Donald Sterling’s candid moment? It’s business as usual, and NBA business is often ugly, by Dave D'Alessandro (Star-Ledger)
... We’re not here to put Donald Sterling’s racism on a scale with other social sins practiced by Adam Silver’s business partners, which stretch from here to Seattle.
We can only remind you that everyone already knew that Sterling was a despicable human being. If you didn't know it, you simply weren't paying attention, or – like Stern and Silver and everyone else in the NBA – you chose not to care.
Racism is an indelible part of what he is. If he issues a thousand mea-culpas today, nothing changes that. He has stood courtside with a what-me-worry visage for decades, because he is part of a lunatic fraternity that always embraced him as a bit eccentric, but always One of Ours ...
Monday, April 28, 2014
D'Alessandro: "Everyone already knew that Donald Sterling was a despicable human being."
It seemed prudent to wait until I found a writer at a higher pay grade capable of saying it better than me, and here he is: Dave D'Alessandro, who used to be the NBA columnist for The Sporting News (has it really been nine years?)
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