“Steve Ballmer finally has an NBA outlet for his rah-rah displays of emotion as the new owner of the Los Angeles Clippers,” Beth Harris reports for The Associated Press. “The former Microsoft CEO’s record $2 billion purchase of the team was confirmed by a Los Angeles judge on Tuesday, clearing the way for the avid pickup basketball player to take over the team from Donald Sterling, who unsuccessfully fought his estranged wife over the sale.”
“‘We’re a family that likes basketball,’ he told The Associated Press in a phone interview,” Harris reports. “Ballmer, who lives in the Seattle area, said he hopes to attend a lot of Clippers games next season. He said interim CEO Dick Parsons has agreed to stay on for the time being. ‘That gives me a chance to figure this all out,’ he said.”
MacDailyNews Take: Ooh, wait’ll Balmy “figures it all out!”
“‘Really excited — in a pretty hardcore way — to continue the path to making the Clippers a better and better basketball team, and a better and better citizen of the Los Angeles community,’ Ballmer told the AP,” Harris reports. “Shelly Sterling lamented losing the team, but Ballmer gifted her with the title of ‘owner emeritus.’ She will receive two floor seats, 10 other seats and parking at Staples Center for games. ‘I am confident that Steve will bring the city a championship team in the very near future,’ she said.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Ballmer has already changed the team’s logo:
😉
Great news… For the Lakers
Yaaaawn…….
Can’t wait to see him all sweaty jumping around court side.
Poor Clippers! 😉
Poor Clippers fans!
Love the new logo, though.
I like our team… I like it a lot!
BSOD now means “Baseball Score Of Defeat.”
Basketball
Uh yeah, Basketball. Eh heh.
You must have binged that instead of gaggling.
Uh yeah, that’s the ticket. Thanks for the save. Can you tell I’m not a sports fan?
Awww, there ya’ go with that details thing again 🙂
Bad Shot of Death….
Now Marc Cuban is the second most hated owner in the league.
Mark
Marque
Marquis.
Nope…Cuban is still #1.
The Official colors will now be brown and tan. In addition we will be opening several stores featuring Clippers merchandise in New York and Chicago.
The uniforms will come with profuse sweat stains.
I think I’ll go Potty Now. 🙂
Clippy!!!!!!!!
Just add a blue screen behind him, and it’ll be perfect!
Love the LOGO MDN! LOL
I have to agree. It’s simply perfect. And representative! Very fashionable artwork.
He said he’s committed to doing what’s necessary to make things better, smoother and more efficient.
“I get a chance to understand from (Doc Rivers), the fans, the players, the staff and the other coaches what I can do as the new owner of the L.A. Clippers,” he said. “What can I do to support them in what I call a Steve Ballmer, hard-core, passionate way?”
Steve — Ban all Apple products and replace them with Surface 3 and Nokia phones!
what a muppet.
Good to know all his years of wasting money on bad acquisitions at Microsoft helped prepare him for this.
For some strange reason the first word to come to mind when I read the headline was: Loser.
I wonder why?
“Develop!!! Ooops…Players!!! Players!!! Players!!! Pick and Pop! Low Post! Dipstick, I mean Dipsy Do…” As he runs up and down the court, sweating profusely from his armpits.
I can just imagine player negotiations now.
Player – What? One of the worlds richest men can’t afford to pay me what i’m worth?!?!?
Negotiator – But, he’s throwing in a free Surface . . . er . . . RT
The clippers are Doomed!!!
I like the Clippy logo, way to go MDN!!!
I’m sure Cpt Steve will do for the Clippers what he did for Micro$oft!!!
And I’m a Clippers fan….let’s hope he doesn’t take over the mgt of the team
What joke
Best logo ever!
Only Ballmy can pick a team that means he can bring the Clippy logo over 👍👍👍
The clippers logo is hilarious!!!
Apple content ????
“…Steve Ballmer…the avid pickup basketball player…” Really? I tried very hard to visualize that – and quickly wished that I hadn’t.
Love them or hate them, it is nice to see another American born MSFT former executive spend their money in the US. Paul Allen has done a great job with the Seahawks. Maybe, Cook can bring an NFL team to L.A.?