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NBA teams moving away from ‘owner’ title
New York Post ^
| June 3, 2019
| Ethan Sears
Posted on 06/03/2019 9:20:19 AM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
The NBA may be backing down from using the word “owner” due to racial insensitivity.
After Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green argued against using the term on LeBron James’ HBO show “The Shop” late last year, the issue gained steam, per TMZ Sports, and at least two teams have already stopped using it.
“You shouldn’t say owner,” Green said, saying it should be changed to CEO, Chairman or Majority Shareholder.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: nba; owner; pc
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
It’s a Clown World.
Honk Honk!
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posted on
06/03/2019 9:23:37 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Facts are racist.)
To: GuavaCheesePuff
As a replacement I would suggest ‘masters’.
To: GuavaCheesePuff
I live in the Bay Area and between this guy and Steve Kerr’s little temper tantrum on gun control, the Dubs are giving me every reason not to root for them in the Finals.
Not crazy about a Canadian team winning the title though.
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posted on
06/03/2019 9:24:37 AM PDT
by
NohSpinZone
(First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
To: GuavaCheesePuff
those mean ugly hurt my feelings words
why are these blacks so thin-skinned?
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posted on
06/03/2019 9:26:06 AM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
((>> M A G A << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
To: GuavaCheesePuff
I guess ‘Massas’ is out...............
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posted on
06/03/2019 9:26:37 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: GuavaCheesePuff
When is the NBA going to do Affirmative Action for white people?
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posted on
06/03/2019 9:27:00 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Facts are racist.)
To: GuavaCheesePuff
These people are complete imbeciles. How do they function in life?
Wow.
If I work for a company and someone owns the company, it is not in the least bit offensive to refer to him as an “owner”. Only a RAGING MORON would infer that the owner of a company owns the employees, and even worse, take offense to it.
What a load of crap. These people have to get a life.
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posted on
06/03/2019 9:27:09 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
To: GuavaCheesePuff
Not a problem when The State owns everything including citizens
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posted on
06/03/2019 9:27:42 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
To: GuavaCheesePuff
The loons would like to abolish the concept of ownership.
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posted on
06/03/2019 9:28:31 AM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
To: NohSpinZone
Not crazy about a Canadian team winning the title though.
It has been decades since a Canadian team has won the Stanley Cup. A plurality of players on all of those championship U.S. teams, of course, ARE Canadian themselves. I doubt there are many Canadians on the Raptors.
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posted on
06/03/2019 9:29:16 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: NohSpinZone
If Boston wins the Stanley Cup and Toronto wins the NBA, it would mean Boston would be the only city in the US with titles in the 4 major sports.
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posted on
06/03/2019 9:30:03 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: GuavaCheesePuff
They don’t own the player; they own the team. Anyone who is offended by the word owner is being intentionally obtuse.
To: GuavaCheesePuff
You can bet that when LeBron eventually gets to buy his NBA franchise that he will be listed as “owner”. If Kyle Korver is still playing then, he’ll be the only white-guy on the roster. The other players can lump-it.
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posted on
06/03/2019 9:31:08 AM PDT
by
Tallguy
(Facts be d*mned! The narrative of the day must be preserved!)
To: NohSpinZone
"Canadian team"???!!!???
What are you?....Some kind of Nationalist?!?!?!?
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posted on
06/03/2019 9:32:04 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
To: G Larry
They’re not even a real country, anyway.
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posted on
06/03/2019 9:32:32 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
Philadelphia, Los Angeles, New York? It’s been done.
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posted on
06/03/2019 9:33:00 AM PDT
by
Tallguy
(Facts be d*mned! The narrative of the day must be preserved!)
To: Tallguy
I meant at the same time.
Red Sox are the current MLB Champs
Patriots are the current NFL Champs
Bruins would be the current Stanley Cup Champs.
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posted on
06/03/2019 9:34:17 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: GuavaCheesePuff
Oh FFS. He owns the team not the players.
Grow the f##k up.
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posted on
06/03/2019 9:35:01 AM PDT
by
Kozak
(DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
To: GuavaCheesePuff
How long until the Washington Grand Wizards have to change their name... again?
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posted on
06/03/2019 9:35:21 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
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