Los Angeles Clippers has been sold to former Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer for a whopping $2 billion.The deal was signed just before midnight on Thursday. The NBA must approve the sale, but sources say NBA commissioner Adam Silver has been well aware of Shelly Sterling's negotiations with Ballmer and other potential buyers and will support it.Donald Sterling has made rumblings he may challenge the sale, but it’s likely he will almost certainly fail.
We earlier reported that Donald gave Shelly sole control over the team, allowing her to sell it and even sent a letter to Silver affirming that Shelly had the reigns. According to TMZ Sports, Ballmer vowed on Thursday night to keep the team in Los Angeles. He is entrenched in Seattle which currently has no NBA team and even made a bid to buy theSacramento Kings and move the team to the Emerald City.
It's pretty remarkable - just one week ago, it appeared Silver would force an involuntary sale of the team, but Shelly and her lawyer, Pierce O'Donnell, took the initiative to solicited bids and ended up with a buyer pretty much everyone can get behind,TMZ Sports reports.
No comments:
Post a Comment