Report: Sterling Wanted To Veto Redick Trade, Not Pay $7M For White Player

Report: Sterling Wanted To Veto Redick Trade, Not Pay $7M For White Player
Apr 29, 2014 10:20 AM EDT


A three-team trade involving the Los Angeles Clippers, Phoenix Suns and Milwaukee Bucks almost fell apart last offseason due to the racial reservations of Donald Sterling.

The Clippers were acquiring J.J. Redick in a sign-and-trade in which Eric Bledsoe was deal to the Suns.

Sterling became reluctant to honor the agreement made by Doc Rivers because it was hard for him to see the value of paying $7 million per season for Redick.

"He thought it was too much to pay for a white player," said one source.

Via Adrian Wojnarowski/Yahoo! Sports



bob
MY NOTE:  Well, at least you can't see he's just anti-black anymore.  Not that you could say that before with his mixed-race girlfriend.  Or with the fact that he traded for Chris Paul.  Not only won't black players want to play for him anymore, now there won't be a line of white players beating a path to his door neither.  As Red used to say "the franchise always comes first". It's time for the league to put the Clippers franchise first and dump Sterling by all legal means.


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I don't consider the Reddick remark to be racist. In fact it could very well be true.
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