Congratulations to the LA Clippers for one heck of a season. Congratulations go to Doc Rivers, the Clippers players and their viable effort for NBA stardom. No doubt that the Clippers are a great team to watch. Going against the Oklahoma City Thunder, in game six – down 3-2, they just came up short.
What remains of the image of the LA Clippers is a $25,000 dollar fine against Coach Doc Rivers for remarks about the prior game. We are sure that Doc would change nothing in this 2014 season. Doc has brought leadership, identity and a presence to the Clippers for the first time in LA Clipper history.
It seems that no matter the adversity faced through the inappropriate actions of Shelly and Donnie Sterling, Doc maintain his excellence and vision for the team. It is quite apparent that most other NBA teams might have come apart dramatically and instanteneously under the pressure. Doc River’s professional conduct, including and not dismissing his $25,000 fine for comments about officiating in game five – was impressive. It will be great to bring back Doc Rivers to the Clippers next year.
Used for burning up the last little bit remaining. Hint, hint!
Shelly and Donnie Sterling meanwhile continue their great ego media meltdowns. Just when you thought it could not be worse – it gets worse. These poor excuses for wonderful folks are on tract to break the Lindsay Lohan, Casey Anthony, Justin Bieber, Amanda Knox, OJ Simpson record for bad press.
As mom always said: “Money does not insure that anyone has class or good taste.” She actually said: “Money can’t buy class or good taste!” Mom also used a variety of powerful words to describe extremely bad behavior: Replusive, Revolting, Despicable, Obnoxious and Deplorable all come to mind. This type of conduct as you might gather requires a tremendous effort to achieve.
Don Boy Sterling continues to release audio tapes which are almost impossible to explain to your eight year old child or anyone else that have an semblance of good decorum. In Donnie Boy’s last installment, he goes into exquisite detail about his first encounter with V Steviano. How she lured him into her web after meeting her at the Superbowl. How she came to his office…..and…..and……the next thing you knew Donnie had downed three Viagra and then his pants were down! Hmmm, of course, we do not have the video of this event, but if Donnie has it, there is little doubt it will eventually come out. The next thing you know, V has a $2 million dollar condo and four luxury cars. V goes out with Donnie and Shelly to various events, both public and private…….and the lurid details get worse and worse. What is “outside the lines” in our society ….anymore?
Don and Shelly hardly grasp the the harm they have done to the society, the NBA and the City of Los Angeles. They fail to grasp their own activated bigotry, exasperating self defined moral equivelancy and their total lack of moral compass. The Sterlings even fail to sense the harm they have done to country of Israel through their conduct. But then, we can’t possibly grasp how or what “the Wolf of the Hardwood” has in his mind. Shelly says she is filing for divorce but still hasn’t done so. Donnie is not going to pay the NBA his $2.5 million dollar fine. Donnie is getting his big time Franchise Attorney on retainer and filing a counter suit against the NBA to maintain control of the Clippers. Meanwhile, he says that Shelly (his wife of 58 years) deserves to keep 50% of whatever the vesting is of the Clippers.
Let’s just say that without a doubt, this could be another Natalie Holloway story: purely in duration if nothing else. This may in fact become another Never Ending Story………If we thought that the missing MH370 story was bugging, this Sterling End to the Clip Season may top them all.
Perhaps, it really is a good time to read a good book. The Oklahoma City Thunder downed the LA Clippers tonight 104 to 98 and took the series 4 to 2. We now can only hope that Magic Johnson buys the Clippers along with Oprah and pays Don and Shel …….nothing!
their season ended early but now they have time for the counseling provided by the league for this horrible weight they have had to live with the last couple weeks. how did they ever cope? will they ever recover from a tape of a man talking or are they scarred for life? too bad the absolute worst thing that ever happened occurred during the playoffs but they manned up and somehow, miraculously continued to jump while throwing a ball throw a metal hoop for mere millions. after all the harm done to society by Sterling and his wife, congrats on a fine season. it has helped soften the blow to my family after finding out that Don didn’t want his mistress hanging out with Magic. now force those owners out and bring in two pc correct ones in magic and oprah. sweet justice for those bad thoughts Mr. Sterling. Can’t wait to see who is next to get it.
*DWM, what did they say in Cool Hand Luke? “What we have here ……is a failure to communicate!” Big Daddy Sterling and Little Rochelle continue to talk at cross purposes with the mainstream concept of social justice! We would love to hear Sterling give those two words a definition. Anyway, the NBA has choices: (1) Make Sterling pay his fine and sell his team! (2) Disenfrancise the entire Clipper Organization (which we think is Sterling’s end game. (3) Suspend all Clipper games, in future seasons until the resolution of all lawsuits and litagation. (4) Ask that all Clipper games not be played and all those that are scheduled automatically result in a win for the opposition team. (5) Trade away all the players in the off season by Richard Parsons….the interim CEO of the Clippers. (6) Ask that the Justice Dept. investigate all Sterling business dealings over the last 30 years. and of course (7), (8), (9) and (10)…..because the NBA has choices in who and what represents their reputation in the great global basketball community! Truly, we have never seen a bigger mental disconnect since Jody Arias!
I like option 8: make al Sharpton owner/coach( with Spike Lee as assistant coach) since he won the NAACP person of the year award that they yanked from Sterling. Sharpton has always been held to the highest of standards and has no skeletons in his closet. Get rid of Reddick as a player and purify the team also.
You’re defending the Sterlings? Two card-carrying assholes?
*Meanwhile, back at the LA Lakers….Mitch Kupchak screwed the pooch royally, by stating that he wasn’t going to confer with Kobe Bryant on the next Coach of the Lakers. While Kupchak played the amateur violin, two great Coaches got away. Our choice; Stan Van Gundy made a great deal with the Detroit Pistons. We wish him well and a very successful 2015 Season. Where is Paul Westphal when we need him?
Good grief even Phil Jackson was going after Kerr….but missed out on the bidding war to our other favorite: The Golden State Warriors, who we also wish great things for next year.. The state of NBA Basketball in Southern California seems at its nadir. We wanted Brian Shaw or Byron Scott or anyone with two brain cells to coach the Lakers……where is Michael Cooper…now that we need him? All in all, we can phone it in for the LA Lakers next season with Kupchak and Jim Buss in charge!
“It is quite apparent that most other NBA teams might have come apart dramatically and instanteneously under the pressure.”
But they did come apart. They blew two games, at least one of which they should have won.
bonghits apparently cause loss of reality.