“Los Angeles Clippers co-owner Shelly Sterling met with former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer over the weekend to discuss him potentially purchasing the team, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. Ballmer is just one interested suitor, and Sterling, who wants to expedite the team’s sale, is accepting bids from other interested parties, though the source didn’t elaborate,” CNN reports.
“The NBA said Friday that its team owners would vote June 3 on whether to force a sale because of racist remarks that Donald Sterling made. There was no indication that this plan changed with Tuesday’s news,” CNN reports. “The league is fine with Shelly Sterling leading the efforts to sell the team, so long as neither she nor Donald Sterling retain any equity whatsoever in the Clippers, said a separate source familiar with the situation.”
“The Sterlings appear to be running out of options — short of suing the league — and analysts say such a lawsuit wouldn’t be inconceivable, as Sterling is an attorney well versed in litigation,” CNN reports. “A voluntary sale would be a new maneuver for the Sterlings. Earlier this month, Donald Sterling hired an antitrust lawyer to fight the NBA about the proposed forced sale, and his wife previously said she wanted to keep an ownership stake in the team, but doesn’t want to be the controlling partner.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Ballmer and the Clippers: A match made in perennial loser hell.
Balmy’s proposed logo redesign:
If this deal doesn’t pan out, Monkey Boy should make a run at the Cubs.
How does a sports team experience a blue screen of death exactly?
With sport’s writers shortening Ballmer’s Clippers with Ball Clippers.
That’s the blue scream of death…
All the players wear blue uniforms and just freeze on the court, but the other team keeps playing.
Thank you for the logo MDN, it has made my day! 🙂
Nail down the court side chairs!!
So why should the Clippers be punished for what was said by the owner? Steve Ballmer is to extreme a punishment for any team.
What a loser monkey boy, what a loser…
The Clippers have been sinking for so many years that Balmer would be the logical captain to take them down the rest of the way to the bottom.
Oh, what does he do in basketball parlance for “developers, developers, developers….”
Sinking? They made the playoffs as the number 1 team in the Pacific Division with a 57 and 25 record! Get a clue!
How about the last 20 something years! Get a clue.
I sincerely hope Ballmer buys it.
I miss really his antics.
Clippy has a job again!
$900 million! Fully subsidized?!? That’s the most expensive basketball team on the market! And it doesn’t have a physical center which makes it not a very good rebounding machine.
Uh, that’s the ONLY basketball team on the market. And the Lakers, Knicks, Bulls would far outpace the Clippers’ price.
I don’t know if you guys are much into basketball or not, but the Clippers have been pretty good, way above average for at least the past 2 seasons. There is no team that reject having a Chris Paul, and very few that would reject Blake Griffin. With a tweak or two, they could be in the finals.
BUT having an owner like Balmer would be terrible. He would HAVE to get involved ala Jerry Jones and mess things up.
Doc is already sending out his resume.
But it certainly would add to the NBA’s drama! Can’t you just picture Ballmer and Mark Cuban going at it? Whoooo, grab me some popcorn!!!
i hope he moves the team to seattle
Q: What is dumber than Steve Ballmer?
A: This story being on this website.
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Now all we need is Bill Gates to buy the Mets . . . then each league can have a former Microsoft head honcho screwing up one of its teams!
1. What does this story have to do with Apple
2. What does MacDailyNews know more about basketball than anybody else ?
Answers.
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2. nothing
Recommended advice: chill on something that’s not your business.
Perfect coach for Ballmer . . .
Why did the bad man throw his chair?
Like we all just can’t wait to see him strut his stuff with the cheer leading squad.
BASKETBALL, BASKETBALL, BASKETBALL, AAAAHHHHH!
Trading one blow-hard owner for another. I feel sorry for the Clippers.
On the other hand, that would put two ex-MS boys as owners of West Coast teams. I’m not sure that is a good thing.
In related news, soon to be announced the Clippers will be rechristened “The Clowns”.
Lob City -> Blob City
That’s bad news for the clippers.
Just as the Clip is finally winning in spite of Sterling, along comes Balmer. A tragedy in the making – oh, the humanity
MDN take – brilliant!
Will the Benches and chairs in the clippers stadium now sport new KICKSTANDS ?? :):)
Ha, the Clippies.
They will steal the Lakers’ play book, change a play or two, then call it their own. I like the strategy. I like it a lot.