DALLAS -- Mavericks owner Mark Cuban thinks the NBA would be a better league without Donald Sterling in it, but Cuban called the potential scenario of forcing the Los Angeles Clippers owner to sell the team in wake of the racist comments allegedly made by him "a slippery slope."Read the whole thing here.
Cuban was one of several NBA owners to make strong comments about Sterling on Monday, a day before commissioner Adam Silver was scheduled to hold a news conference in New York to announce the league's investigation into the issue.
However, Cuban was the only one to express concern about the precedent that could be set by forcing Sterling to leave the league.
"I think there's a [league] constitution for a reason, right?" Cuban said before Game 4 of the Mavericks-San Antonio Spurs series. "Because this is a very slippery slope. What Donald said was wrong. It was abhorrent. There's no place for racism in the NBA, any business I'm associated with, and I don't want to be associated with people who have that position.
"But at the same time, that's a decision I make. I think you've got to be very, very careful when you start making blanket statements about what people say and think, as opposed to what they do. It's a very, very slippery slope.
Consider all the conversations that you've ever had that you thought were private. Think about the blowback if those conversations became public.
Now consider the idea that those ramifications could become enshrined as part of "standard operating procedure" in our society.
Life became even more dangerous for us guys. Everyone is looking at this as a racial incident. I see it as a battle between the sexes. Right now the ladies have just imposed another penalty for us. No conversation can be considered off limits...even private ones.
Ignore me if you want but pillow talk/an argument with your GF can now be a career killer. I once told my Marines to talk shit but don't you dare touch her. Now? If she's raging just get the fuck out. Don't give her a chance to get pissed just go see the OOD and get a room in the barracks for the night. We'll fix it the next day.
War has been declared and chicks are winning.
