comfortably numb
Footballguy
Perhaps Adam Silver can give this due process as well and push the Knicks into taking action. There is no room for this line of thinking in the NBA.
“Black people your Focusing on the wrong thing. We should be focusing on having our own, Own team own League! To For Self!!’’
"He is the owner of the team personally I think He Should have Who ever he wants at the game."
"I heard the Clippers owner made a racial statement And black people are all upset, get over it this is Integration."
http://nypost.com/2014/04/27/knicks-great-larry-johnson-calls-for-all-black-league/
Knicks executive and former player Larry Johnson had a decidedly different but still strong reaction to the racially insensitive remarks Clippers owner Donald Sterling is alleged to have made.
On Saturday night, Johnson tweeted: “Black people your Focusing on the wrong thing. We should be focusing on having our own, Own team own League! To For Self!!’’
The initial indication was Johnson was calling for an all-African-American league complete with black ownership. It wasn’t the first time Johnson, who is black, concerned himself with the fact the NBA’s ownership is mostly white while its players are mostly black.
During the 1999 NBA Finals between the Knicks and Spurs, Johnson caused a stir by saying: “We’ve got a lot of rebellious slaves on this [Knicks] team.”
When asked at the time why he referred to his teammates as slaves, Johnson said: “I’ve got to explain that to you? We don’t go with the mainstream.’’
Johnson was hired by the Knicks two years ago and serves many roles as a basketball and business operations representative. It’s unclear what his role will be under new team president Phil Jackson.
“Black people your Focusing on the wrong thing. We should be focusing on having our own, Own team own League! To For Self!!’’
"He is the owner of the team personally I think He Should have Who ever he wants at the game."
"I heard the Clippers owner made a racial statement And black people are all upset, get over it this is Integration."
http://nypost.com/2014/04/27/knicks-great-larry-johnson-calls-for-all-black-league/
Knicks executive and former player Larry Johnson had a decidedly different but still strong reaction to the racially insensitive remarks Clippers owner Donald Sterling is alleged to have made.
On Saturday night, Johnson tweeted: “Black people your Focusing on the wrong thing. We should be focusing on having our own, Own team own League! To For Self!!’’
The initial indication was Johnson was calling for an all-African-American league complete with black ownership. It wasn’t the first time Johnson, who is black, concerned himself with the fact the NBA’s ownership is mostly white while its players are mostly black.
During the 1999 NBA Finals between the Knicks and Spurs, Johnson caused a stir by saying: “We’ve got a lot of rebellious slaves on this [Knicks] team.”
When asked at the time why he referred to his teammates as slaves, Johnson said: “I’ve got to explain that to you? We don’t go with the mainstream.’’
Johnson was hired by the Knicks two years ago and serves many roles as a basketball and business operations representative. It’s unclear what his role will be under new team president Phil Jackson.
