Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is congratulated after after his team's 109-108 win over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 in the first round of the NBA basketball playoffs in Dallas, Saturday, April 26, 2014.
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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban called Donald Sterling's purported comments about minorities "abhorrent" while saying he didn't think the NBA could force him out as owner of the Los Angeles Clippers.
Speaking in Dallas' locker room before Game 4 of a first-round series against San Antonio on Monday night, Cuban said he trusted Commissioner Adam Silver to "operate under the best interest of the NBA."
The outspoken billionaire said it was a "slippery slope" to suggest that Sterling should be forced out as owner over comments made in the privacy of his home.
Cuban said that while there was "no place" in the league for racism, he wondered how other forms of discrimination would be handled.
Sterling is alleged to have made racist comments in a taped conversation.
Speaking in Dallas' locker room before Game 4 of a first-round series against San Antonio on Monday night, Cuban said he trusted Commissioner Adam Silver to "operate under the best interest of the NBA."
The outspoken billionaire said it was a "slippery slope" to suggest that Sterling should be forced out as owner over comments made in the privacy of his home.
Cuban said that while there was "no place" in the league for racism, he wondered how other forms of discrimination would be handled.
Sterling is alleged to have made racist comments in a taped conversation.
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