this story is also a good reminder that you can hire black coaches and GMs for racist reasons
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 4 November 2021 18:46 (two years ago) link
I thought that was one of the weakest parts of the story actually — how it paraphrased sarver as wanting to hire a black coach who could “speak the players’ language.” obviously how that sentiment is conveyed will mean everything, but the way it was presented in the story made it seem pretty innocuous, essentially the standard neoliberal diversity mantra
― mens rea activist (k3vin k.), Thursday, 4 November 2021 18:53 (two years ago) link
the most depressing aspect of the story for me is that even if Sarver is forced out, he'd also cash out at near the team's peak value and be able to pocket hundreds of millions in capital gains.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 4 November 2021 18:54 (two years ago) link
obviously how that sentiment is conveyed will mean everything
I should add that I don’t exactly trust that sarver had the best intentions
― mens rea activist (k3vin k.), Thursday, 4 November 2021 18:56 (two years ago) link
well, to be clear, here is how that sentiment was (allegedly) conveyed:
"These [N-words] need a [N-word]," Sarver told the staffer of his largely Black team, according to the executive.
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 4 November 2021 19:01 (two years ago) link
um ok apparently I completely glossed over that? retracted
― mens rea activist (k3vin k.), Thursday, 4 November 2021 19:04 (two years ago) link
that was in reference to lindsey hunter vs dan majerle & not earl watson — nonetheless
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 4 November 2021 19:09 (two years ago) link
in other news, this team is decrepit as hell
New story: LeBron James is out with an abdominal strain. While no timeline for his return has been provided by the Lakers, a source familiar with the injury told ESPN that the team's medical staff "wants to take their time" with James' recovery https://t.co/2Gv9cMhXvH— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) November 4, 2021
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 4 November 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
seems like that sarver story got held up so that he/his lawyers could rebut and deny as much as possible once it was leaked that it was happening?
he's a scumbag but i'm not really sure i'm seeing the angle that ends up with him selling the team.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 4 November 2021 19:13 (two years ago) link
😬 Not worried but my radar is up. pic.twitter.com/o6NTMBhPvp— Yaya Dubin (@JADubin5) November 4, 2021
― mens rea activist (k3vin k.), Thursday, 4 November 2021 19:20 (two years ago) link
xp
― mens rea activist (k3vin k.), Thursday, 4 November 2021 19:21 (two years ago) link
i guess ankle vs ab is different but lebron was allegedly healthy going into the playoffs last year and looked like a shell of himself
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 4 November 2021 19:22 (two years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Thursday, November 4, 2021 3:13 PM (nine minutes ago)
i feel like it's going to come down to public pressure and whether that will get him to step away. if he wants to be litigious about it i question whether there is enough there to forcibly remove him
watching a woj thing just now and he mentioned the hawks owner who had to sell the team after his racist email leaked and floated the idea that some sort of hard evidence might be turned up in investigating sarver. (or maybe not, if no one leaked anything to baxter holmes.) the levinson thing also happened months after sarver so maybe that timing was an important factor
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 4 November 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
the article said it was hard for the co owners of the suns to remove him but im not sure what the leagues options are, maybe the rest of the owners can just vote that he violated some conduct clause and make him sell, they got sterling out of there fast iirc
but the threat of deep public humiliation via investigation might be more relevant at this point
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 November 2021 19:56 (two years ago) link
sarver seems particularly intransigent but yeah there may be more evidence or he may just not want to deal with it, good luck predicting anything with these types of guys.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 4 November 2021 20:01 (two years ago) link
i mean if he uses email hes basically fucked
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 November 2021 20:04 (two years ago) link
all the owners have dirt they dont want to sell eachother out i bet
― It's the Final Cluntdiwn (Spottie), Thursday, 4 November 2021 20:05 (two years ago) link
yeah im sure they dont want to but there is a point at which they will
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 November 2021 20:06 (two years ago) link
cuban/mavs gonna avoid this one like the plague
― It's the Final Cluntdiwn (Spottie), Thursday, 4 November 2021 20:08 (two years ago) link
lol yeah
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 November 2021 20:14 (two years ago) link
typography is my passion
The NBA is expected to soon launch an investigation into the allegations reported today by ESPN’s @baxter Holmes against Suns majority owner Robert Sarver … and Sarver just issued a statement in response that closes by essentially acknowledging an investigation is forthcoming: pic.twitter.com/xJswSUl3vR— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) November 4, 2021
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 November 2021 20:21 (two years ago) link
sarver welcoming an NBA investigation has some real “what are you gonna do, stab me?” vibes to it
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 4 November 2021 20:23 (two years ago) link
xp me when i change the font size but forget to change the line space size in photoshop
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 4 November 2021 20:26 (two years ago) link
pretty funny that watson called him toxic and he yelled back im not toxic youre fucking toxic now he cant stop saying the word toxic
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 November 2021 20:27 (two years ago) link
hes mad about that hes all i may have my faults but one thing im not is toxic thats going too far man
dude can't figure out spacing on the court or in his public statements
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 4 November 2021 20:30 (two years ago) link
“i cannot believe all the inaccurate reporting in baxter holmes’ story… except when randomly i asked taylor griffin if he shaves his balls. i did do that.”
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 4 November 2021 20:46 (two years ago) link
The n-word is not part of my vocabulary. I have never called anyone or any group of people the n-word
Google translate: I'm absolutely certain there aren't any emails, tapes or videos out there. At least I sure fucking hope so.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 4 November 2021 20:46 (two years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Thursday, November 4, 2021 1:46 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
plus panced the guy but whoops i soon after realized that was maybe not good
― It's the Final Cluntdiwn (Spottie), Thursday, 4 November 2021 21:15 (two years ago) link
theres gotta be an earl watson interview coming on espn right?
― It's the Final Cluntdiwn (Spottie), Thursday, 4 November 2021 21:17 (two years ago) link
i play pickup ball with a guy who worked for the suns for the last 22 years and was just canned during a round of layoffs during the pandemic. hoping to get some inside dirt from him. he said hes dealt with sarvr a lot
― It's the Final Cluntdiwn (Spottie), Thursday, 4 November 2021 21:21 (two years ago) link
the part about trying to invite strippers to get impregnated so they'd stay in Phoenix is such a Nathan Fielder-level idea
― frogbs, Thursday, 4 November 2021 21:23 (two years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/9ttEAtbeUx— Earl J Watson (@Earl_Watson) November 4, 2021
― It's the Final Cluntdiwn (Spottie), Thursday, 4 November 2021 22:21 (two years ago) link
^ great statement from Watson, but I gritted my teeth at "fulsomely". he should've searched it before hitting send.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 4 November 2021 22:35 (two years ago) link
Sixers are up on the Pistons midway through the 2nd. Embiid has 0 points and they are missing 3 of 5 starters. Pistons might be bad.
― Hannibal Lecture (PBKR), Thursday, 4 November 2021 23:54 (two years ago) link
sixers have been on a real roll shorthanded tho
― Clay, Friday, 5 November 2021 00:09 (two years ago) link
beyond hideous basketball between the heat & celts tonight. legit setting basketball back like 60 years
― J0rdan S., Friday, 5 November 2021 01:09 (two years ago) link
they should just stop counting the turnovers at this point
― lag∞n, Friday, 5 November 2021 01:10 (two years ago) link
smart got a tech from the bench lol
― lag∞n, Friday, 5 November 2021 01:19 (two years ago) link
marcus, respectfully, stfu
― call all destroyer, Friday, 5 November 2021 01:20 (two years ago) link
Duncan Robinson is having a shooting slump too. What did they do to that damn ball?
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 5 November 2021 01:21 (two years ago) link
damn al horford just took it to the rack big time
― call all destroyer, Friday, 5 November 2021 01:22 (two years ago) link
love horf baby
― lag∞n, Friday, 5 November 2021 01:23 (two years ago) link
he looks great so far this year, i'm very pleased
― call all destroyer, Friday, 5 November 2021 01:26 (two years ago) link
leading the league in blocks!
― lag∞n, Friday, 5 November 2021 01:27 (two years ago) link
(rob #3)
Cade Cunningham shattering records for bad shooting holy shit
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 5 November 2021 01:28 (two years ago) link
Cunningham is now 7/39 from the field this season
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 5 November 2021 01:29 (two years ago) link
Yah lotta players shooting poorly
― It's the Final Cluntdiwn (Spottie), Friday, 5 November 2021 01:33 (two years ago) link
i was listening to something where they thought his shooting form had changed and not for the better.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 5 November 2021 01:33 (two years ago) link