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Clippers Considered Boycott, Protests In Light Of Controversy

The Clippers in a 45-minute team meeting yesterday “considered a variety of silent protests, varying from boycotting” today's game to “playing with statement-making patches or wristbands in response" to Sterling's alleged comments. Clippers coach Doc Rivers said the team decided "to stick together and show how strong we are as a group. Not splinter. Not walk. It's easy to protest. The protest will show in our play” (S.F. CHRONICLE, 4/27).

Rivers led the meeting with G Chris Paul and F Blake Griffin among those who “spoke and voiced their anger” (ESPNLA.com, 4/26). Rivers: “No one was happy about it. J.J. Redick was just as pissed as Chris Paul and that’s the way it should be” (L.A. TIMES, 4/27). The S.F. Chronicle’s Bruce Jenkins writes the series has “become a referendum on ownership in professional sports, and how a prideful group of men should react to catastrophic news” (S.F. CHRONICLE, 4/27). Meanwhile, NAACP Interim President Lorraine Miller, whose organization was planning to honor Sterling, said he "is not receiving a lifetime achievement award" next month ("Meet The Press," NBC, 4/27).

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