Knicks · Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wants prison for those who recorded Donald Sterling (page 1)

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Kareem Abdul Jabaar wants those responsible for setting up, and executing, the Donald Sterling audio recordings to go to prison.

Don't get the NBA legend wrong, he fully support the decision to punish the disgraced LA Clippers owner to the fullest extent possible, but, writing in an editorial peace for Time magazine, Abdul-Jabbar also spoke out against the methods used to obtain evidence:

"Shouldn't we be equally angered by the fact that his private, intimate conversation was taped and then leaked to the media?

"Didn't we just call to task the NSA for intruding into American citizen's privacy in such an un-American way?" wrote the former Laker.

The audio in which Sterling makes several crude, and down outright racist comments regarding black people was brought to the public's attention thanks to his girlfriend, V. Stiviano.

And Kareem reserves special criticism for the methods used:

"What a winding road she led him down to get all of that out," he writes.

"She was like a sexy nanny playing 'pin the fried chicken on the Sambo.' She blindfolded him and spun him around until he was just blathering all sorts of incoherent racist sound bites that had the news media peeing themselves with glee," continued the NBA's all-time top points scorer.

"I hope whoever made the illegal tape gets sent to prison."

Writing an extended editorial peace, Kareem questioned why it took the outlandish 'soundbites' for the NBA, and the wider world, to lay down the law on Sterling despite the fact that he had been known to be a bigot and a racist for some time:

"He was discriminating against black and Hispanic families for years, preventing them from getting housing.

"We did nothing. Suddenly he says he doesn't want his girlfriend posing with Magic Johnson...and we bring out the torches and ropes."

Sterling was banned for life by Adam Silver and the NBA on Tuesday, and is likely to be forced to sell his stake in the LA Clippers when league owners vote on the issue in the near future.

But these strong words from one of the most highly respected players ever to have graced the National Basketball Association serve as a warning to everyone.

While it is right that Sterling has been brought to justice in recent days, the methods behind it are questionable to a degree and Abdul-Jabaar is right in that those who had the opportunity should have sought to punish Sterling years ago when it became clear his views had no place in the organization.

BigDaddyG wrote:Where the recordings made illegally? There are reports out there that suggest Sterling was aware that he was being recorded. It doesn't make what Stiviani did right. But the bottom line is that shady crap happen when you hang with shady people.

That is why most people agreed that he got what he deserved but what about her? If it was illegal, should she not be punished? This was a despicable if he (vaguely) new that he was being taped or not.

Skank's need to be taught lessons as well.

mreinman wrote:

BigDaddyG wrote:Where the recordings made illegally? There are reports out there that suggest Sterling was aware that he was being recorded. It doesn't make what Stiviani did right. But the bottom line is that shady crap happen when you hang with shady people.

That is why most people agreed that he got what he deserved but what about her? If it was illegal, should she not be punished? This was a despicable if he (vaguely) new that he was being taped or not.

Skank's need to be taught lessons as well.

Heck yeah she should be held accountable if it's found that she broke the law. The shamd of everyone knowing she banged an 80 year-old racist for money shouldn't be enough. I'm just not sure what laws she broke.

Vmart wrote:I agree with Kareem. This taping without consent to ruin people is something that needs to be punishable.

fishmike wrote:

Vmart wrote:I agree with Kareem. This taping without consent to ruin people is something that needs to be punishable.

it is and will be. Its a smaller story but trust me... that lady is PHUCKED. Even if she somehow evades the law she will be so crushed by the civil suits that she is financially done in this lifetime for good.

Nah ... she will have a talk show and be on celebrity apprentice within a year.

Vmart wrote:I agree with Kareem. This taping without consent to ruin people is something that needs to be punishable.

yea, I have to agree with that..

knicks1248 wrote:she recorded the conversation, but she wasn't the one to leak it to TMZ

Really who did?

mreinman wrote:

fishmike wrote:

Vmart wrote:I agree with Kareem. This taping without consent to ruin people is something that needs to be punishable.

it is and will be. Its a smaller story but trust me... that lady is PHUCKED. Even if she somehow evades the law she will be so crushed by the civil suits that she is financially done in this lifetime for good.

Nah ... she will have a talk show and be on celebrity apprentice within a year.

gunsnewing wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:she recorded the conversation, but she wasn't the one to leak it to TMZ

Really who did?

LOS ANGELES — An attorney representing the woman Donald Sterling was talking to when he made racist remarks said on Thursday that the hour-long conversation was taped by mutual agreement last September and provided to a friend for safekeeping, who then leaked it to TMZ.

Who is V. Stiviano? Get to know the woman at the centre of the Donald Sterling scandal

V. Stiviano sent two snippets of the conversation with the Los Angeles Clippers owner, recorded in her Los Angeles duplex, to a friend who released them without her permission, lawyer Siamak Nehoray said. He would not identify the friend.

Nehoray said she sent snippets of the conversation recorded on her phone electronically to her friend for safekeeping in case anything happened, but only two went through, Nehoray said.

He wouldn’t elaborate on what prompted her to send the recordings.

mreinman wrote:

BigDaddyG wrote:Where the recordings made illegally? There are reports out there that suggest Sterling was aware that he was being recorded. It doesn't make what Stiviani did right. But the bottom line is that shady crap happen when you hang with shady people.

That is why most people agreed that he got what he deserved but what about her? If it was illegal, should she not be punished? This was a despicable if he (vaguely) new that he was being taped or not.

Skank's need to be taught lessons as well.

That's a very misogynist take. Your boy was the one who was shelling out Bentleys, Ferraris and condos on this "skank". It goes both ways. He's a married man who got screwed over by his side piece, a billionaire businessman and attorney who blabbered non-sense to a gold digger and got played, what did he expect? He got everything that was coming to him.