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LeBron, Wade and Heat Respond To Donald Sterling’s Lifetime Ban

After audio leaked of LA Clippers owners Donald Sterling's racist exchange with his mistress, LeBron James responded by saying there's no place for him the NBA. Today, NBA commissioner Adam Silver essentially agreed. He announced that Sterling has been banned indefinitely from the NBA, and pending on a vote from...
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After audio leaked of LA Clippers owners Donald Sterling’s racist exchange with his mistress, LeBron James responded by saying there’s no place for him the NBA. Today, NBA commissioner Adam Silver essentially agreed. He announced that Sterling has been banned indefinitely from the NBA, and pending on a vote from the rest of the owners, will likely be forced to sell his team.

LeBron, Dwyane Wade, and other Heat players took to Twitter to respond to the news.

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Even Heat owner Micky Arison’s chimed in:

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Meanwhile, the Heat’s official Twitter account retweeted both Arison and Wade’s remarks.

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The Heat’s homepage even changed to the same message of unity originally posted on the Clippers page.

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