Shelly and Donald Sterling at a Clippers game in 2010. (Mark J. Terril/Associated Press)
Well, THAT’LL punish the old coot. He bought the team for 12.5 million, and now he will get 2 BILLION. Take THAT STERLING!
That'll buy some whore a lotta bling!
Oprah and Magic will be pissed! It wasn’t supposed to turn out this way.
I don’t get it. Why are the Clippers so valuable?
They are by far the second team in LA. They only get some attention because the Lakers are so bad right now, but you know that won’t last for long.
Fools and their money.
I’ve often wondered why the Clippers didn’t move to Anaheim/Orange County years ago. They’ll always be second billing in LA.
Ill say it because everyone is thinking it. This was a scam. He isn’t David Duke, he’s Bernie Madoff. Very clever.
I hope you folks all realize that BOTH Sterlings will probably die soon - from laughing so hard...
...kinda like I am right now.
This may go down as one of the greatest hustles in American History.
Oh and BTW, how much of that $2B will the wiretapping slut get? And what about that $2.5M fine?
Think about it.
Also just heard on the radio news that Donald has not agreed to sell the team.
I’ve only been sort of following this, so please correct me if I’m off base (wrong sport, right?)
This is the guy who made a “racist slur”, owns a sports team (basketball?) and as a result of that slur, was banned for life from the Great Sports Gods, was then declared mentally incompetent, and then his estate sold his team? And all this happened in the space of about 2 months?
Does anyone else see a problem here? My problem screams in Russian and German accents. My kids already think I’m bat-$hit crazy, but I don’t have anything worth jack. But still....this is happening in America, right? Oh, wait, this is Obama’s America (I include him because his administration and PC are making everything racist! I have to call my red tomatoes “tomatoes” now, lest I offend anything or person who is red.
Again, please correct me if I have the basics of this case wrong. And now I will do my reading. And then I’ll probably be back, even more pissed. With art!
Two ... BILLION ... Dollars !
I thought buying and selling Negros was called slavery
Payoff, payoff, payoff.
NBA went too far, needed to pay him off to avoid lawsuit.
He also took the fall for the promulgation of a major meme involving loss of rights over surveillance of private conversation.
And the race baiters are still thanking him through their gleeful laughter.
The team’s not worth anything remotely near this price.
Payoff, payoff, payoff.
How big a share is Magic Johnson getting?
The plantation will be under new ownership. Hello Seattle.