Jacoby_Ellsbury

OP was hit over the head with a microwave as a baby.

Yesterweek, actually. OP, the Red Sox won the f***ing World Series last year due in large part to Ben's "bargain shopping", or as intelligent people call it, being a good GM and not blowing your wad on every single free agent that walks through the door. Your opinions are completely invalid, so please vanish forever.

I'd post but a) NBA playoffs and Gameday is poo-poo and I'm out of the NESN happy zone.

Felix Doubront is to strong mojo what Donald Sterling is to racial harmony.

This thread makes me glad I only worry about the important things, like deciding which fast food restaurant I'm going to patronize for dinner or what kind of porn I'll tug off to before bed.

It's all Ben's fault, that f***in bargain shopper.

The Wizards are in the 2nd round for the first time since f***-knows-when.

A lifetime ban alone isn't enough. Steinbrenner was "lifetime banned" for all of what, 2 years? What the f*** is a lifetime ban anyway if you're still the owner? Stripping him of his ownership has to follow or this is just whole lot of wheel spinning.

11 point lead. Hawks are rebounding like the 2010 Celtics.

The Hawks are playing like dog s*** all of a sudden. Down to 17 and Indiana has momentum. If Lou Williams is the ball handler then you're doing it wrong.

It's down to 20 now. Hawks with some bad possessions to close out the quarter.

Is there a basketball equivalent to Steve Blass syndrome? Because Hibbert might have come down with it.

LOL Hawks up 30.

Sure looks like the Pacers went on strike...

Oh they knew. f***, everybody knew that this guy was a racist, Wikipedia the guy and take a look at his track record. But there hasn't been a legit media firestorm about him until now so they looked the other way.

Sponsors are cutting ties with the Clippers You want to f*** with a business, take away their sponsors. This might be all that's needed for the NBA to crack and give Sterling the boot, since a s***** franchise isn't just a s***** franchise, it's a burden on the league and the other owners.

Silver can't just leap out of his chair and tell him goodbye. Maybe he could if Sterling went out and killed somebody, but for racist comments on a tape? It's pathetic and out of line, but it doesn't call for anything outside of the standard process of 5 days for Sterling to formally respond to the charges against him (which he would take every second of), then the meetings, then the evidence, then the voting, then the action. If the strike ceases once the process of removing Sterling has merely started up, then the players resume playing while Sterling is still technically the owner of the Clippers even if his days are numbered, and the Clipper players would technically still be playing for the old racist. So they've accomplished absolutely nothing. Yes, but you haven't shown anything to contradict that claim.

I don't why you keep getting fixated on Sterling as if he's the only bigot currently in existence. It's pretty obvious based on your initial posts in the matter that you have a zero-tolerance policy on racism (which isn't a bad view to have), and that you would like to see the players strike to show that racism will not be tolerated. Well, all that really does is send the message to racists and bigots everywhere (not just Sterling) that their thoughts are important, relevant, and can still have an impact, which is the exact opposite of the message that should be broadcasted.

No, this is you: "Clippers need to strike for the rest of the playoffs, so should the other NBA teams." That's not you offering up what you think the players should do if they really want Sterling canned, that was you crying out for the league to come to a stop because apparently anyone who wouldn't strike or would oppose player striking is selfish and is a bigot just like Sterling. (yay, we've arrived at the part of the argument where we go back and forth for another page tell each other what we said)

No, but you are the one channeling your inner Keith Olbermann and demanding that a major operation like the NBA come to a full stop because Old Man Sterling went full retard.

WHO. CARES. Operations have ceased regardless of who started it. That's all that matters.

I just said that a strike would cause at least a week's worth of delays, because process (like, legal process). If you're insinuating that the strike would cease once the league initiated action, then that would take the heat off the NBA to remove Sterling pronto, defeating the purpose. What? What am I claiming?

The end result is the league coming to a halt. The cause is players going on strike. This isn't hard.

Who the f*** used the phrase "bigoted owners"? Nobody. I understand you're in a bipolar rage right now, but try to keep your reading comprehension from sliding into the shitter, okay? If you can't comprehend how suspending major operations in a mere show of disapproval towards bigotry, empowers bigotry, then I don't even know what to say.

The league would blow up, because if you would read that article, the initial process to impeach Sterling, if you will, starts with a written charge from the league to Sterling, and Sterling has five days to respond. Something tells me he wouldn't be in a mood to grease the wheels on such a process. Once he responds or his window has expired, a meeting with the board of governors is scheduled, evidence is presented, and then the governors vote. So even if everything is expedited nicely, you're still looking at over a week of delays before a resolution. It's not like the rest of the world revolves around the NBA, so there may well be scheduling issues involved with moving the entire slate of games back a week or two. The draft may have to be rescheduled. This isn't minor stuff. Sterling has no leg to stand on if the league does it right, but if they do it wrong (which they would be more likely to do in the panic of a player strike)? Then a real shitstorm could brew and Sterling could strike back with a lawsuit. Which is why this is best saved for the offseason, letting justice come naturally instead of trying to rush it.