By Colby Carrington
Now that Adam Silver has banned Donald Sterling for life from all NBA activities and fined the LA Clippers owner $2.5M, there’s been a collective sigh not of relief per se but of a semi-just due.
And the comments are rolling in:
Commissioner Silver thank you for protecting our beautiful and powerful league!! Great leader!! #BiggerThanBasketball #StriveForGreatness
— LeBron James (@KingJames) April 29, 2014
Commissioner Silver….STRONG…way to take charge and protect our great league. — THREE (@DwyaneWade) April 29, 2014
Lifetime ban handed down by the NBA commish Adam Silver. Hats off! Sterling will try to fight it thru the legal system. #BreakThosePockets — OMAR EPPS (@omarepps) April 29, 2014
#AdamSilver has shown everyone that you stand up to racist comments and not try to cover it up or sweep it under the rug. #ZEROTOLERANCE — Donna Brazile (@donnabrazile) April 29, 2014
Buh Bye. #ZEROTOLERANCE — Holly Robinson Peete (@hollyrpeete) April 29, 2014
Adam Silver passes his test. Kudos! Bans Sterling for life and fines him $2.5M. Also commits to… http://t.co/7y7xkOU2wL — Boris Kodjoe (@BorisKodjoe) April 29, 2014
Former and current NBA players are very happy and satisfied with Commissioner Silver’s ruling. — Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) April 29, 2014
There is no amount of money that excludes you from treating other people with respect. Thank you, Adam Silver. — Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) April 29, 2014
A lifetime ban for Donald Sterling is a good start for the NBA. Now let’s see if the other team owners finish him off. Don’t exhale yet!
— Ice Cube (@icecube) April 29, 2014
But. BUT. You knew only a millisecond would pass before the one liners, parodies and memes began rolling in.
(H/T to @MarvAntMore for the tips on the memes.)
I’d like to now host a live TV debate between Donald Sterling & @SHAQ . In a cage. No rules. — Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 29, 2014
Dear @NAACP, pls start doing your due diligence and back ground checks before you start handing out awards. From, The Minority Group
— Finesse Mitchell (@Finessemitchell) April 29, 2014
Adam Silver just passed Bill Clinton & Eminem as most popular white guy according to black ppl.
— Gary Owen (@garyowencomedy) April 29, 2014
Bet Donald Sterling didn’t imagine The Source would outlast him.
— Jack Erwin (@fultimejackmove) April 29, 2014
Before we get into today – let’s look at what brought us to this point. Like this example of Sterling’s plantation mentality.
This was how Sterling was feeling on Monday.
Funny Or Die re-enacts the NAACP call to rescind Donald Sterling’s upcoming ‘honor.’
Then Tueday at 2pm happened and Adam Silver brings down the hammer.
Life – LIIIIIFE.
