Donald Sterling is out and Steve Ballmer is in as the NEW owner of the LA Clippers. After nearly 4-months of arduous legal red tape, the NBA announced that Steve Ballmer’s $2-billion purchase of the Clippers had closed on Tuesday, making the former Microsoft CEO the undisputed owner of the team.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Donald Sterling for life and fined him $2.5 million after a tape recording surfaced after Sterling made derogatory comments about blacks. Sterling, sued the league, but his efforts to keep the Clippers failed after his wife Shelly Sterling removed her husband from the family trust because of mental incapacitation.
According to forward Blake Griffin, “Today is a great day for the Clipper organization and fans everywhere.”
