dk7th wrote:

Nalod wrote:I read Magic and his group will make a play for it.

I don't know why a black owned group is the best for Clippers? It would be an emotional fix but I'd say you want an owner with deep pockets that can buy it, and have money to fund it.

Sterling and his wife have been separated for years. Divorce seems likely now and if so might be cause to sell the team if the finances don't work out.

I don't know how the CLippers are structured regarding ownership. Does he have partners? How is the holding company set up? Estate planning ramifications? Taxes due if sold?

Lots of questions and planning goes in when an old guy owns the team and little is anticipated when the old fool makes a mockery of himself.

We talking a billion dollar franchise, not chump change. Donald sterling is very wealthy but all the above starts to complicate a situation. The owners want him out but really just want this fixed. How that gets done? I don't know.

a black-owned group is best for the clippers, the nba, and american society. i hesitate to use the term "symbolic" because it feels patronizing. however, in a league that is predominantly african-american, we as americans need to see more black ownership so that there's a better chance of moving away from the "plantation model" that david west mentioned.

bill rhoden wrote a book called "40 million dollar slaves" that raises this issue, even calling out robert l. johnson for not doing enough as a black owner to effect genuine social change. not to say that i agree with rhoden-- johnson and michael jordan (who rhoden also takes to task) are not obliged to be social activists-- but in this instance of the clippers something positive must come out of this and black ownership would be ideal. am i right? (by the way rhoden is a terrible writer.)

Magic doesn't have the kind of money to buy the Clippers outright and will need a group of investors. So even if he is apart of the group that posts a winning bid, it won't be "black owned" because the only color that matters in business is green. I do want Magic's group to win it though because I like him, at least the image he presents to the world.

NardDogNation wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Doc Rivers is consdering not coming back to the Clips. I don't know if he would be able to switch teams under the terms of his contract, but I hope Jackson lets this play out before deciding on a coach.

Agreed. We'd have to send back compensation in the form of picks but it might be worth it. If we can buy one, I'd be all for it.

if doc rivers does not want to coach the clippers pending a sale of the team then he should be able to leave under these extraordinary circumstances. however, i do not think being in msg under the compulsion of a triangle offense would be an ideal situation for him. then again if anybody would be able to trump the triangle mandate it would be doc rivers. he is a great leader and great coach and i'd love to see him coach the knicks.

chewy wrote:I came to this site just to see if anyone would say exactly what you said. SMH

Uh, what?