[新聞] Former GM Baylor Sues Team, NBA

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Baylor's Suit Alleges Racist Attitude By Sterling Feb 12, 2009 12:04 AM EST In Elgin Baylor's lawsuit against the Clippers, he charges that owner Donald Sterling had "a pervasive and on-going racist attitude as expressed to then NBA player Danny Manning during contract negotiations." The lawsuit, which was obtained by The Los Angeles Times on Wednesday night, alleges that Sterling once said of Manning: "I'm offering a lot of money for a poor Black kid." The civil lawsuit also states that NBA Commissioner David Stern was present when Sterling made the remark about Manning. Several pages later, Baylor claims that Sterling once told him that "he [Sterling] wanted the Clippers team to be composed of 'Poor Black boys from the South' and a White head coach." The following is a statement released to RealGM from the Los Angeles Clippers' General Counsel Robert H. Platt, a partner at the law firm of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips: "Not having seen the complaint, I cannot comment on Elgin's specific allegations. However, I can categorically state that the Clippers always treated Elgin fairly throughout his long tenure with the team. Prior to his decision to leave the team last October, Elgin never raised any claims of unfair treatment." "It's hard to believe that he would now make these ridiculous claims after the organization stood by him during 22 years and only three playoff appearances. It would be hard to find any sports team that has demonstrated greater loyalty to its General Manager." "The team intends to vigorously defend itself against these false allegations and will prevail when all the facts are heard." Via Los Angeles Times -- Baylor狀告快船聯盟稱後者因年齡種族對自己歧視 2009年02月12日18:42 http://sports.sohu.com/20090212/n262212078.shtml 來源：歐洲體育　　去年秋天快船總經理Elgin Baylor離開工作22年之久的快船，但最近他將快船、NBA 聯盟和快船老闆Donald Sterling告上洛杉磯高等法院，狀告後者因年齡和種族將自己掃地出門，對自己形成歧視。　　Baylor的律師卡爾-道格拉斯週四表示已將起訴書遞交給洛杉磯高等法院，Baylor自己也計劃在週五召開新聞發佈會討論這次起訴，受到起訴的人還包括快船現任總裁安迪- 羅瑟爾。　　起訴書中Baylor聲稱快船因為年齡和種族原因隨便將自己辭退，而且自己在快船期間每年工資沒有超過35萬美元，明顯低於聯盟其他球隊總經理。NBA聯盟也出現在了被起訴人的名單中，Baylor認為聯盟在意識到各支球隊總經理工資情況下卻默認快船的這種行為。　　快船律師Robert H. Platt週四表示自己還沒有看到Baylor的訴狀，無法就其各種說法作出評論。「不過我可以保證快船在Baylor在任期間對他絕對公平，在Baylor去年10月份離開之前也從未提出過任何不公待遇問題。」普拉特說，「現在他再提出這些顯得非常可笑，雖然他只帶領球隊3次打進季後賽，但卻在球隊呆了22年，沒有哪個球隊對自己的總經理如此公正。」　　Sterling在得知Baylor的起訴後感到非常吃驚和失望，「我很難想像，因為Baylor和我的關係非常好，」Sterling說，「他是一個非常好的人，我想其中肯定出了什麼錯誤。」　　Baylor職業生涯在湖人度過了完美的14個賽季，退役後曾在當時的新奧爾良爵士做過短期主教練，1986年成為快船主管籃球運營的副總裁。1976年Baylor入選籃球名人堂， 1997年NBA50週年慶典時入選聯盟最偉大的50名球員，2005-06賽季獲得NBA最佳管理者榮譽。　　不過快船在他帶領下卻是聯盟最不成功的球隊之一，雖然2005-06賽季他們打進季後賽，但第二輪就被擊敗。在Baylor離開快船後，快船主帥Mike Dunleavy接過了前者的總經理職責，目前Dunleavy也已在快船工作了六個賽季。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 24.3.16.9