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Grant Hill, Yao Ming want Clippers
ESPN ^ | 05/23/2014 | Marc Stein

Posted on 05/23/2014 6:57:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

The Los Angeles Clippers are not yet for sale, but two former NBA All-Stars are among the various parties assembling ownership groups to potentially buy the franchise, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.

Once competitors on the court, Grant Hill and Yao Ming now will be among those vying to purchase the Clippers.

Sources told ESPN.com on Friday that Grant Hill and Yao Ming are working separately to line up investors to lodge bids for the Clippers when the team is ultimately made available.

Donald Sterling has agreed to allow his wife, Shelly, to negotiate a sale of the Clippers, sources with knowledge of the situation told ESPN.com on Friday.

Hill is just completing his first year in retirement after a 19-season career that ended with the Clippers after seven All-Star berths. Sources say Hill has made it known within league circles that he is in the process of putting a consortium together.

Sources say that Yao, meanwhile, also plans to pursue the Clippers hard with a group of Chinese investors. The former Houston Rockets All-Star center owns the Shanghai Sharks in his native country and has maintained close ties to the NBA through the league's various initiatives in Asia.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: clippers; davidsterling; granthill; sportschat; yaoming
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1 posted on 05/23/2014 6:57:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
Sources say that Yao, meanwhile, also plans to pursue the Clippers hard with a group of Chinese investors.

The Chinese government wants to buy the Clippers, and use Yao Ming as front-man. Got it.

2 posted on 05/23/2014 6:59:49 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Fegelein! Fegelein! Fegelein!)
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To: SeekAndFind

so in this thing that began with a feud between white guy and black guy... yellow guy might win?


3 posted on 05/23/2014 7:01:16 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

MooseChelle’s brother is available to take the coaching job.


4 posted on 05/23/2014 7:02:23 PM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Yellow guys will win, because the yellow guys have the highest IQs.


5 posted on 05/23/2014 7:06:37 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Fegelein! Fegelein! Fegelein!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Donald Sterling: “This racist thing is really going to pay off.”


6 posted on 05/23/2014 7:06:41 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: ClearCase_guy

Every time the Clippers make a basket, someone hits a gong.


7 posted on 05/23/2014 7:07:46 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

RE: so in this thing that began with a feud between white guy and black guy... yellow guy might win?

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Sterling LIKES Orientals, especially when they’re Korean ( But I think a Chinese buyer will do ... )

SEE HERE:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3152809/posts

EXCERPT

As Sterling allegedly schemed to rid his properties of certain racial minorities, he sought to fill his development with Koreans, an ethnic group he valorized as hardworking and reliable.

Sterling did not take a passive approach to attracting Korean tenants. He changed the name of one of his buildings to “Korean World Towers,” adorned his buildings with Korean flags, and explicitly stated a preference for “Koreans” in his housing ads.


8 posted on 05/23/2014 7:12:04 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Hmmm, not any old unreasoning raciss.

Wouldn’t it be funny if Sterling’s share ended up in Chinese hands.


9 posted on 05/23/2014 7:18:31 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: SeaHawkFan
Donald Sterling: “This racist thing is really going to pay off.”

He's such a prag (pragmatist), he's probably thinking along these lines. So have I.

Let the bidding games begin.

Perhaps the LA Clippers will become the Beijing Chopsticks.

10 posted on 05/23/2014 7:25:00 PM PDT by Veto! (OpInions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: SeekAndFind

So a woman scorned costs someone an NBA franchise.

I heard today that within minutes of Sterling taking away her Clipper tickets she, not some mythological friend, turned the tape over to TMZ.


11 posted on 05/23/2014 7:56:06 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: SeekAndFind

Beware of the Clinton Connection with Grant Hill as his mother was college roommates with Hillary Clinton.

Clinton Connection.

Chi-Com Connection.


12 posted on 05/23/2014 9:34:53 PM PDT by Oliviaforever
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So who would be a more offensive owner: the 80-year-old with the racial attitudes or the Communist butchers of Beijing?

Hmmm...I’ll take the Sterlings.


13 posted on 05/23/2014 10:21:32 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s a pretty tall order.


14 posted on 05/23/2014 10:53:35 PM PDT by Ken H
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