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Response to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s decision to ban owner Donald Sterling from the NBA:

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                    ( Image from Google) In response to owner Donald Sterling’s audio remarks pertaining to African Americans, it’s disturbing to hear such racist remarks from an NBA franchise owner that has African American players and staff apart of his organization. Although his statements appear to be very unprofessional and racist, I believe that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver should have not have disciplined him as such. Yes for banning him from future NBA events and No for fining him $2.5 million dollars. Owner Donald Sterling was in fact having a private conversation with his significant other, expressing his own opinions, when someone decided to record it and use it against him. It’s entrapment. “If you and I were having a conversation in private about your boss and someone had hidden a voice recorder and recorded your opinions about your boss and let him hear it and later he fired you, you will feel as though you were entrapped. “ In the situation with Mr. Sterling,