It's a brand-new era in the NBA. Adam Silver is in charge, and he's giving the people what they want.
The new commissioner won legions of fans all across the basketball world on Tuesday afternoon, when he announced, per ESPN.com, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is banned for life over racist comments he made in recordings released by TMZ last Friday.
Silver did not equivocate; he did not bury his statements behind legalese or vague notions of protecting Sterling's privacy, nor did he mince words in his address, per Grantland's Zach Lowe: "Whether or not these remarks were initially shared in private, they are now public, and they represent his views.”
Not only did Sterling receive a lifetime ban, but the league office will fine him $2.5 million and pressure him to sell the team to outside interests.
Where does Silver get the authority to mete out such punishments? From the NBA's constitution—a secret document that, as of this afternoon, is no longer secret. In an unprecedented display of transparency, the league released the constitution and bylaws of the National Basketball As ...
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NBA Releases Its Formerly Secret Constitution
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