Shelly and Donald Sterling at a Clippers game in 2010. (Mark J. Terril/Associated Press)
Posted on 05/30/2014 9:30:15 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
The sale of the Clippers continued on its bizarre journey late Thursday night when representatives of co-owner Shelly Sterling sent out a media release that the Sterling family trust has agreed to sell the team to former Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer for $2 billion.
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Well, THAT’LL punish the old coot. He bought the team for 12.5 million, and now he will get 2 BILLION. Take THAT STERLING!
That'll buy some whore a lotta bling!
A woman scorned and all that... Have the old coot declared crazy then split with the cash. Sounds like a plan to me!
Somewhere out there, there's a gold digger just waiting for her chance. Advice to gold digger: Don't express any interest in basketball or basketball players.
It sounds “crazy like a fox.”
Oprah and Magic will be pissed! It wasn’t supposed to turn out this way.
If he's not responsible enough to sell the team now, then was he responsible enough in April to mean what he said in a private conversation?
I don’t get it. Why are the Clippers so valuable?
They are by far the second team in LA. They only get some attention because the Lakers are so bad right now, but you know that won’t last for long.
TV. Second biggest market in the country.
Evidently Ballmer wants to amuse himself with a hobby. $2 billion is pocket change for him. Now he can amuse himself by buying some top players to fill the gaps.
Sterling too mad to stop Ballmer buying basketball team (Wife signs the deal though )
Confession:I am a fan of the Basketball team.
I'm hoping Ballmer is planning on moving them to Seattle... GO SONICS!
Ballmer, the guy that said that iPhone would be a flop.
Because they're the second team in LA. If they were the first team in LA then they's be worth more. If they were the only team in Milwaukee they'd be worth about $600 million.
According to Forbes, the Lakers are worth 1.3 Billion.
It makes no sense.
Fools and their money.
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