Donald Sterling Selling Clippers

[rocwell]

I will always be a Knicks fan, but I am a business man. #DiddyBuyTheClippers #NameYourPrice

— Diddy (@iamdiddy) April 29, 2014

[Uncle_Si]

Owners releasing statements.

Here's one from us:

Wouldn't expect anything else from MLSE. Now that this fucking piece of shit is dealt with can we get back to discussing basketball? This dumb ass doesn't deserve any more time from anyone. I hope the players can get past this and continue to put on some of the gutsiest and most exciting basketball we've seen in a long time.

Also, how bad ass would it be if Masai got on stage at MLSE square and shouts out a 'FUCK STERLING '

[amalgamator]

better late than never, sometimes you need to be a leader and stick your neck out for what you believe...make a strong statement among your fraternity.

kudos to cuban, holt, arison, and mj.

Owners releasing statements.

Here's one from us:

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Sterling, NBA set for epic legal fight over Clippers


Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nba...#ixzz30Jjp7zjC

[Blacklash2k4]

I'm loving Adam silver a little bit more now! He laid the motherfucking hammer onto Donald Sterling!

[e_wheazhy_]

I'm loving Adam silver a little bit more now! He laid the motherfucking hammer onto Donald Sterling!

That last picture of sterling is what I imagine a frog would look like if it ever took human form.

[grindhouse]

I am glad to hear today that the players were going to boycott the game if Adam didn't make his statement today.


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[grindhouse]

This is a big win


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NBA constitution has been released for public!

http://mediacentral.nba.com/media/me...nd-By-Laws.pdf

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#WeAreOne pic.twitter.com/663jGnkFYL

— Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) April 29, 2014

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Hearing from friends in Seattle and other cities. The NBA isn't looking to move the Clippers. They're looking for a new owner in L.A.

— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) April 30, 2014

Well.. Seattle fans deserve an NBA team. They really do.

[Joey]

NBA constitution has been released for public!

http://mediacentral.nba.com/media/me...nd-By-Laws.pdf

This is the only one that makes any sense or has any possible relation to the situation that Silver would be using as basis for termination:

The Membership of a Member or the interest of any Owner
may be terminated by a vote of three fourths (3/4) of the Board of
Governors if the Member or Owner shall do or suffer any of the
following:
(d) Fail or refuse to fulfill its contractual obligations to
the Association, its Members, Players, or any other third party in such a
way as to affect the Association or its Members adversely.

[Joey]

Going forward, the process would seem to be:

Article 14 - PROCEDURE FOR TERMINATION
The Membership of a Member or the interest of any Owner
shall be terminated on the occurrence of any of the events described in
Article 13 by the following procedure:
(a) Any Member of the Association or the Commissioner
may charge that a Member or Owner has violated one (1) or more of
the provisions of Article 13. Said charge shall be made in Writing and
shall be filed with the Commissioner, who shall, no later than three (3)
business days after the charges are filed, cause a copy thereof to be
served by a Writing upon the Member or Owner against whom such
charges have been made.

(b) The Member or Owner so charged shall, within five
(5) days after receipt of the charges, file with the Commissioner its
written answer thereto. The Commissioner shall thereupon transmit
said charges and answer to each of the Governors of the Association
and shall call a special meeting of the Governors to hear the charges, to
be held on a date not more than ten (10) days after the filing of a
Member’s or Owner’s answer, due notice to be given.

(c) Willful failure by a Member or Owner so charged to
answer the charges during such five (5) day period or to appear at the
hearing shall be deemed an admission by said Member or Owner of the
total validity of the charges as presented.

(d) At such hearing, the Chairman of the Board of
Governors shall be the presiding officer, except that if the Chairman of
the Board of Governors represents either the complaining Member or
the Member charged, then the Commissioner shall designate an
alternate Chairman for purposes of the hearing.

(e) At the hearing, the Member or Owner so charged
shall have the right to be represented by counsel. Strict rules of
evidence shall not apply, and all relevant and material evidence
submitted prior to and at the hearing may be received and considered.

(f) After duly considering all the evidence, the Board of
Governors shall vote upon the proposition that the charges have been
sustained in whole or in part. The affirmative vote of three-fourths
(3/4) of all the Governors shall be required to sustain the charges.

(g) If, by a three-fourths (3/4) vote, the Board of
Governors votes to sustain the charges, the Membership of the guilty
Member or the Member in which the guilty Owner has an interest shall
automatically be terminated, unless, following a motion duly made and
seconded, two-thirds (2/3) of all the Governors vote instead to
terminate the ownership interest of the guilty Owner or to invoke the
provisions of Article 15.

(h) Notwithstanding Article 14(g) above, in the case of a
violation of Article 13 by an Owner who has an interest of ten percent
(10%) or less in, and does not have effective control over, a Member,
the Membership of such Member may not be terminated solely because
of such Owner’s violation. In such case, if the charges are sustained
against such Owner by a three-fourths (3/4) vote of the Board of
Governors, the ownership interest of that Owner shall be automatically
terminated unless, following a motion duly made and seconded, twothirds
(2/3) of all the Governors vote to invoke the provisions of Article
15.

(i) If any Membership or interest of an Owner shall be
terminated pursuant to this Article 14, the provisions of Article 14A
shall apply.

(j) The decisions of the Association made in accordance
with the foregoing procedure shall be final, binding, and conclusive,
and each Member and Owner waives any and all recourse to any court
of law to review any such decision.

[Joey]

The fine Falls under Article 24 - Authority and Duties of the Commissioner:

(l) The Commissioner shall, wherever there is a rule for
which no penalty is specifically fixed for violation thereof, have the
authority to fix such penalty as in the Commissioner’s judgment shall
be in the best interests of the Association. Where a situation arises
which is not covered in the Constitution and By-Laws, the
Commissioner shall have the authority to make such decision,
including the imposition of a penalty, as in his judgment shall be in the
best interests of the Association. The penalty that may be assessed
under the preceding two sentences may include, without limitation, a
fine, suspension, and/or the forfeiture or assignment of draft choices.
No monetary penalty fixed under this provision shall exceed
$2,500,000.

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