It's honestly hard to believe this post is real. "Blatantly, audaciously and obnoxiously ignore American history.... such a huge oversight". WTF are you talking about?!? I am well aware of American history. That doesn't change the fact that anyone who gets offended by the owner of a sports team being referred to as the "owner" of that sports team is either doing so in an obnoxious display of faux outrage, or is simply so ignorant as to be an idiot. Hence, my comment above. I stand behind it.
I own my own business with several employees. I am the "owner" of my business. Fact. I don't "own" the individual people who work for me. Also fact. Nobody with half a brain cell confuses the two. The attempt at portraying yourself as morally superior with asinine comments like "blatantly, audaciously and obnoxiously ignoring American history" is a really pathetic look.
If YOU are truly offended (actually offended, not just "projecting" a bunch of faux outrage) by the NBA calling their owners, well, owners, then honestly, man, I absolutely pity you.