I can't believe I forgot to rant about this topic earlier today. ESPN's headline this morning was about Lebron James boycotting next season if Donald Sterling is still the owner of the Clippers. I laughed out loud at this ridiculous notion. Supposedly Roger Mason Jr., VP of the NBPA, stated this as a fact on Showtime Sports last night. "If it's not handled by the start of next season, I don't see how we're playing basketball," said Mason. Dumb. Dumb. Dumb. James Jones, former Miami Heat player and current secretary treasurer of the NBPA, has already started walking back Mason's retarded comments. What would you have Adam Silver do that he hasn't done already? Why put such a bold, unnecessary, and unrealistic timetable on this situation?
Here are a few guarantees that I would gladly put a large wager on:
1. Donald Sterling will be the owner of the Clippers in October 2014.
2. Lebron James will not miss one second due to a Donald Sterling boycott.
3. Chris Paul will not miss one second due to a Donald Sterling boycott.
4. Doc Rivers will still be coaching the Clippers, as one of the highest paid coaches in the league.
5. Blake Griffin will still have to fake like half of him is irate at Donald Sterling.
6. Not one single, solitary NBA player is going to boycott next season.
The players make too much money to boycott, and most of them will be six months removed from their last paycheck. If the recent NFL & NBA lockouts have taught us anything, it's that the players need the money much more than the owners. Allen Iverson used to live paycheck to paycheck due to his 40-person entourage, and he is most definitely not alone.
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