Elgin Baylor is suing the Los Angeles Clippers, claiming discrimination on the grounds of his age and race.
The lawsuit maintains that Baylor was “discriminated against and unceremoniously released from his position with the team on account of his age and his race” and that he was “grossly underpaid during his tenure with the Clippers, never earning more than $350,000 per year, when compared with the compensation scheme for general managers employed by every other team in the NBA.”
This is one I did not seem coming. Elgin, you are joking, right? I’m sure that some Clippers fans have some choice pieces of wisdom to fire back at him. Names like Michael Olowokandi might be mentioned…
Perhaps Donald Sterling (no saint himself — many blaim his tight purse strings on the Clippers’ woes) said it best:
“It’s hard to believe that he would now make these ridiculous claims after the organization stood by him during 22 years and only three playoff appearances. It would be hard to find any sports team that has demonstrated greater loyalty to its general manager.”
