donald sterling is a horrible person

ballmer should have bought beats and apple should have bought the clippers

Jeez, two freakin' billion dollars??? What in holy hell happened in the five years between The No Benjamins Association and now? (Other than the economy recovering and the owners winning the lockout.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY2j_GPIqRA

so apparently his wife got him declared mentally incapacitated so she could be sole trustee and sell the team, lol

30 years too late or something.

ballmer #1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_AP3SGMxxM

I know it's not what happened.

I know that Sterling is a douche who got caught being douchey and his co-owners wanted him gone for a while, and Silver knew he'd look awesome for doing it as early as he could.

BUT

Imagine just for a second that Sterling planned this whole thing. It is really not too far outside the realm of possibility. It would not take a Kaiser Soze or Petyr Baelish to pull this off.

I know it would have just been easier and less public and possibly more profitable (although I don't see how THAT'S possible) to just put the team up for sale, so I'm not sure if this was a thing that makes sense pragmatically. Like, would this brouhaha increase value? Possibly by way of publicity?

Thoughts?

Sorry - FELLOW owners.

As first reported by NBC News, Donald Sterling will file a lawsuit against the NBA for forcing a sale of the Clippers, and he'll reportedly seek more than $1 billion in damages. ESPN's Ramona Shelburne adds that Sterling is still deciding whether to sue Shelly Sterling too. And here comes Woj, saying Sterling could file a separate suit to stop the sale of the team.

http://deadspin.com/donald-sterling-to-sue-nba-1583993252

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"i got u"

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2014/0529/nba_g_steveb2_cr_576x324.jpg

Lawsuit filed, sale is off

rough day to be steve ballmer, hope he finds the slightest comfort in his billions upon billions of dollars

sterling's only delaying the inevitable. no chance he'd win. he's just trying to be the biggest pain in the ass he can be.

if he manages to delay the sale until after he dies then he wins i think

if you consider poking the other guy in the eye and then dying before he can crush you as a win, then I suppose yeah, it's a win.

im glad were in agreement

he gave up

everyone hates a quitter

very disappoint

BUT. MAYBE NOT. QUITTING YET

jezz

jeez

this guy

just take ur $2b and go home

lmao this guy
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/11059020/donald-sterling-decides-pursue-1-billion-lawsuit-nba-all

srs question is it possible for someone to rob him of the clippers at gunpoint?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BpzWbvqCYAAgc4Z.png:large

put this right up there with dan_gilbert_comic_sans

i mean this is donald "t." sterling literally talking about systematic discrimination enacted by institutions and how said institution is avoiding "the larger social issue"

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/10/sports/basketball/donald-sterling-impairment-eased-clippers-sale-to-steve-ballmer.html
fun read and an easy way to get up to date

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holy shit it's like the chutzpah story of the kid who kills his parents and then asks for clemency bc he's an orphan

im a despicable monster. THIS IS THE REASON I WILL NOT SELL MY TEAM.

Hi sometimes lurker here who happens to be up early:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/13/us/sterling-nba-investigation/index.html

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11105717/sad-last-chapter-donald-sterling-life

just starting this

making my way through that and, like, is there a single aspect of this guy's personality that is not utterly repulsive?

Donald liked to order for everyone at the table, then eat off their plates.

like wtf dude you are obviously the worst, get outta here

it was all soup, too

Soup in plates? MONSTER.

he makes them eat the soup from his cold lizard hands

The trial is going great:

@everettcook · 1m
Shelly was walking towards Donald after testifying, and he screamed at her, "Get away from me you pig."

bite it u scum

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140721/SPORTS0102/307210094/Witness-Donald-Sterling-needs-Clippers-sale-pay-500M-debts

@adbrandt: Judge has ruled for Shelly Sterling on all counts. Stage is set for Ballmer $2 billion transaction to go through. #Clippers

oh my god

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-sterlings-decide-not-to-divorce-20160311-story.html#nt=oft12aH-1gp2

Former Clippers owner Donald Sterling and his wife, Shelly, have decided not to divorce, according to a filing in Los Angeles Superior Court.

“Notwithstanding all the difficult events of the last two years, the Sterlings have resolved their differences,” Donald Sterling’s attorney, Bobby Samini, wrote in an email to The Times on Friday.

crazy kids. rooting for them

bonnie and clyde 16

he not dead yet