Chris Paul was a star already, at the time when he was traded to the Lakers. Then Stern vetoed the trade and Paul was re-traded to the Clippers. If Stern hadn't been so heavy-handed then, the league might have been able to pretend this year's incident never happened. However, the Clippers will own L.A. for several…

It's nice to see kinja open up public discourse by giving a voice to underrepresented groups like racist white sports fans.

What's wrong with Silver's response? In 2006, Sterling was brought to trial by the DOJ for Housing Discrimination. He paid millions to make the charges go away. I don't recall any players refusing to play for him or news outlets calling for his ouster. That was a legal case regarding civil rights. A couple of years…

With that in mind, is the NBA tacitly approving his antics? You get what you tolerate in life, and it is clear the NBA tolerates this.

He may be fined and "strongly advised" to sell, but in a legal sense I think you're bang on when it comes to Silver - he doesn't have much power here. Sterling didn't break any laws, and he's owned his franchise longer than any other entity in the league.

Right now Silver's responsibility is to ensure a fair process for Sterling, so as to avoid potential legal pitfalls down the road if they bring the hammer down (ie - gigantic lawsuit from Sterling). I think he did what needs to be done long term.

On top of being a scumbag racist, Donald Sterling is a litigious piece of shit. Silver knows that just about everything he says is going to end up in a deposition at some point so I'm not shocked to see a press conference that ultimately said nothing.

To which anyone employed by the Clippers is a prostitute.

Exactly. Anyone that ever went to a Clipper game probably heard him dropping racial slurs at his players. If current players didn't know he was a flaming racist, they were blinded by the greenbacks. Its common knowledge.

The value of Sterling Silver plummeted just now.

"He did note that Sterling has agreed not to attend the playoff game in Oakland tomorrow" That throws the old and senile excuse out the window.

NBA brass knew this guy was a racist piece of garbage, and they've known it for decades. This clown has had 30 years of so-called "due process".

I'm still not a fan of his and as a Bulls fan I despise his on court antics bu he is the best player in the league and he should have a say in things like John Cena and the Rock; I think he did the right thing in speaking out and making it a statement to get rid of Sterling

I enjoyed it. Would troll again.

Donald Sterling has been very successful in making money with bad teams. His recent spending has been an exception. A boycott by players to join the Clips as free agent will only increase his bottom line. He has always taken the bad nights the the Staples Center (midweek home games) and pretty well doesn't care. …

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I love Chuck, but he's not the most eloquent guy. I think what he's saying is you can't make it illegal for someone to feel the way they feel.