For those that have never heard of the NBA…….we will explain: National Basketball Association. This is a group of very rich owners that have 18 guys they pay huge money to entertain those that either attend the games in person or watch the games on television, cable or some mobile device. 2014 has been a very unique year. The Miami Heat with LeBron James will probably meet the San Antonio Spurs to decide which group of rich players will win the 2014 Championship. Although the play-offs are just in the middle of the first round…..it is sort of a foregone conclusion that Miami and San Antonio are the odds on favorites.
So, what happened to the LA Lakers? And even more amazing….what happened to the LA Clippers? The Clippers are playing the Golden State Warriors in the first round. Who will win? No one knows! One thing for sure is that the wheels have come off the LA Lakers bandwagon. The LA Lakers have a terrible Coach who is not only very unlikeable but entirely stupid when it comes to Defense. The rumor of the day is that Mike D’Antoni will be coming back next year to make sure that the LA Lakers have zero fans at the end of the day. It wouldn’t even matter if he won 80 games……..D’Antoni is a digusting fradulent whiff of a Coach. We never thought anyone could surpass bad coaching choices when he replaced Mike Brown who was also a terrible LA Laker disaster.
We thought that the LA Lakers would be the one great embarrassment for Los Angeles, with the Clippers saving our city and region, by winning the first round of the NBA play-offs. Then the totally unthinkable happened. The owner of the LA Clippers – Don Sterling who had hired a great coach in Boston’s Doc Rivers and arrayed a great cast of character players. Suddenly, a phone conversation was exposed today which is stunning. When Don Sterling talks badly about Magic Johnson and black people in general…………..in front of the entire world of basketball……the words are shocking! This is one of those stories that make “12 Years a Slave” seem like talk in Boy Scout troup somewhere in the deep south in 1960! This is hugely embarrassing to the entire country! Maybe the President should tweet something too! Don Sterling needs to put the Clippers up for sale and leave town.
Meanwhile, the titular head of the LA Lakers Jim Buss says he wants to tinker with the Lakers for three or four years and then maybe sell or let someone else take over. Jim Buss lives on the same planet that Don Sterling is living on – Planet X and the Dark Side of the Moon. Just making the LA Laker fans live with another year of Mike D’Antoni as the Coach is enough for anyone. Jim Buss needs to go…..now too! Maybe it is something they are putting in our water here in Los Angeles, but this series of events is so bizarre……you do have to wonder. Where is ET now that we need him?
Jim Buss and Don Sterling…phone home!
Or, Magic Johnson may have other ideas as to what Mr. Sterling can do with his phone. Photo from Getty Images used for identification purposes only.
Clive Bundy and now Don Sterling…what’s going on Ron? An African American friend of mine, born 70 years ago in Arkansas, thinks that a lot of white folks can’t get over having a black president. This mindset makes some of them verbalize their prejudices, maybe without realizing, to assert their obsolete world.
*Ricardo, agreed – these are very interesting times. The animus against blacks and other minorities is reaching a epoch. Don’t get it. Guess that animus will take flight strongly against women if Hillary is elected too! Hey, the good news is that these folks are “outing themselves” – Bundy and Sterling for example! Hey, its a free country and people can hate who they want…..as long as they are willing stand up and take responsibility for that hate or bigotry. If they get picked on later in the press…….tough! We just liked Magic Johnson’s tweet: “I will never go to another Clipper game as long as Don Sterling is the owner!” Fairly to the point…we thought!
Well said, ‘Ships! Sometimes forgiveness is not the appropriate reaction. Actions have consequences.
Bishop Fulton Sheen during the 1950’s hosted the Catholic Hour! Hail Mary Full of Grace ,..the Lord is with you …..Jesus! Then we had Joe Pyne on TV spouting off on the Communist Menace! Then we had Walter Winchell hosting Mr. and Mrs. America….Let’s go to press! Today, we have the Benghazi Hour hosted by Darrell Issa……Hail Hillary pale of face….you scare the shit out of every Republican on the planet…..Issa We have Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity “Looking out for their own pocket books!”. We have so many lies and deceptions on television, the internet and on Facebook…….you couldn’t tell the difference between a Little Green Man and a Little Blue man. Sorry Great Onezy….Bill Maher is the only rational voice we have heard….in addition to Charley Rose and Tavis Smiley.
So Sterling has donated to Democratic candidates. If he is a Dem, he must be the kind of “Business Democrat” championed by the so-called liberal of the LOC.
Do you have a point there?
*Sterling also gave millions to the NAACP. So….based on that…..and perhaps he gave millions to various Zionists Organizations…..and perhaps he rounded up his last purchase at Staples…..and perhaps…….he and Jack Nicholson do not get along so well……and……and…….
The NBA should suspend Sterling for 10 Years. This way, everyone wins and Sterling can always appeal the decision……eh?
*We may now declare this officially VS Day……Victory over Sterling! Peace in our time! Thank you Commissioner Silver…..well done! The Lifetime Ban is a sweet decision. We can’t wait to see how many NBA owners vote for Sterling to sell the team!
*Whoa….can’t believe we got the “twofer” today – Sterling and D’Antoni…..wow, we are speechless. All we can say is: “It’s another great day for America!”
So, the next Laker coach only has to beat 27 wins next year. Our Great Grandma Minnie who was buried in 1954….could probably get that many wins in 2014-2015. Brian Shaw? Stan Van Gundy? Dan Rather? Maybe David Gregory……since he is soon fired from Meet the Press!
God love Magic Johnson………..the greatest ever!
*Forgot to mention…everyone loves Byron Scott too! Tom Tibodeau from the Chicago Bulls…..probably won’t happen either. OK, now….everyone wants to be the new Laker Coach and also the New Clipper Owner. Rochell is no Georgia Frontiere however……….at least Georgia was from an Acting Background. We like Oprah or Magic as our first choices!