Sterling Family Selling But Magic Johnson Loses The Battle

Magic Johnson: Will he own the Clippers? 

As I reflect on the divine purpose of being black in America; I do this to remain humble in the face of things that would otherwise enrage, I often realize the value of those old Negro spirituals that anchored the souls of many who found themselves abused and mistreated.  In the face of oppression, their efforts and hearts remained prayerful for both the oppressor and the oppressed.

In the pursuit of divine purpose, you often realize that some battles are best fought in silence.  And the church said; "Victory, victory shall be mine.......victory, victory shall be mine.  If I hold my peace, let the Lord fight my battle(s).  Victory, victory shall be mine".

Somewhere in the melodic harmonies that ring in my head when I think on this battle cry, I wish my childhood hero had understood the importance of such a valuable song.  Magic Johnson was abused by the words of Donald Sterling who attempted his mistreatment of Magic through controlling and intimidating a "girlfriend". The outrage is beyond justified, and any response from Magic would be backed up and repeated by the masses who love and respect Earvin Magic Johnson for who he is, the good and the bad.......

........unless you plan to eventually buy the team yourself.

Suddenly, we of the Benghazi and Bridgegate influence, are instantly prone to assume the worse until the evidence says otherwise....and even  then we might just assume that you've done a really good job covering your tracks.  Will Magic be forced to conduct an independent investigation on himself as did Chris Christie in order to clear his name from any wrong doing?  How has that worked for Christie by the way?

I am not saying that Magic needed to go Mark Cuban on this one.  In essence, the message of Mark Cuban is let he who has not sinned cast the first stone.  In reality, Sterling began his exit from the NBA because Magic said "Enough".  Sometimes it takes a certain voice to force certain change.  In the beginning, that voice was Magic.  How dare this unknown curmudgeon insult a national treasure?  When we discovered that insiders called the man a lifelong racist, the weight of the most recent straw became peculiar to understand, but the camel has collapsed and fallen into the grave of his own creation. In the end it was the weight and the voice of the King that took this camel down.

Lebron James has instantly changed the spectrum of collective action as it relates to social morays.  The combined power of sheer economics; the Sterling's had to respond to the risk of lost value to their most treasured asset, and social pressure on the owners to ACT or face consequences themselves, forced this action by the NBA and the Sterling's, who recently waved the white flag by agreeing to sell the team.

Magic Johnson has instantly dampened his hopes of becoming an owner of an NBA franchise in the very town that he helped to build.  Currently, the cries for anyone, except Magic, as owner of this team are gaining momentum.  With the Sterling's moving to sell, the story instantly shifts into this realm of the conversation so we must quickly qualify the applicants, and Magic remains the most prominent of them all.

Will Magic get an opportunity to realize this impossible dream?  Had he remembered that spiritual we all grew up singing it would be a lock.  Everyone (and they mama) would line up to support the Magic Johnson ownership group and would eagerly watch as the war between the LA Clippers and the LA Lakers takes on new dimensions.  Magic Johnson as an owner of the Clippers would send Phil Jackson as head of the New York Knicks to the back page.

Despite all of the winning that Magic is notorious for; this man is the face of the ongoing war with AIDS/HIV, the victory of NBA ownership will be equally elusive. Whether he is guilty of anything more than expressing his anger is for those who think the worse of Magic to uncover. I, personally, will only accuse my hero of talking too damn much.

If he had only held his peace.......let the Lord (you know the rest).  For Magic sake, the Lord may have to work in mysterious ways.....again.