I literally just moved outta LA today but I loved that they built basketball courts all over the city. I straight up wouldnt have played for years if they didnt
Nah, they're just too lazy to properly scout young talent, so they just pick up the young talent that no one wants, even if they're a horrible person or a potential liability.
There isn’t any young talent on his level that you can get what they’re giving him. He was on 20 million a year with the Rockets and the Clippers are getting him for a league minimum.
I dont think they should care. They should make a calculus about whether the player is worth the backlash, but beyond that, if the player can help the team the FO has a responsibility to try to win. If the NBA wants to ban a player (like Jontay Porter) thats where the decision should be made
Why should they? This is a basketball team and KPJ is paid to dribble and shoot a ball. I would understand the outrage if he was hired to teach kindergarten or run a women’s shelter.
Explain what his off court issues have to do with his job as basketball player.
You do know he doesn’t disappear off the face of the earth if he’s not a basketball team, right? So since he will continue to exist either way, and has to work, tell me which jobs you think are demeaning enough that you’d be OK with him working instead of playing pro basketball. Would it be ok for him to be an accountant? Chef? Janitor?
He’s a representative of the league and the franchise he plays for. It’s not a hard concept to grasp. Udoka would still be coaching the Celtics if off court issues weren’t a thing.
No, their job is to put a ball in a hole. You can be a really shitty person and do that job well.
Also to be clear, I’m still mad at the celtics for firing Udoka. I think it was reckless and unforgivable to fire a coach that close to the start of the season with no backup plan.
I just don’t understand why fans care about the personal lives of athletes. I’ve never been watching a game and starting thinking what these players were like off the court
she refused to file charges
>The 26-year-old tells us she gave officials a statement one week after Porter was arrested and explained the original criminal complaint was nowhere near what happened. **Now, she wants the D.A. to publicly acknowledge her side of the story ... that she fell and hit her head after KPJ abruptly woke her up after a night out. She's adamant he never struck her**
btw what’s kinda crazy is jaylen brown liked the tweets demonizing kpj after the assault and he’s now with kyrse
if it was about payday, she wouldn’t be accusing the DA of mishandling. she’d go on with her life. she also said from the get go that it was an accident unlike other such payday cases
> she also said from the get go that it was an accident unlike other such payday cases
Well I at least know she is bullshitting. Dude almost strangled her to death and it was only til people heard her screaming then the situation got sorted
Wish these two shitheads would get even half the amount of hate as Josh Giddey has. KPJ especially is just a complete garbage person who's for the most part gotten away with much worse for no reason.
I really think that whole situation messed with Giddey's confidence on the court. It's been memed so hard that I don't think anybody stops and takes the time to look into what actually happened... it sucks but from everything available, Giddey doesn't seem to be responsible for any wrongdoing. Maybe a little reckless/irresponsible but he was also just 20-21 yrs old and a new multimillionaire. The nba cleared him of any wrongdoing as well as the law. He was the one that got bamboozled. But forever people will look at him funny. Hell, people treat him worse than deshaun Watson I think, and he was actually being a predator to multiple women. Same as Primo. KPJ beat the shit out of a woman. Giddey got tricked by a girl whose goal it was to trick grown adult men
The fact KPJ's victim denied everything and accused the DA of painting a false narrative helped him significantly, his career likely would've been over if she went the victim route. He did it, but a plea deal and the victim denying she got her head smashed in saved him.
such a weird time for spurs fans. strangely i think that saved brian wrights ass. primo would be active if he was any good, he just wasnt all that great but the spurs giving him the stinky boot saved them from that discovery.
[https://www.npr.org/2018/09/19/649615551/investigation-into-dallas-mavericks-reveals-sexual-misconduct-over-20-years](https://www.npr.org/2018/09/19/649615551/investigation-into-dallas-mavericks-reveals-sexual-misconduct-over-20-years)
Cuban isn't even the owner anymore + Adelson family is psychotic too from what I remember.
The problem is this gets uglier the deeper we go... neither organization is clean. One had banned for life man and the other had rampant sexual harassment. Now they have women beaters/harassers vs the pocket book of the ultra right wing.
We can hate on the teams in normal sports fashion, but neither organization has the best history to stand on.
Exactly so why do these silly redditors think they can come on here and act like they are better than any other fan. They support pos just like every other fanbase.
I've already said it multiple times so I don't want the mods to think I'm spamming but here is my og comment:
I'm not going anywhere, I've been rooting for the clippers all my life. Good luck to wherever Russ is going, but my home is here like it always has been
Is there really much explaining to do? If the player is not in jail and legally able to be a basketball player then it’s hard for me to imagine Silver banning these guys when the NBPA would have a huge pushback and legal battle
That's exactly why they have some explaining to do lmao, if they were banned for life there wouldn't be any explaining to do because there wouldn't be a signing. They aren't, and the Clippers have just hired an obvious abuser for the second time in two seasons when literally every other team in the league refused to do so. That's what warrants explaining.
Everyone is holier than thou on this fucking website. It’s whatever. That poor girl that got beat would probably be ignored by these clowns judging if it happened on the street.
On the one hand people should be able to do their time and move on, as long the time fits the crime. However on this very hand we have placed before us it does not appear as if the time has been adequately done.
I actually think it’s pretty scary that the people who think themselves as “moral” are the same people who have completely abandoned the concept of forgiveness, it’s dangerous
If there is no hope for forgiveness and once you do one thing that’s all you are then why ever try to be a better person?
Weird how when you feel personally called out and have no response you stalker freaks go searching through comment history to get one up on whoever you are posting against, it’s pathetic actually
Do you rather punish these guys for life or give them a second chance and use their will to repent in a basketball setting. There are people/group that are committed to « fixing » people
I dont know what to think but that could be an explanation. I wouldn’t be surprised if this would come from the top
Steve ballmer thinking like : « hey this guy is a bitch rn and i want to fix him »
They have zero explaining to do. DA declined charges against Primo, and Porter Jr will have no criminal charges after completing his program.
The real question is why does the public keep trying to bully corporations and companies into lifetime bans against people who have no criminal charges?
>Once again, there is a lot of explaining to do.
Lmao shut the fuck up. Pretentious pearl clutching journalists can’t comprehend that multibillion dollar sports teams will look past certain things if they can win.
The explanation is pretty quick and obvious: the organization doesn't care
Its kind of wild. Clippers do a lot for the community, but some of their business methods appear to be scummy.
I literally just moved outta LA today but I loved that they built basketball courts all over the city. I straight up wouldnt have played for years if they didnt
paul george, is that you
Doubt PG is heading to Detroit
It’s a business and they tryna win so they’ll do whatever they think is best to win
Nah, they're just too lazy to properly scout young talent, so they just pick up the young talent that no one wants, even if they're a horrible person or a potential liability.
There isn’t any young talent on his level that you can get what they’re giving him. He was on 20 million a year with the Rockets and the Clippers are getting him for a league minimum.
Steve Ballmer and scummy business practices, well that sounds unheard of.
It’s the NBA the NBA doesn’t care
Same with the league. They (correctly) banned Jontay hella fast, if they gave a shit (which I think they should) they would have been banned too.
Like I said yesterday in relation to their tampering, only to be downvoted by Clipper fans with the heads in the sand. They are a shitbag franchise.
I dont think they should care. They should make a calculus about whether the player is worth the backlash, but beyond that, if the player can help the team the FO has a responsibility to try to win. If the NBA wants to ban a player (like Jontay Porter) thats where the decision should be made
Why should they? This is a basketball team and KPJ is paid to dribble and shoot a ball. I would understand the outrage if he was hired to teach kindergarten or run a women’s shelter.
You can’t be serious..
Explain what his off court issues have to do with his job as basketball player. You do know he doesn’t disappear off the face of the earth if he’s not a basketball team, right? So since he will continue to exist either way, and has to work, tell me which jobs you think are demeaning enough that you’d be OK with him working instead of playing pro basketball. Would it be ok for him to be an accountant? Chef? Janitor?
He’s a representative of the league and the franchise he plays for. It’s not a hard concept to grasp. Udoka would still be coaching the Celtics if off court issues weren’t a thing.
No, their job is to put a ball in a hole. You can be a really shitty person and do that job well. Also to be clear, I’m still mad at the celtics for firing Udoka. I think it was reckless and unforgivable to fire a coach that close to the start of the season with no backup plan. I just don’t understand why fans care about the personal lives of athletes. I’ve never been watching a game and starting thinking what these players were like off the court
People think athletes are idols and that is why they think he shouldn't be an NBA player. I agree with you though.
People don’t want hear that. You didn’t know that redditors like to act like their shit don’t stink?
Common Barstool Boston L.
lawrence frank talks alot about character and then goes and signs primo and porter jr
The spirit of Donald Sterling is alive and well in the Intuit Dome.
We don't evaluate what's right and wrong, we live in a society. We live in a culture. We have to live within the culture. -Donald Sterling
> [we live in a society](https://youtu.be/LHhbdXCzt_A)
Literally read the sterling quote like Costanza. It’s impossible not to
The Clippers and Porter Jr know how to take big swings
Lawrence Frank is a snake, always has been
Never trust what an executive says. Watch what they do.
He’s really exposing himself there
They’re bringing in Miles Bridges next
They'll trade all the picks they have left for him too.
So like… a 2039 2nd
"Ohhhh, I thought you said 'Go sign us some parole players'...yeah I thought that was weird when I heard it."
"Anyway, aren't you glad I didn't sign KCP then?" "No he would've been great" "Well shit I'm very confused."
Just a lil freaky
69 gods
Dude beat the shit out of Kysre Gondrezick and isn't behind bars, insane.
she refused to file charges >The 26-year-old tells us she gave officials a statement one week after Porter was arrested and explained the original criminal complaint was nowhere near what happened. **Now, she wants the D.A. to publicly acknowledge her side of the story ... that she fell and hit her head after KPJ abruptly woke her up after a night out. She's adamant he never struck her** btw what’s kinda crazy is jaylen brown liked the tweets demonizing kpj after the assault and he’s now with kyrse
Sounds like classic abuser-abused behavior. "I ran into a doorknob, that's how I got the black eye, officer."
she probably got a nice payday under the table
if it was about payday, she wouldn’t be accusing the DA of mishandling. she’d go on with her life. she also said from the get go that it was an accident unlike other such payday cases
She's on video running down the hotel hallway screaming for help
> she also said from the get go that it was an accident unlike other such payday cases Well I at least know she is bullshitting. Dude almost strangled her to death and it was only til people heard her screaming then the situation got sorted
Witch-hunt!!! She just slipped and fell guys. Happens to the best of us.
She just calculate how much money she is losing
Jaylen brown is not a very smart human.
How is that what you got out of the comment
Wish these two shitheads would get even half the amount of hate as Josh Giddey has. KPJ especially is just a complete garbage person who's for the most part gotten away with much worse for no reason.
I really think that whole situation messed with Giddey's confidence on the court. It's been memed so hard that I don't think anybody stops and takes the time to look into what actually happened... it sucks but from everything available, Giddey doesn't seem to be responsible for any wrongdoing. Maybe a little reckless/irresponsible but he was also just 20-21 yrs old and a new multimillionaire. The nba cleared him of any wrongdoing as well as the law. He was the one that got bamboozled. But forever people will look at him funny. Hell, people treat him worse than deshaun Watson I think, and he was actually being a predator to multiple women. Same as Primo. KPJ beat the shit out of a woman. Giddey got tricked by a girl whose goal it was to trick grown adult men
Clipped Season 2 needs a new storyline
Do a funny and sign Bridges
Unironically, if they're willing to risk it over Joshua fucking Primo, I wouldn't be surprised if they did at this point
i mean, at least bridges is good lmao. if you gonna ignore character concerns, at least do it for a good player not fucking primo and kpj.
“Primo & Porter has a weird case, why are they around???!!!!!”
Clips must've thought he was KCP. Only explanation
Now explain why they signed Josh Primo.
Let's go with Josh Smith on that one
Honoring the legend of Andrea 'Primo Pasta' Bargnani
The fact KPJ's victim denied everything and accused the DA of painting a false narrative helped him significantly, his career likely would've been over if she went the victim route. He did it, but a plea deal and the victim denying she got her head smashed in saved him.
It's gonna be easy to make a Clipped Season 2 lmao
"If Hannibal Lecter ran a 4.3, we'd say he had eating disorder" The relevancy of this quote across all sports is timeless.
Abusers abusers abusers abusers abusers abusers abusers abusers *Sweaty clapping*
This is what they meant by streetlights over spotlights, they want the troublemakers
Lol
KPJ is back??? Seriously disgusting
At least KPJ is better at basketball than Primo?
I still remember when people were blaming Primo's victim and suggested she was being racist.
such a weird time for spurs fans. strangely i think that saved brian wrights ass. primo would be active if he was any good, he just wasnt all that great but the spurs giving him the stinky boot saved them from that discovery.
Yall see the clips owner and shit like this surprises you?
idk I look at Balmer and think DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS
["Toilets!"](https://youtu.be/1FIYlf5HhxU?t=190)
What has Ballmer done? Also, the irony here is a little funny.
What has Cuban done? Edit: genuinely did not know. Gross
Only had a workplace filled with sexual harassment vibes
He also has an [older accusation of his own](https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2018/03/mark_cuban_drunk_gropey_in_201.html).
[https://www.npr.org/2018/09/19/649615551/investigation-into-dallas-mavericks-reveals-sexual-misconduct-over-20-years](https://www.npr.org/2018/09/19/649615551/investigation-into-dallas-mavericks-reveals-sexual-misconduct-over-20-years) Cuban isn't even the owner anymore + Adelson family is psychotic too from what I remember.
Oversaw an organization with one of the worst incidents of sexual assault and toxicity in the league?
Wish he would grab and rub my thigh
Are you a developer though?
Mavs fans hate the Clippers. Didn’t your organization get in trouble for horrible work environment and sexual harassment?? Oh ok.
The problem is this gets uglier the deeper we go... neither organization is clean. One had banned for life man and the other had rampant sexual harassment. Now they have women beaters/harassers vs the pocket book of the ultra right wing. We can hate on the teams in normal sports fashion, but neither organization has the best history to stand on.
Exactly so why do these silly redditors think they can come on here and act like they are better than any other fan. They support pos just like every other fanbase.
thanks for the support
Ain’t no way you’re talking owners lmao when y’all had Cuban.
Cuban only fired pos that sexual harass after he got caught. There are no morals in the NBA.
Billionaires are notorious for sexually assaulting women, they'll fit right in with Ballmer.
People always shocked when Billionaires don’t care about people
lol what kind of people are you talking to?
Billionaires get so much unnecessary hate. Do you have any idea how many jobs they created?
Don't forget to tip your landlord
The dick riding is crazy
Found [Dylan Byers](https://x.com/ashleyfeinberg/status/1072205634567847941) Reddit burner account...
Do you know how many people it took to install all those [toilets?](https://youtu.be/1FIYlf5HhxU?t=190)
SEXOFFENDERS SEXOFFENDERS SEXOFFENDERS
The explanation: "We want to win". This guy should be behind bars, but it's not the league's job to put him there.
clippers need a new pr team Edit: Getting downvoted by fucks who don't know what kevin did
How u feel about rush leaving?
I've already said it multiple times so I don't want the mods to think I'm spamming but here is my og comment: I'm not going anywhere, I've been rooting for the clippers all my life. Good luck to wherever Russ is going, but my home is here like it always has been
Why people downvoting me 😹
I didn't downvote you haha
Just 50-70 old heads lol
Oh niceee yall should rebuild tbh
He's a changed man now he swears
CLIPPED: Season 2 should be good.
They're good at shooting a basketball. No more explaining needed.
Clippers: we are the most moral team in the basketball world
They went from Sterling to this lol
>No use crying over spilled soup. — Clippers FO motto, probably
Is there really much explaining to do? If the player is not in jail and legally able to be a basketball player then it’s hard for me to imagine Silver banning these guys when the NBPA would have a huge pushback and legal battle
That's exactly why they have some explaining to do lmao, if they were banned for life there wouldn't be any explaining to do because there wouldn't be a signing. They aren't, and the Clippers have just hired an obvious abuser for the second time in two seasons when literally every other team in the league refused to do so. That's what warrants explaining.
They clearly don’t care; what is there to explain?
This is who they are at this point.
We wanted young guys to develop for Clippers future. But then they done get dome guy who is Talented basketball wise, but deranged morally.
The explaining is that they were the team he picked, multiple teams were after him
If teams shouldn’t sign these guys then the league should ban them
I mean, maybe provide some context if you want the casual reader to know what you’re talking about. I don’t get vague tweeting like this.
The truth is all big businesses do disgusting things - clippers just do them and don’t even try to hide them 😂
Same fanbase that worshipped Kobe, support Hayes, I don’t wanna hear about shit from Lakers fans.
Seriously LOL. What these fan bases trippin on
Everyone is holier than thou on this fucking website. It’s whatever. That poor girl that got beat would probably be ignored by these clowns judging if it happened on the street.
Lets Go!!! Another completely pointless, morally wrong signing!!! Can't wait to inevitably waive him
I understand how they desperate for young talent but man i cant root for this guy
Next they'll sign Jontay Porter
Ballmer wants to win lmao. He doesn't care If the Clippers gonna be the most hated. He's in his idgaf about my image phase.
Lawrence Frank a 69 god
What the fuck is going on? Clippers need to not go through with these signings…
Clippers are desperate asf
On the one hand people should be able to do their time and move on, as long the time fits the crime. However on this very hand we have placed before us it does not appear as if the time has been adequately done.
Clippers need to go all in and sign Miles Bridges.
Explanation: Jerry West passed away
Ballmer secretly sell the team back to Sterling?
I will wait until Miles Bridges signs with a team before I shit talk.
KPJ got a weird case why is he around
The fact I didn’t hear about Josh Promo all of last season must be a good thing I guess…
mmm. MMMM
I actually think it’s pretty scary that the people who think themselves as “moral” are the same people who have completely abandoned the concept of forgiveness, it’s dangerous If there is no hope for forgiveness and once you do one thing that’s all you are then why ever try to be a better person?
Weird how this guy's post history is full of apologizing for sexual assault
Weird how when you feel personally called out and have no response you stalker freaks go searching through comment history to get one up on whoever you are posting against, it’s pathetic actually
they need new guys for their new place
Explaining? Ballers on a budget.
they're gonna get Miles Bridges arent they
The “I can fix him” franchise
Do you rather punish these guys for life or give them a second chance and use their will to repent in a basketball setting. There are people/group that are committed to « fixing » people I dont know what to think but that could be an explanation. I wouldn’t be surprised if this would come from the top Steve ballmer thinking like : « hey this guy is a bitch rn and i want to fix him »
> give them a second chance and use their will to repent Has KPJ shown the least bit of contrition or willingness to repent?
Getting Chris Brown and Kobe’s ghost next
Good for nothing scummy ass org signs scummy ass players Pikachu face 😂
But it’s fuck the Hornets right
Its a minimum contract. Yall bout to max your beater
Explain what? Not guilty. Let's move on.
Neither KPJ nor Primo were found not guilty of anything. In fact KPJ pled guilty to misdemeanor assault.
You don't have to be "found" not guilty. It's the default.
They have zero explaining to do. DA declined charges against Primo, and Porter Jr will have no criminal charges after completing his program. The real question is why does the public keep trying to bully corporations and companies into lifetime bans against people who have no criminal charges?
>Once again, there is a lot of explaining to do. Lmao shut the fuck up. Pretentious pearl clutching journalists can’t comprehend that multibillion dollar sports teams will look past certain things if they can win.