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You know what though? He’s right. He’s basically concluding his target demographic is racist, which is not really something you can say in polite company, but it’s a problem the NBA has tried to get around since at least the late 70s when black players started really taking over the league and you’d hear people talking about drug culture in the NBA and whatever else. There is still this perception among some that NBA players are prone to high crime participation when they’re simply not, and crime is actually rare in the league (if anyone recalls that dumbass Minnesota politician a few months ago saying this). Stern would come down hard on the discipline and used the infamous '04 Pacers vs. Pistons brawl to reassure red state fans that he had control over the situation, mandating players wear suits to do postgame interviews and so on.
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The guy self-reported it. I think he decided it was time to sell, especially after the Clippers sold for 2 billion. This is a business move, pure and simple.
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