Clippers ask superfan ‘Clipper Darrell’ to lose their name

[Mister D]

What a bunch of dicks. Makes the whole league look bad, IMHO.

Clipper Darrell, who wears a ridiculously awesome (or awesomely ridiculous) blue-and-red suit and once organized a fan demonstration to woo LeBron James to Staples Center (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnNLLdCxi-I), is quite possibly the loudest and most passionate superfan in the NBA. This year, with Chris Paul and Blake Griffin leading the team to legitimate championship contention, he's finally seeing results on the court (http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/more-family-fun/201112/hruby-tuesday-redemption-last-clipper-darrell-maybe).
Most teams, given this situation, would celebrate their good fortune with their biggest fans, and possibly even reward them for years of loyalty. However, the Clippers operate by different rules. And so, in a move that makes very little sense to any observers, they've asked Clipper Darrell to drop the team association from his name and stop doing interviews related to the franchise.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/clippers-ask-superfan-clipper-darrell-lose-name-232144269.html

[Mister D]

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mjn7qR2bQMR5x4rRoMLzDg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusnbaexperts/89245899.jpg

[Conley]

Oh that suit is gold!

The Clippers have always been a laughingstock. Why would they want to go after this guy? They should be thankful anyone was even following the Clippers back when they were so bad. They're good this year but it's the first time in a long time.

[Mister D]

They are accusing the guy of trying top make money of the Clippers brand name but they should be thankful for such loyalty. As you know, I'm not into basketball but this is shameful, IMO.

[Conley]

The Clippers are kind of notorious for this kind of thing. The owner is a legendary slumlord with a thing for asian women, and legally changed his name to Sterling (like silver) from Tomowitz I think.

On August 8, 2009, the U.S. Department of Justice sued Sterling for housing discrimination in using race as a factor in filling some of his apartment buildings. The government's ongoing case alleges Sterling refused to rent to non-Koreans in the Koreatown neighborhood and to African Americans in Beverly Hills.[5] The suit alleges Sterling once said he did not like to rent to Hispanics because they "smoke, drink and just hang around the building," and that "Black tenants smell and attract vermin."[5]

Oh, and he heckles his own players. :laugh:

In December 2010, it was revealed that Sterling had been heckling his own players from his courtside seats, specifically focusing on point guard Baron Davis. [15] His verbal barbs at the time included, "Why are you in the game?", "Why did you take that shot?", and "You're out of shape!".[16]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Sterling#Kim_Hughes.27s_cancer_treatment

To call that organization dysfunctional is being too kind.

[Mister D]

:laugh: Wow.