That's a good one: Former Clippers GM Baylor sues team, NBA

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"[Baylor was] discriminated against and unceremoniously released from his position with the team on account of his age and his race"
- from Elgin Baylor's discrimination lawsuit against the Clipper
Now, you have to follow sports quite a bit to know about Elgin Baylor and the Clippers. They are unique and stand out as the absolute worst professional sports organization out there in terms of losing. By my math (and Wikipedia's Clippers stats):
  • Baylor was 619-1153 for his 20+ seasons at the helm of the Clippers. That's a 35% winning percentage... for more than 2 decades. I am unaware of any precedent for this kind of losing... not counting the Cub, of course. He he.
  • The Clippers won one playoffs series in 20+ years... their 2006 first-round triumph over Denver.
Of course, that kind of losing takes a team effort, and Baylor's partner in crime was Clipper owner Donald Sterling. Note to Elgin Baylor's legal team: Sterling is incompetent... not a racist.

That would be a funny courtroom scene actually... "Your honor, the defendant is clearly incompetent because he employed my idiot client for more than 20 years." I like that.
he he... yow, bill

PS - Of course, Donald Sterling is a flipping genius compared to the US Congress. Listening to 5 minutes of their "grilling" of bank executives lowered my IQ so many points, I did a stupid blog post on Elgin Baylor this morning. Oh my!

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