Count Cleveland Cavs owner Dan Gilbert as another NBA executive who is ready for the NBA to deal out quick punishment to Clippers' owner Donald Sterling if racist comments attributed to him prove to be legitimate.
According to Sam Amico of FOX Sports, Gilbert sees Sterling's alleged racist rant to disturbing and completely out of place in the NBA landscape -- and the civilized world -
#Cavs owner Dan Gilbert labels Donald Sterling's alleged comments as "reprehensible," calls for NBA to take swift action.
— Sam Amico (@SamAmicoFSO) April 29, 2014
NBA commissioner Adam Silver and the rest of the league office are conducting a thorough investigation into an audio recording leaked by TMZ Sports in which Donald Sterling makes extremely racially insensitive comments in regard to Lakers legend Magic Johnson and the African-American community in general.
Donald Sterling claims the tape has been doctored and that the true nature of the recording will be revealed when the NBA releases its findings on Tuesday.