Posted on 04/29/2014 5:22:33 AM PDT by bestintxas
New York Knicks executive Larry Johnson has a different take on the racial fire thats recently ignited over Clippers owner Donald Sterling, looking at the broader picture to make his main point: Its high time blacks started their own league, he said.
In a tweet, the former star player wrote: Black people your Focusing on the wrong thing. We should be focusing on having our own, Own team own League! To For Self!!
Its not the first time that Mr. Johnson drew critical attention to the fact that the NBA is headed primarily by white executives and played mostly by black athletes, the New York Post reported. In 1999, he said during the NBA Finals between the Knicks and Spurs that, Weve got a lot of rebellious slaves on this [Knicks] team.
He followed that up with an explanation of his use of the word slaves: We dont go with the mainstream, he said, the New York Post reported.
Mr. Johnson was hired two years ago to help out with Knicks business operations.
He sent his tweet out about the same time the NBA announced it was kicking off an investigation into Mr. Sterling, who allegedly complained to his girlfriend about posting photos of him with black people on her Instagram account.
Mr. Sterlings alleged statements
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“Mr. Johnson was hired two years ago to help out with Knicks business operations.”
LOL! Put him in charge of promotions too!
Watermelon Night
Fried Chicken Night
Name the Childs Father Night
Can the NBA hire this genius? He would kill the league in less than 5 years.
True. For such a racially divided city, it is Ebony and Ivory when it’s time for Tigers and Grizzlies B-ball.
Separate but equal, what could possibly go wrong.
...or just go old school and call it The Negro League.
knock yourself out LJ..
“Im waiting for the all-black hockey league.....”
We don’t deal with race. Hockey players are a close knit fraternity. Believe it or not, in hockey, the haters are weeded out when they are kids. On more than one occasion I have terminated a players contract for throwing around racial comments. Didn’t even blink. It’s no tolerance.
Several year back, one of my best players and a kid who had a shot called one of the opposing players a Chink. Came back to the bench and said, “the F’ing Chink didn’t even see the hit. Thats because he has no peripheral vision.” By the time the word vision was out of his mouth, he was removed from the team.
aren’t most teams already mostly black now?
Who cares?
re: The WNBA is about 50% white.
My point was the women’s league does not draw squat and makes no money.
I am sorry I did not explain in detail.
It’s 7:20 here and much to early to laugh so hard that I can’t breathe.
I have ZERO interest in basketball anyway - so I say “go for it.”
But, if they did start an all-midget league, or victoria’s secret bikini league, I might be tempted to watch a game or two.
OK, Larry Johnson, you get your segregated hoops and we get to dump affirmative action - deal?
Had a friend who was a High School basketball coach and a good one.
Having noticed that his on court players were all black except one and the white kid was often not as bassetball skilled as the others. I asked him why would he play a less skilled white kid and his reply was “if I had a full court of blacks they would each try to keep the ball to the detriment of the team, having one white in there settled them down for more team-work and winning more games”.
Sort of says it all, way beyond the basketball games.......
Nominated for POST OF THE DAY.
Think any African Country.
This is why I stopped watching the NBA when they went on strike in 2000. They couldn’t figure out how to split up over $2B back then.
They can have it. I hope they go with an all black league, with all black players and all black coaches . . . and all black fans.
This is Bloomberg’s NYC - The Knicks hire this Larry Johnson genius to help with business operations.
Kill that goose Lar. Your Chivas is going to dry up quicker than you think, and you aren’t too old to be working the drive through at McDonalds.
Great idea
I don’t watch the trash anyhow
Not since Dr j and Dawkins
But some whites love to watch their physical Master Race.....its like gladiators in a peculiar way......average white man being so squirrely and non manly these days
White people are silly now....no wonder we only look serious with an AR in our grip and a dark ball cap backwards....ray bans required.....desert scarf optional
One day we will be known as the self flagellators
Nothing but a black racist. Typical pro ball player.
Isn’t there a girls lingerie football league?
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