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Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander has a unique solution to the situation involving Los Angeles Clippers' owner Donald Sterling and allegations of racially-charged statements against African Americans.
Per Alex Kennedy of Basketball Insiders, Alexander told the Houston Chronicle that he suggested the option of allowing Clippers' players to become free agents to NBA commissioner Adam Silver. Here's Alexander's take in full:
I thought that there’s got to be a way to disrupt him from owning the team. I gave [Silver] the sword to deal with this. I said, ‘Let the players become free agents.’ I mentioned that to Adam. I told Adam I don’t think he can be removed because the constitution (of the NBA) only allows him to be removed except for gambling. I’m not sure that legally can be done. But if he loses his players, nobody is going to want to go there. He’ll only be able to get a player that is worth $2 million and will play for $12 (million.) And who is going to want to coach there? If you’re a player in the NBA you don’t want to play for somebody like that. If you worked for a company, you would walk away and say, ‘I’m gone.' I think the players should have that right.
He listened to it. He said he hadn’t heard that before. He said to me, ‘You always give me a novel idea that I haven’t heard before.’ He told me he would look at it and see what the professionals around him think.