[Waryone]

First thing I thought when I heard about this was that he saw the 2 billion dollar payment for the Clippers and wanted some of that action. Without all the racial controversy, there would be no attempt by Steve Ballmer to bribe Sterling to give up the team, so no one would have paid 2 billion for the Clippers.

[rdcbn]

No, they were just lucky to have rube willing to pay 2 billion to be a member of the club.

I think there were some tax advantages to a forced sale due to league action