He should simply shut down the team, completely. No contract buyouts, no nothing.
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I clicked on this thread to say exactly the same thing. Just close the doors, turn out the lights and hand out pink slips.
He can’t. The NBA would just take the team and he would lose it all.
The NBA would like that. Sterling would disappear. The NBA would simply form a new team, with a new name, sold to their preferred new owner (Magic Johnson?)