We are but a choir of different voices taking their turns to sing. And so, when I read that the NBA has gone vintage NCAA-Miami football nuclear on the Clippers for circumventing the salary cap, two immediate thoughts came to mind.
The first (the cynic): Other NBA owners were the most mad that they hadn’t thought of it first. And like the cotton-soft gang that teamed up against Patriots owner Robert Kraft and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to bring Deflategate to the American consciousness as retribution for alleged preferential treatment New England received in the past for other rule-bending incidents, the NBA ownership cabal ensured that commissioner Adam Silver was wielding a blowtorch when he opted to dock the Clippers five first-round draft picks and fine them $30 million.
