Sterling's CNN Interview

[jibsey]

It's the off season and a slow day so for anybody who saw the interview last night I want to play devil's advocate and ask does Sterling have any point at all regarding Magic Johnson? He basically said that his lifestyle of having affairs in every city (which Magic basically copped to) which led him to HIV positive makes him no role model for kids even if he has brought awareness to the disease. Number two, Sterling intimates that Johnson's development of inner city areas with movie theaters etc. is strictly a good for profit business activity and not a charitable venture. Number three Sterling alleges that Magic told him to lay low for a week so he could help him, Sterling thinks he wants the team. Any truth here?

 

[aceboon]

we've already got a Sterling post going with the interview being discussed, we don't need another one

 

[Rocktheworld]

Do some people here not notice the first 10 threads on this forum before posting?

brb I just heard Govan committed to G'town, guess I should make a thread

 

[Husky25]

Do some people here not notice the first 10 threads on this forum before posting?

brb I just heard Govan committed to G'town, guess I should make a thread

It is 12:30 on Tuesday Afternoon and there has not been any update on Kevin Ollie's contract renegotiation. Can you create a new thread about that while you are at it?

 

[jibsey]

Not much discussion about what he specifically said last night on other "second chance" thread but OK. This started out with Magic getting HIV years ago from his lifestyle and not being taken to task at least according to Sterling. Not defending him though.

 

[SubbaBub]

I've seen natural disasters that were more comfortable to watch than that mess of an interview.

 

[jibsey]

Magic called him and told him to hang out because he was going to "help" him a week ago, and then did not call back. I don't think he's lying about Magic's offer of "help" to "smooth things out". If that's true it is disingenuous of Magic because he wants to get his hands on the team.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Magic called him and told him to hang out because he was going to "help" him a week ago, and then did not call back. I don't think he's lying about Magic's offer of "help" to "smooth things out". If that's true it is disingenuous of Magic because he wants to get his hands on the team.

Well, I suppose if you're going to give anyone the benefit of the doubt, it might as well be Donald Sterling, right? He's earned it.

 

[nomar]

It's the off season and a slow day so for anybody who saw the interview last night I want to play devil's advocate and ask does Sterling have any point at all regarding Magic Johnson? He basically said that his lifestyle of having affairs in every city (which Magic basically copped to) which led him to HIV positive makes him no role model for kids even if he has brought awareness to the disease. Number two, Sterling intimates that Johnson's development of inner city areas with movie the lawers etc. is strictly a good for profit business activity and not a charitable venture. Number three Sterling alleges that Magic told him to lay low for a week so he could help him, Sterling thinks he wants the team. Any truth here?

1. You don't have to be perfect to be a role model. Magic Johnson has been an exemplary member of society as an NBA player and a businessman. If getting tail as an NBA player disqualified you from being a role model, AC Green would be the only role model in the history of the NBA. The number of cocktail witnesses banged by Donald Sterling probably exceeds the number of blacks and latinos he wrongfully evicted from his properties, and that's a lot.

2. In college I performed a case study of community activism in Newark. One thing I learned was the importance of taking the chance of bringing commerce to lower-income communities. Chains are often hesitant to enter the inner city. When Magic Johnson opens a movie theater in a downtrodden area, he may be doing it because he thinks it's a good investment, but he's also doing because he thinks believing in that community is a good investment. That says something to the community. It also happens to prove to other businesses that the community can support them. It's not charity. Who cares? You know who was a huge philanthropist? Bernie Madoff. Most of the biggest fraudsters have been big philanthropists.

3. See BigErn's comment.

EDIT: What is up with the filter on site? I type "movie the ater" (without the space) and it comes out "movie the lawer"? Huh???

 

[UCHuskies08]

It's the off season and a slow day so for anybody who saw the interview last night I want to play devil's advocate and ask does Sterling have any point at all regarding Magic Johnson? He basically said that his lifestyle of having affairs in every city (which Magic basically copped to) which led him to HIV positive makes him no role model for kids even if he has brought awareness to the disease. Number two, Sterling intimates that Johnson's development of inner city areas with movie the lawers etc. is strictly a good for profit business activity and not a charitable venture. Number three Sterling alleges that Magic told him to lay low for a week so he could help him, Sterling thinks he wants the team. Any truth here?

Are you serious with this thread?

Where did Magic Johnson hold himself up as a beacon of morality again?

He was dragged into this because Donald Sterling was mad his girlfriend took pictures with him and posted them instagram. Then he randomly attacks Magic for having HIV. And you're wondering if we should lend credence to his line of thinking?

 

[David 76]

Magic has been an outstanding spokesperson, fund raiser and awareness raiser for HIV/AIDS. He has built businesses where no one else would to lift up depressed neighborhoods. Do you know all of his charitable efforts or are you just being led astray by an idiot?
Funny thing is that if all his good work was focused on blacks, the same people would complain that he doesn't help whites

Short answer, it is a stupid and irrelevant question.
Only clear thing from the interview is that he has learned nothing ("Why did that girl make me say those things"