Admin Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11779464/peter-guber-golden-state-warriors-co-owner-regrets-writing-hoodish-company-email OAKLAND, Calif. -- Golden State Warriors co-owner Peter Guber wrote to team employees to say that he regrets if anybody was offended by his unintentional use of "hoodish" in an email. Yahoo! Sports reported late Monday night that Guber listed "hoodish" as one of the languages he planned to learn as he replied to a team email praising the franchise for having five international players on this season's roster. Guber, who is Jewish, responded later that he intended to type Yiddish. The Warriors confirmed the authenticity of the emails to The Associated Press on Tuesday morning. The NBA sent out a release Monday night that said the league's 30 teams will have a record 101 international players from 37 countries and territories. Warriors vice president of communications Raymond Ridder forwarded the release to team employees, congratulating the team for a third of its roster consisting of international players: Andrew Bogut,Leandro Barbosa, Festus Ezeli, Ognjen Kuzmic and Nemanja Nedovic. Guber responded to the email: "I'm taking rosetta stone to learn Hungarian Serbian Australian swahili and hoodish This year. But it's nice." Guber sent a follow-up email saying, "Someone just brought to my attention that an email I responded to earlier contains the word 'hoodish,' which I don't even think Is a Word, and certainly not the one I intended to use. I intended to type Yiddish. Either my mobile fone autocorrected or it was typed wrong. In any event I regret if anyone was unintendedly offended." Guber is chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment Group. He joined Joe Lacob's group to buy the Warriors in 2010 for $450 million, which was then an NBA record. Guber also owns a minority stake in the Los Angeles Dodgers. The email snafu comes at a time when the NBA is reeling from other league executives making racially charged statements. Bruce Levenson announced last month that he would sell his controlling interest in the Atlanta Hawks and apologized for talking about race in an email in August 2012. In that email, Levenson said the Hawks struggle with attendance because "the black crowd scared away the whites and there are simply not enough affluent black fans to build a significant season ticket base." Levenson's email came after an investigation into comments Hawks general manager Danny Ferry made while reading from a scouting report about free agents. On a conference call, Ferry described forward Luol Deng, who now plays for Miami, as someone who "has a little African in him." Ferry has taken an indefinite leave of absence. NBA commissioner Adam Silver also banned then-Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life in April after recorded comments surfaced of him asking a female companion not to bring black people to games or publicly associate with them. Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer bought the Clippers from the Sterling family for a record $2 billion earlier this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLHawks3 Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaceCase Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Naw, he'll be alright unless another owner (or Mark Jackson) is gunning for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators macdaddy Posted October 30, 2014 Moderators Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 I didn't know that was a thing. These nba owners will keep me up to date on all the latest slang and derogatory terms if I can understand their cracker phrasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AHF Posted October 30, 2014 Moderators Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Either my mobile fone autocorrected Interesting version of autocorrect on his phone. It doesn't correct "fone" but converts "Yiddish" to "hoodish." OK there guy, you stick with that story. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 I know the phones are 'smart' but really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkItus Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 actually I think that he may be telling the truth. h and y, i and o, are very close and then the phone could've auto-corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 What a putz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AHF Posted November 3, 2014 Moderators Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 actually I think that he may be telling the truth. h and y, i and o, are very close and then the phone could've auto-corrected. Lol You realize phones don't recognize hoodish as a word right? Mine just autocorrected it to hoo dish. This is BS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaceCase Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Lol You realize phones don't recognize hoodish as a word right? Mine just autocorrected it to hoo dish. This is BS. Mine autocorrected it to Josiah. I must text with the Amish more than I thought possible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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