The Civil Rights Warriors of the NBA ownership club

[moqui]

who have boldly stood up to Donald Sterling, have fired 5 coaches this post-season.

Four of the five are African Americans.

Lakers - D'Antoni
Knicks - Woodson
Jazz - Corbin
Warriors - Jackson
Cavaliers - Brown

Also, Rick Adelman has retired. Detroit fired Mo Cheeks midseason and the interim coach, John Loyer, is white.

The list of leading candidates for these 7 jobs?

Lakers - Tom Thibodeau, Kevin Ollie, Byron Scott
Knicks - Steve Kerr
Jazz - Ettore Messina
Warriors - Stan Van Gundy
T-Wolves - Fred Hoiberg
Detroit - Van Gundy
Cavaliers - Adrian Griffin

George Karl and even Mike D'Antoni have also been connected with some of these teams

the linescore: 7 vacant positions, 5 African American head coaches fired, 11 candidates, 3 African American candidates - 2 of them for the same job

A black man has a better chance of getting an apartment in a Donald Sterling owned building than getting an NBA head gig this year.

 

[cuseincincy]

A black man has a better chance of getting an apartment in a Donald Sterling owned building than getting an NBA head gig this year.

They also have a better chance of being hired to coach an NBA team if Sterling was the owner. Doc Rivers is the 7th African American head coach that the Clippers have had since Sterling owned the team. And Elgin Baylor was his GM for 22 years. 22 long bad years. Just saying.

I usually avoid any race related post just out of practice but there are so many people out there living in glass houses the attack mentality is disturbing to me.

 

[moqui]

They also have a better chance of being hired to coach an NBA team if Sterling was the owner. Doc Rivers is the 7th African American head coach that the Clippers have had since Sterling owned the team. And Elgin Baylor was his GM for 22 years. 22 long bad years. Just saying.

I usually avoid any race related post just out of practice but there are so many people out there living in glass houses the attack mentality is disturbing to me.

yeah, and I don't intend to defend Sterling in any way, but the hypocrisy of the NBA on this topic is astounding, and Kareem seems to be the only public figure who is willing to call it out

 

[OttoinGrotto]

A black man has a better chance of getting an apartment in a Donald Sterling owned building than getting an NBA head gig this year.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

In fairness to the Jazz, I don't believe they fired Corbin. I think his contract ran and they didn't extend a new one for whatever that distinction is worth.