The NBA wants NO association with Toronto Raptors mascot, Aubry the Athlete Groupie aka Drake. Sources say … it all boils down to comments Drake made, earlier this year, aimed at luring Kevin Durant to the NBA’s Toronto team.
“You know, my brother Kevin Durant was kind enough to come to the show tonight and watch us. I just want him to see what would happen if he came to play in Toronto. Let him know what would happen.” -Drake
Reports reveal… “the NBA is willing to drop a $25,000 fine if the Raptors remove Drizzy as its team ambassador. According to a CBC sports reporter, “The Raptors apparently refused.”
“I communicate almost weekly — I would say daily, but I’m sure we miss some days — but definitely every week … with Tim and Masai. I’m just trying to make this a better, stronger team all around. I have my hands in a lot of different areas right now.” -Drake
Here’s what a source reveals:
“Obviously, Drake’s presence is worth more than $25,000, but why would the NBA draw the line here, especially since everyone is going to “tamper” with Durant over the next couple of years?”
Article 35A, section e, of the NBA Constitution outlines the rules of anti-tampering that apply to all people affiliated with an NBA team. It is against the rules “to directly or indirectly:”
i. [E]ntice, induce, or persuade, or attempt to entice, induce or persuade, any player, coach, GM or other person under contract to any other NBA team to enter into negotiations for or relating to that person’s services or to negotiate or contract for such services…
ii. [O]therwise interfere with the employment relationship between that employee and the other NBA team.”
25K in NBA money is like a quarter to you and me.
Drakes’s potential shine for the franchise is worth 100 times that much to them. Maybe even 200 times.
You gotta remember that Drake has a lot of sway with whites, and the NBA is always looking to up their white appeal. Believe that.
I was like reading this on a dumb level. FR…I was like what in the hell Drake got to do with the NBA?
Drake’s just another negro to them. Dont believe ask Donald Sterling!
I got 5 on that nigga goin away
hell yea…and I got five cents
Drake is rooting for the WRONG TEAM anyways! LMAOOO…GO NY, GO NY, GO!!!
Drake is mixed so I do see the white appeal. They categorize him with black to cause confuse people and to draw them closer to trying to imitate the black experience. That is why you have latinos and Arabs or any other nonblack people walking around like they know every thing there is to be black.
what kind of tea is this….. o ur serving arizona green tea gross and cheap
lol!!
yall know the nba tries to protect it’s players from groupies.
drake is cry baby maybe is karma this half baked wimp deliberately started a fight with chris just to make chris look bad!!
then in February he ruffled some feathers by complaining about philp hoffman being on the front cover of jq magazine instead of him