November 25, 2009 11:00 am  |  19 Comments

Sterling on Winning, Or Lack Thereof


Here’s the Clippers owner flat out lying talking about valuing winning over making money: “If only he could dismiss his team’s poor record so easily, the Lakers a constant reminder of what happens when things go well, and it was Sterling who bought property from Buss so Buss would have the money to buy the Lakers. ‘There are other owners who think we’re successful because we generate so much income,’ Sterling says. “We turn more than a nice profit every year. But you know what? I’d rather not generate any income — and win.”‘

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  • bballer Posted: Nov.25 at 11:14 am
    They need to start playing Eric Gordon more…

  • ball4life Posted: Nov.25 at 11:17 am
    play eric gordon more!!

  • neaorin Posted: Nov.25 at 11:19 am
    Sell the team. You generate income, the team wins games, everyone is happy.

  • ball4life Posted: Nov.25 at 11:23 am
    Neaorin…. SHUT THE HELL UP!… U HOMO

  • Joey E. Posted: Nov.25 at 11:40 am
    Eric Gordon has missed the past 8 games because he was injured. He’s back tonight in Indiana. nice.

  • underdog Posted: Nov.25 at 11:44 am
    Fire Dunleavy.

  • Ken Posted: Nov.25 at 12:05 pm
    ball4life: cool it. That kind of language doesn’t fly here.

  • Tommy Patron Posted: Nov.25 at 12:36 pm
    ….”as long as I don’t have to rent to minorities.”, he didn’t necessarily follow with.

  • james Posted: Nov.25 at 12:42 pm
    Dunleavy is sterlings boy! no way is he firing him…sterling doesnt know or give 2 poops about basketball…he knows how to make money and thats what makes him happy…you think he is going to start changing now??? PA leeeease

  • niQ Posted: Nov.25 at 1:26 pm
    ken: don’t worry about him, he’s just some immature kid who says “u homo” in every thread.

  • tavoris Posted: Nov.25 at 3:15 pm
    Dunleavy has to fire himself. Sterling’s words about winning should be taken with a grain of salt since they haven’t had but 2 or 3 winning seasons in the last 20 years.

  • JD Posted: Nov.25 at 3:38 pm
    Its just scary how cursed this team is

  • TADOne Posted: Nov.25 at 5:00 pm
    Blake Griffin must be loving this.

  • Sporting-Lisbon-Blazers Posted: Nov.25 at 5:02 pm
    what james said and this d-bag cares as much about wining as Z-Bo!

  • rav Posted: Nov.25 at 5:27 pm
    not sure what is worse - an owner who has been happy to make money instead of win or people who pay $1000s a year to watch a perennially bad team and line his pockets

  • Dacre Posted: Nov.25 at 6:53 pm
    so he doesn’t try to go over the salary cap to pay for the talent that would win?
    I dont even know if Billy Crystal goes anymore.

  • Laumol Posted: Nov.26 at 3:31 am
    Isn’t there a limit for owners and teams how much they can lose before the team is assigned to the D-League? Thanks very much for trying Mr. Sterling and welcome to the NBA to the Bakersfield Jam?

  • LeoneL Posted: Nov.26 at 4:03 am
    “I’d rather not generate any income and wins.”

  • MikeC. Posted: Nov.26 at 8:33 am
    @james
    It’s not necessarily friendship that’s keeping Dunleavy around. Sterling won’t fire Dunleavy because then he’d have to pay out Dunleavy’s contract, and pay another coach and GM. No way Sterling will do that. It might cost money.

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