I don’t see where the league “wins” by forcing a sick old man to sell his team under duress. They look like bullies. And the players look like whiners. Winner: Sterling.
Sterling has been loathed for ages around the league. He constantly, and seemingly deliberately, put a bad team on the court. Would sit in the front row and heckle his own players. Plus his multitude of off the court race issues he was lucky enough to not have become national news until recently. Sterling is a jerk people have wanted out of the league for a long time, getting rid of him is a big win for the NBA.