[Moseley]

It just doesn’t hold. He was a victim of a crime, used specifically to shame him and the NBA completely outside of any defense or contextual explanation, in the court of public opinion.

I agree with this. The harm was done by someone else publicizing his comments, not by anything Sterling did. There is even a well-known concept for it: An intervening tort by a third party.

The harm was done by a third party distributing the tape, not by what Sterling did or said.

However, if the contracts within the NBA ownership -- I don't know any of us have seen those in detail -- agree to certain authority by the NBA, then the NBA will govern. If Don Sterling has given them those rights in the contracts, then he can't complain.

If I were Don Sterling, I would shut down the team, close the bank account, and walk away.

[Borges]

I believe by NBA law if he did that the NBA would take possession of the team and sell it.