.
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On April 27 2014 18:27 Ace wrote:
I'd say Miami 4-1ing Brooklyn is a good chance of happening.
Agreed.
I think we're bringing up the Heat's path simply because every other contender is getting clobbered. Some of it's their own damn fault (Pacers) but still, Heat are having a relatively great time of things compared to OKC and SAS.
I'm definitely not one to discredit how good the Heat are.
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I must say OKC stole that win from the Griz if it weren't for RJ, holy god KD and Westbrook were horrible.
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On April 27 2014 19:00 Jibba wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2014 18:27 Ace wrote:
I'd say Miami 4-1ing Brooklyn is a good chance of happening. Agreed. I think we're bringing up the Heat's path simply because every other contender is getting clobbered. Some of it's their own damn fault (Pacers) but still, Heat are having a relatively great time of things compared to OKC and SAS. I'm definitely not one to discredit how good the Heat are.
Ok well I haven't been in the NBA threads on TL for long, but my experience on other forums tells me that when someone says Its actually, kind of disturbing how historically easy this Heat run has been for them. they're discrediting the Heat.
I also got the feeling he was talking about their entire 3-peat "run" and not just this season, but that part could be adding meaning that isn't there.
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On April 27 2014 14:43 LibertyRises wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2014 14:02 Zorkmid wrote:On April 27 2014 13:25 Jibba wrote:On April 27 2014 13:13 Zorkmid wrote:On April 27 2014 13:11 Jibba wrote:On April 27 2014 13:04 Doraemon wrote:On April 27 2014 12:58 Zorkmid wrote:On April 27 2014 12:51 Doraemon wrote:On April 27 2014 12:46 Zorkmid wrote:
Does anyone know what would have to happen for the franchise to be taken away from him? Something like a unanimous vote from the rest of the owners? don't think you can legally do that...you can't force someone to sell something they own... The Reds forced out Marge Schott a few years back. really? color me surprised then, i would think if the league wants to force sterling to sell it'll have to go through a lengthy court process lol russ, keep taking dem threes The SI article Ace posted is pretty informative. The NBA probably can't remove the team from him unless it were for financial reasons, but they can take over operations or suspend him indefinitely. He also doesn't have much room to sue the NBA, outside of anti-trust against the other owners. So the NBA constitution is a secret. Imagine a country run that like.... I think the NHL's is also. Most private companies' are. The NBA is at least in part publicly funded. This isnt grounds for shit. This is the most endearing of all the fucked up sleezebag stories associated with Sterling over the years. I listened to the audio. He clearly doesnt hate black people. Maybe his family, his business partners perhaps. His issue is clearly hiding his affiliation with black people not with any actual affiliation. Maybe he gets his country club membership revoked, who knows. It sucks for him that he has to live his life as a slave to the norms of the wealthy societal circle he was raised in. Hes the one thats a slave... that he cant live life true to himself and his own beliefs. Wealth like that comes with a price... It sets a bad precedent if he were forced out. The other owners wont have it, I reckon. Whats to stop them from losing their team after a few drinks and taped convo with one of their many mistresses? LOL. Or, OR, its the other owners who are calling him out for his gfs instagram pictures. Im far more amused, or more sympathetic than I am angry. His girlfriend tho... man Ray Allen eat your heart out cause she has way more game than Shuttlesworth. Played Sterling like a fiddle. And the fact that she took down the pic of Magic probably means all is well in their budding relationship with this concession, LOL. Talk about having your cake and eating it too. delirious.
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Lakers don't fire Dantoni... I guess they're after another lottery pick
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On April 27 2014 19:00 Jibba wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2014 18:27 Ace wrote:
I'd say Miami 4-1ing Brooklyn is a good chance of happening. Agreed. I think we're bringing up the Heat's path simply because every other contender is getting clobbered. Some of it's their own damn fault (Pacers) but still, Heat are having a relatively great time of things compared to OKC and SAS. I'm definitely not one to discredit how good the Heat are.
It's the Bobcats though. THE BOBCATS
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On April 28 2014 00:17 Itsmedudeman wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2014 19:00 Jibba wrote:On April 27 2014 18:27 Ace wrote:
I'd say Miami 4-1ing Brooklyn is a good chance of happening. Agreed. I think we're bringing up the Heat's path simply because every other contender is getting clobbered. Some of it's their own damn fault (Pacers) but still, Heat are having a relatively great time of things compared to OKC and SAS. I'm definitely not one to discredit how good the Heat are. It's the Bobcats though. THE BOBCATS
you really think if it was the hawks or bulls it would be less of a roflstomp?
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there does seem to be a greater number of good teams out west. teams like memphis and dallas are just far better run than all teams out east save 1 or at best 2. but this is not a problem unique to the heat. the pacers are getting blown the fuck out half of the time by the hawks, who at one point were mired in a playoff race with the mighty knicks.
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On April 28 2014 00:21 oneofthem wrote:
there does seem to be a greater number of good teams out west. teams like memphis and dallas are just far better run than all teams out east save 1 or at best 2. but this is not a problem unique to the heat. the pacers are getting blown the fuck out half of the time by the hawks, who at one point were mired in a playoff race with the mighty knicks.
Well, we always knew the West was stacked compared to the East. But, we figured whoever came out of the East between Miami and Indiana would have to go through each other, and that would be their major roadblock. Maybe even the Bulls, in the case of the Heat.
It's definitely premature to do so, but it's hard not to look at the Pacers and Bulls as minor speedbumps, given the way they've been playing.
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On April 28 2014 00:09 Scarecrow wrote:
Lakers don't fire Dantoni... I guess they're after another lottery pick
Because if they hired Popovich they would clearly be title contenders? Their roster is the problem, not Dantoni.
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On April 27 2014 19:00 Jibba wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2014 18:27 Ace wrote:
I'd say Miami 4-1ing Brooklyn is a good chance of happening. Agreed. I think we're bringing up the Heat's path simply because every other contender is getting clobbered. Some of it's their own damn fault (Pacers) but still, Heat are having a relatively great time of things compared to OKC and SAS. I'm definitely not one to discredit how good the Heat are.
Well its not just that, its basically because its not just a blip for the Heat, its now a pattern (that is a historical anomaly). First, its created because the Heat, as assembled, inevitably left behind two corpses in the same Conference (for instance, this Toronto team + Bosh would be a pretty tough out). Its pretty rare to do that within conference (Shaq and Dwight and Kareem all switched conferences, for instance). Then, on top of that the Heat's #1 potential Eastern Conference enemy has had its best player injured for two years in a row. (And the Heat really turned Indiana into a problem, Indiana shouldnt have been a problem).
What that really means, is that they basically face 1 contender each year. 2011 they lost to that team: the Mavericks (Bulls were a fringe contender because of youth, like the 2009 Magic), 2012 Boston, 2013 San Antonio.
Other teams have had it easy as well for some years, like the 2009 Lakers, but rarely such an advantageous 3 (going on 4) year stretch.
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