The NBA has banned him for life and imposed a 2.5mil fine.

I'm gonna go on the record as saying this is fucking bullshit. I can talk any GD way I want to while in the privacy of my own fucking home. I hope everyone realizes the possible legislative ramifications of this decision. One day i/we/you will be taped, every word and action, for purposes of "toeing" whatever line the law dictates

NOW, tear me a new asshole! See if I fucking care

i personally think he was set up..his reputation as a racist is well known..it took a while to bring him down..but sinister forces are always at work when billions of dollars are concerned..greed has no conscience..

and is doubtless a bigot at the very least-In today's world, you can't say what he said and not expect to be slammed and pay a heavy price, which he will-His lovely and loyal punchboard mistress should be in trouble if she taped him without his consent as California requires both parties to consent to taping-but won't hold my breath for charges to be brought-As my sainted father said and is quite applicable here, 'When you mess with shit, you get your hands stinky.' (referring to my ex, who sued he and my mom, after we split and effed my life up for 20 years, but that's another story)  
I note the local NAACP chapter, who had Sterling set to receive a lifetime achievement award despite his past history before the poop hit the fan, is still eager to forgive-I believe this is contingent on Sterling's continued financial support-funny how that works-
We'll see how this plays out-Currently Sterling says he won't sell-

Yes, lets all get the fkin super obvious out of the way. He said stupid racist shit. So fkin what? How many NBA players talk shit against gays almost every fkin week? Or their Rapper buddies that they admire and have a hard on for.  

specifically if the NBA attempts to "force" the sale of the Clippers. You've got these NBA bylaws conflicting with property rights, and since Sterling is a lawyer by trade, and a first class asshole, I expect this will be front page news for awhile. Now if we could only resurrect Johnny Cochran to defend Sterling. That would be classic (lol)

bottom line is that Donald Sterling is bad (really bad) for NBA business. You can't have a franchise (especially one in a major market as Los Angeles) that potentially would become a financial disaster.  Sponsors have already disassociated themselves from the Clippers. I am sure fans would have ultimately boycotted games and players/coaches were all set never to play for the Clippers. As long as Sterling is associated with the Clippers the value of the franchise takes a tremendous hit....Weak franchises hurt all NBA teams. Silver's loyalty, like all commissioners, lie with the owners. Of course they want Sterling to sell the team...and fast. The faster he's out, the faster the owners restore the economic validity of the Clippers.  

the Clippers aren't playing one of those teams from  "Hymietown " or he would have had to stay home.  

Why didn't the "high and mighty and defenders against all slurs" pussy shit NBA use that same logic with Hibbert? They took 75k off him. Big fkin deal. Where's his lifetime punishment??

I thought 1984 was supposed to just be a novel, not a script.  Who Dat!

That would only upset a moron... and lets face facts. Morons are the ones who keep wealthy people, wealthy.

this would never have been news!

With ALL the assoc curse words of course. Don't you dare say anything "female insensitive" though. You may be recorded and ruined

If Sterling were black and made similar comments about whites, it would not be as much of a big deal because blacks are a minority in this country and power dynamics/history would not come into play as it does with Sterling being white in this case. I feel this is more about the NBA owners and a majority black league of nba players not wanting to be seen as supporting/getting paid by someone who made such comments. Truth be told though given Sterling past history, I don't think he surprised anyone with those comments. To me the bigger story to me is that you had black players willing playing for him for decades, nba owners turning a blind eye to Sterling's beliefs, and a woman (who has a black parent) being with him up until his views was brought out to a wider public.

You might want to check with the NAACP about that. They are at this very moment melting down his "Lifetime Achievement Award" trophy.

Out of everything I've read concerning the Donald Sterling comments--this is the best, most sound, reasoned statement about the situation that I've seen!! Whether you like it or not--in today's hyper-technology/social media/soundbite world you MUST watch WHAT you say and WHO you say it to EVERY SINGLE SECOND!! It's the way things are and it's not going to change--if anything technology and social media might become MORE intrusive in the future!! You gotta watch your ass all the time!!