good people don't spend days and hundreds of posts calling multiple people racists
good people don't create an argument in their silly little minds that people are racists only after they take a position that the players should not be offended by what a silly ignorant man said in a private conversation
good people don't call scores of fellow posters stupid merely because they have a different opinion
good people don't create lies about being banned
good people don't get banned from multiple forums presumably because they're abrasive
good people simply don't act the way he does
it's not plausible that he's good people
and smart people comprehend the nuances of a conversation
I strongly suspect it's far more than him expressing his racism that got him declared mentally incompetent. I suspected since I saw the Anderson Cooper interview he has some form of Dementia/mental instability. If so, my heart goes out to him and his loved ones. It's a devastating disease for all those around him and explains the sudden mood swing and statements. http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports....etent-clears-way-for-sale-of-team-to-ballmer/
the NBA may have just lucked out, saved by the perfect storm
1) a billionaire with money to burn and a mad desire to acquire an NBA franchise (read new toy) offers at least twice the FMV for the Clippers. The Sterlings couldn't dream of a better resolution. The purchaser didn't make this as a business decision, he's been trying to acquire a franchise before without luck and he went all in to get this one.
2) Sterling declared incompetent, how on earth did this come about? Something about this just doesn't pass the smell test. Who? when? where? why? In any event, this takes Sterlings ability to contest the sale off the table, pretty damn convenient
3) Owners don't have to vote, which removes the possibility of them being sued. Think any one of them, if not all, made a racial comment in a private conversation? I doubt they wanted to defend that position in court
4) since Sterling is mentally incompetent, his beneficiaries or minority owners could have stepped in his shoes and easily argue the forced sale is not appropriate, but the $ 2 billion will practically guarantee that won't happen
5) Sterling gets to save face and exit gracefully with a cash windfall
Win, win, win for all involved, and a potentially ugly legal battle gets avoided. Now that's how real money gets things done.
I saw a sweet financial deal coming, but the mental incompetency ties up all the loose ends.
1) a billionaire with money to burn and a mad desire to acquire an NBA franchise (read new toy) offers at least twice the FMV for the Clippers. The Sterlings couldn't dream of a better resolution. The purchaser didn't make this as a business decision, he's been trying to acquire a franchise before without luck and he went all in to get this one.
2) Sterling declared incompetent, how on earth did this come about? Something about this just doesn't pass the smell test. Who? when? where? why? In any event, this takes Sterlings ability to contest the sale off the table, pretty damn convenient
3) Owners don't have to vote, which removes the possibility of them being sued. Think any one of them, if not all, made a racial comment in a private conversation? I doubt they wanted to defend that position in court
4) since Sterling is mentally incompetent, his beneficiaries or minority owners could have stepped in his shoes and easily argue the forced sale is not appropriate, but the $ 2 billion will practically guarantee that won't happen
5) Sterling gets to save face and exit gracefully with a cash windfall
Win, win, win for all involved, and a potentially ugly legal battle gets avoided. Now that's how real money gets things done.
I saw a sweet financial deal coming, but the mental incompetency ties up all the loose ends.
