Very classy gesture on behalf of the players.

I'm mixed in my feelings about the Clippers' response.  Apparently, he had health care through his employment but decided to have the surgery done more quickly out of network.  The Clippers position was "If we pay for him, we have to pay for everyone to go out of network, from the players to the janitors".  I can understand why a business wouldn't want to do that, even if the humanitarian thing to do is to allow the guy to get the quicker surgery.

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=6225692

Sterling didn't know about Baylor's basketball career when he hired him.

Second Sterling article in the last two days. I wonder if there is a mounting campaign to orchestrate his removal.

It took Baylor 22 years to figure out he was grossly underpaid?  He worked for a racist for 22 years?  Took him that long?  If this is what he's stating...He may have been one of the greatest players of his era...But he obviously isn't very bright...And neither is his councel.

I'm with Lucky 17 on this.  This sounds like a like a press-led vendetta.

Very classy gesture on behalf of the players.

I'm mixed in my feelings about the Clippers' response.  Apparently, he had health care through his employment but decided to have the surgery done more quickly out of network.  The Clippers position was "If we pay for him, we have to pay for everyone to go out of network, from the players to the janitors".  I can understand why a business wouldn't want to do that, even if the humanitarian thing to do is to allow the guy to get the quicker surgery.

  Yes, it will be a lot harder to dislike Maggette now, practically impossible.

Very classy gesture on behalf of the players.

I'm mixed in my feelings about the Clippers' response.  Apparently, he had health care through his employment but decided to have the surgery done more quickly out of network.  The Clippers position was "If we pay for him, we have to pay for everyone to go out of network, from the players to the janitors".  I can understand why a business wouldn't want to do that, even if the humanitarian thing to do is to allow the guy to get the quicker surgery.

First let me say that Donald Sterling is a world class...well, fill in the blank.  He is a terrible person, and is a plague on the NBA.

With that said, I cannot blame the Clippers for that decision.  When it comes to doing things like that for your employees, it is just such a fine line.  While Hughes may have been very deserving of it, there is always someone looking to cash in, and take advantage, and when a company does something like that for an employee, they set a precedent that puts them out there to be sued by any other employee who is not given the exact same treatment.

As a supervisor that works for a large corporation (that gets sued all the time by former employees), HR has pounded into my head how the most important thing when dealing with employees is consistency.  The second you show favoritism to one employee, you are open to be sued.  And particularly for a guy like Sterling who has been accused of being racist in the past, the pile of lawsuits would be a mile high after he decided to pay the medical bills of a white employee that are not covered by his insurance.

On the other side, good for the players.  Its always nice when people step up like that.  But this is one case, where I don't think we can blame Sterling (and really, we don't need this evidence to know how terrible a person he is anyways).

Quote from: heitingas on March 17, 2011, 03:15:18 PM

This is exactly why we must capitalize on this during the summer, Sterling is a very very cheap man.
I have mentioned this trade idea 5-6 times already, it might seem obsessive.
Green,Bradley,JO+cash(buyout) for Kaman,Foye (expiring) and the 1st pick from minnesota, Sterling would love to save money rather than paying Kaman 12 million and he would gladly offer that 1st pick.

no matter how many times you mention it, it won't suddenly become a good trade.

Green's looking really good right now and is still affordable.  Bradley needs to develop but can at least play defense already.
JO will quite probably retire after this year if he can go in the playoffs so that money can come off the books next year.

Kaman's a nice player to have but not at that expense.
Foye is just a journeyman at this point of his career--can find a number of players to provide what he does at less expense.
The Minnie pick, although a lottery pick, comes in an unspectacular draft and has limited appeal-->certainly not enough to dump Green and Bradley for an unknown.   

We've seen Jeff Green play what? 6 games or so?  From what I've seen I'd rather have his talents than Kaman's.