Kevin Johnson outlines NBPA plans
Source: ESPN
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson, working on behalf of the National Basketball Players Association, said the players want the NBA to ban Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling from attending future playoff games this season and levy the maximum possible punishment against Sterling in response to racist comments purportedly made by him to girlfriend V. Stiviano.
Johnson met with NBA commissioner Adam Silver on Sunday before they attended Game 4 of the Clippers' first-round series against the Golden State Warriors. During the meeting, Johnson laid out what the players felt were key objectives in terms of the league's dealings with Sterling.
"The players wanted to ensure that Mr. Sterling does not attend any games for the Clippers or any other team for the duration of the playoffs," Johnson said. "We're confident that the commissioner understood that this is an enormous distraction for everyone, and we want the focus to really be on the games and what's taking place on the court, and he certainly understood that."
Sterling was at Game 3 on Thursday night in Oakland, Calif., and was planning to be at Game 4 on Sunday before speaking with the league and agreeing not to attend as it investigated his comments. Sterling's wife, Rochelle, however, was at Sunday's game and sat courtside across from the Clippers' bench in their 118-97 loss.
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Botany
(70,516 posts)" Sterling's wife, Rochelle, however, was at Sunday's game and sat court side across
from the Clippers' bench in their 118-97 loss."
I am beginning to think Mr. Sterling is not a nice man.
deathrind
(1,786 posts)The other lady. In fact the wife is suing the girlfriend from what I have read for monies he has spent on her. It is a crazy world.
olddad56
(5,732 posts)Throd
(7,208 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)He has only had two objectives since he has been in office. Build a new basketball arena, partially with taxpayer money, and grabbing more power for himself.
Tell me a previous mayor in this city who has cared less for the residents of this city while in office and who has accomplished less for the city.
Tell me another mayor who has run as a democrat and once in office catered to outside developers the way he has.
Tell me of another mayor who has held $500 a plate fundraisers in New York City when running for mayor in a city clear across the country.
We don't even have to get into the skeletons in his closet.
Throd
(7,208 posts)I don't agree with everything Kevin Johnson says or does, but after decades of stagnation, Sacto is finally getting a pulse.
olddad56
(5,732 posts)even though she was the mayor for less than a decade? How does that work? What has Johnson done during his time as mayor? Besides a lot of posturing and back room deals with developers from out of town. I would not call retaining a lower echelon basketball team at the taxpayers expense an accomplishment for the city, maybe for the NBA, but not for the city.
You call it stagnation, as if a bigger, more congested, more crime ridden city is better.
Throd
(7,208 posts)There is a long, long way to go, but I like most of what I am seeing.
I agree with you that he is too obsessed with the Kings.
Tempest
(14,591 posts)And he governs as a Republican.
It helps to know what you're talking about.
olddad56
(5,732 posts)LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)FWIW, his crazy wife is gearing up for some new evil around here. Lots of hiring.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)and our ex-mayor Adrian Fenty, who is somewhere out there.
We are deeply grateful.
olddad56
(5,732 posts)being the mayor is just a stepping stone for this guy. I can't wait until they are both gone.
Tempest
(14,591 posts)It's obvious you don't live there.
olddad56
(5,732 posts)Do you work for him, or just a Kings fan.
And from your response I can tell you know nothing about Johnson. I bet you don't even know he's a Republican.
olddad56
(5,732 posts)he is a wolf in sheep's clothing. I'm surprised that you didn't know that he ran as a democrat. Google him, he is still listed as a democrat.
Tempest
(14,591 posts)He calls himself a Democrat, but then so do other Democrats who are conservative. Like Nelson.
olddad56
(5,732 posts)LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)I watched him hijack a Obama rally a few days before the 2008 election. His whole pitch was "they used to call me 'pocket Magic' now I'm going to be 'pocket Obama'."
I wish I was making that up because it was painfully stupid and awkward.
olddad56
(5,732 posts)first elected. He is very opportunistic. He has no class and no shame.
Xithras
(16,191 posts)The Central Valley has always sent conservative Democrats into high political positions. Blue Dog congressmen like Gary Condit, Dennis Cardoza, and Jim Costa are great examples of that. White, black, or hispanic, it's fairly rare to find a real liberal among the Democratic leadership positions from the Valley. Our political spectrum seems to run from "conservative Democrat" to "card carrying citizen of Teabaggerstan".
Must be the heat.
LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)Supersedeas
(20,630 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)is for the Warriors to finish them off.
olddad56
(5,732 posts)He has pretty much been working for the NBPA and the NBA since he became the mayor of Sacramento.
mackerel
(4,412 posts)just curious