Steve Ballmer Wins Bidding for Clippers With $2 Billion Price Tag

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

The former Microsoft CEO has won a bidding war for the team following the ousting on owner of Donald Sterling, with his offer setting a record price for a NBA team.

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is to reportedly buy the Los Angeles Clippers for $2 billion.

The news came after weeks of speculation on the fate of the team since Donald Sterling was banned for life from the NBA by commissioner Adam Silver on April 29.

The sale would be the highest ever paid for a NBA team. Sterling bought the Clippers in 1981 for $13.5 million.

Ballmer was chosen over competitors that included Los Angeles-based investors Tony Ressler and Steve Karsh and a group that included David Geffen and executives from the Guggenheim Group, the Chicago-based owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Steve Ballmer Wins Bidding for Clippers With $2 Billion Price Tag - Hollywood Reporter

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[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

DTS still has to sign off on the sales, and he's an old pos that likes to play hardball all the time

 

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

Little premature bro. Is this how you ejaculate as well?

Yep, cant help it, monkeys excite me.

 

[BoomTaco64]

they still will not win a championship. clippers $uck ball$ack

 

[negolien]

Still a little confused how an illegally obtained recording made of a private conversation in someone's own house can serve as a basis to deprive them of personal property e.i. Clippers. Doesn't matter if what the guy said was lame he still has a 1st amendment right to free speech. I guess only "some people" have the right to free speech. Anyone who was a Black Sox fan knows Ozzie ran his mouth like it had diarrhea and he kept his job. Just 1 example of hypocrisy I find this to be a little scary. I think it sets a scary precedent for depriving people of free speech what's next losing your job because you had the nerve to question "the man"...?

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

they still will not win a championship. clippers $uck ball$ack

And what team do you support?

Still a little confused how an illegally obtained recording made of a private conversation in someone's own house can serve as a basis to deprive them of personal property e.i. Clippers. Doesn't matter if what the guy said was lame he still has a 1st amendment right to free speech. I guess only "some people" have the right to free speech. Anyone who was a Black Sox fan knows Ozzie ran his mouth like it had diarrhea and he kept his job. Just 1 example of hypocrisy I find this to be a little scary. I think it sets a scary precedent for depriving people of free speech what's next losing your job because you had the nerve to question "the man"...?

Lol, ok

 

[BoomTaco64]

i support all teams other than the clippers...they just plain $uck. laughing stock of the league. joke of the nba. flake griffin is even worse...what a crappy a$s player..overrated....no titles..they have the second worst winning percentage in the nba (38.2) //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif ..just above the memphis grizzlies....no titles what so ever, division, conference, nba. love all their banners hanging in the staples center too...haha //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif franchise...

 

[Beatin' 10+ year member]

Steve Ballmer just lost the bidding after being heard saying "fuck blacks".

CNN.com-Micrsoft CEO Steve Ballmer embarrassment over comments

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

I can't fathom why grown men get emotionally invested in watching a bunch of 70IQ steroid freaks playing a game with a ball. For ****'s sake, go read a book or something.

 

[Beatin' 10+ year member]

^^^^Those grown men have self esteem/masculinity issues. Abnormal admiration of sports, particularly of the rough kind like football, is a great way for dudes with small peepee's to express how masculine they are in front of other men.

 

[negolien]

So is incredibly loud car audio //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Idk, buys for $13.5 million and sells for $2 billion...I'd say Sterling isn't doing too bad