think on this.

this is why basketball in LA is so problematic

exhibit A: the lakers. no more need be said.

exhibit B: the clippers, owned by housing developer/slumlord donald sterling, who is currently in the news:

Los Angeles Clippers owner and real estate mogul Donald T. Sterling has agreed to pay a record $2.725 million to settle allegations that he discriminated against African Americans, Hispanics and families with children at scores of apartment buildings he owns in and around Los Angeles. The settlement, which must be approved by U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer, is the largest ever obtained by the Justice Department in a housing discrimination case involving apartment rentals, officials said. Under the agreement, Sterling and his wife, Rochelle, would pay $2.625 million to a fund for people who were harmed by their discriminatory practices, officials said. They would also pay a $100,000 penalty to the government. (latimes)