Chapter 175: The Clippers Incident
After beating the Clippers, the next day, Li Mojie was still sleeping in a daze, and suddenly he was woken up by Anella.
"Mo Jie, come and see, wake up!" I saw Anella wearing a sportswear and holding a tablet, and hurriedly ran into the bedroom to wake up Li Mojie.
"What's wrong? Baby, it's only seven o'clock, can't you let me sleep for a while? Li Mojie opened his eyes very reluctantly.
"No, honey, look at this, Clippers owner Sterling, he's in trouble!" Anella pulled Li Mojie up and shook it and said.
"He's in trouble, it's not our team, what's the matter?" Li Mojie opened his eyes and said disapprerovingly.
"Well, wait!" Suddenly, Li Mojie seemed to remember something, and he was holding Anella's hand and let go, Sterling? Is this guy a racist incident?
Sure enough, Li Mojie picked up the tablet in Anella's hand and looked at it, and sure enough, the headline was an article in the American online media "TMZ": Clippers owner racism? This is exactly what he remembers!
On April 26, local time, the gossip magazine TMZ exposed a video of Clippers owner Donald Sterling and girlfriend V. Sterling. Stiviano was recorded during a heated altercation on April 9 local time. During this time, Sterling once again showed that he has a racist side.
"It's annoying that you're trying to spread the word that you're in a relationship with black people, do you have to?" Sterling said.
Prior to this, V. Stiviano had uploaded a photo of himself and a black man on his Instagram.
"You can sleep with black people, you can take them home, you can do whatever you want. My little request to you is not to spread it...... Don't bring them into my game. Sterling said during the altercation.
After that, Magic Johnson was "shot"......
"Don't put him (the magician) on Instagram to let the world know and then they have to call me. Don't bring him into my game either. Sterling said.
To this, the magician also responded.
"It's a shame that Donald Sterling feels that way about African Americans," Magic said, "and he has a team with a very incredible mix of African Americans, a team that can bring championships to Clippers fans." Moreover, the Clippers also have some committed minority fans who are rooting for them. ”
And many current NBA superstars were also angered by Sterling's remarks, "Emperor" James said: "If the report is true, there should be no place for Donald Sterling in our league, and the league should have a clear attitude on this matter, which must be dealt with seriously." ”
Clippers star Paul issued a statement through the players' union, saying that "this has had a very bad impact", and as the president of the union, he also called on the players to continue to focus on the ongoing playoffs for the sake of their fans.
Clippers owner Donald Sterling's racist remarks have caused an uproar in the NBA, and ESPN also wrote an article to express his opinion: Sterling has a lot of racist black history, it is not surprising that he said such things, and even if he said such things, it is difficult for the NBA to impose any sanctions.
However, this time ESPN clearly said it too soon, because this time it may not be an accident.
NBA commissioner Adam Shaw immediately said the league was investigating the recording, saying that he considered the recording "despicable" and that Sterling himself had agreed not to attend the next game between the Clippers and the Suns.
Then the NBA's official website announced that the NBA owners' advisory and financial committees will hold a meeting on May 1, US time, to discuss the removal of Donald Sterling from the Clippers owner's position.
After that, NBA commissioner Adam Shaw held a press conference to announce a lifetime ban on Sterling and a $2.5 million fine. At the same time, Xiao Hua said that he would work with the owners of various teams to force Sterling to sell the team.
This requires more than 75% of bosses to vote yes in the poll. Xiao Hua said at the press conference that he was confident of getting enough votes in favor of the team owners, given that the team owners had publicly released statements condemning Sterling.
The incident even alarmed President O'Guanhai, who was asked the question at a press conference with the Malaysian prime minister on April 27, Beijing time. O'Ao said he believes NBA commissioner Adam Shaw will deal with it. "When ignorant people want to promote their ignorance, you don't have to do anything, just let them say it," Oku-said. He said it was an example of how the United States continues to fight legacy racism, slavery and apartheid. He also said that the American people should be "steady and clear" in publicly accusing racism.
But in fact, let's put aside this incident and look at the background of this incident, 2013-2014 was a season of major changes in the NBA, because this season was a season of change of NBA presidents, David Stern, who had been in charge for most of his life, retired, and was replaced by his designated successor, Adam Silva!
And when it comes to Clippers owner Donnette Sterling, people call him a miser, a nymphomaniac, a racist, a rogue clown...... A lot of people feel it's long overdue to kick him out of the NBA. But there is another side to Sterling that is less well known, and that is that many bosses see him as the big brother in the lead, and tough people like Stern have not been able to shake Sterling's position over the past 30 years. (I won't mention how Sterling moved the team into Los Angeles, in short, this person is very skinny!) )
In fact, in the past few years, former NBA commissioner David Stern has not had the opportunity to punish Sterling, but the NBA has done nothing because the other owners have not "demanded" the NBA to make any moves, but now it is David Silva's turn! This situation is not like the situation in which the ancient Chinese king was about to abdicate and deliberately left a powerful minister to the crown prince to establish authority after he ascended the throne?
And, looking at this incident, the Clippers owner racist recording incident — first of all, this is a big question of right and wrong, whether the speech is made in public or in private, racial discrimination cannot be tolerated.
But if you find resources on the Internet and listen to all the recordings for 9 minutes and 26 seconds, you can hear that the two people in the recordings are talking in private, not publicly, and Sterling's Mexican girlfriend Steviano sounds like "fishing law enforcement......
And after the decision was released, it was still controversial, and some people said that the NBA's decision was illegal and untenable in court: "Because Sterling did not agree to the recording, I believe that their actions are a flagrant violation of Sterling's rights under the Constitution." And under California law, audio recordings cannot be used as evidence. ”
"The whole thing was based on an illegal piece of evidence, so they didn't have any foothold...... The whole thing is complete. ”
But in any case, this incident will inevitably have a huge impact on the Clippers, who are playing in the playoffs!
April 29 is the fifth game between the Suns and the Clippers, and at this time, the news of Sterling's racial discrimination has been boiling across the United States, which makes the Clippers players feel that they can't hold their heads up and play for an owner who discriminates against their skin color? It's so sad!