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Report: Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to buy Los Angeles Clippers for NBA-record $2 billion


Steve Ballmer (L) and NBA Commissioner Adam SIlver attend an NBA playoff game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center on May 11, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Noel Vasquez/GC Images)





Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has reportedly won the bidding to buy the Los Angeles Clippers, submitting an NBA-record-setting offer of $2 billion to purchase the team from owners Donald and Shelly Sterling, according to James Rainey of the Los Angeles Times:

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Reports: Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer wins bidding for Clippers with NBA-record $2 billion offer

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will reportedly buy the Los Angeles Clippers from Donald and Shelly Sterling for $2 billion, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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2. Owner of the Portland Trail Blazers, Paul Allen also bought and helped keep the Seattle Seahawks in the Pacific Northwest and is part-owner of the Seattle Sounders. He owns a yacht that has its own Wikipedia page.

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This is what Donald Sterling had to say !

 

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Report: Sterling deemed mentally unfit


Sterling was determined to be mentally unfit to make decisions related to the family trust.

According to USA Today, the Sterling Family Trust owns the team and based on provisions and protocol related to mental capacity, Sterling's wife, Shelly, became the sole power-wielding decision-maker recently. Experts determined Donald Sterling was not capable of making those decisions due to his mental state.

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/report-sterling-deemed-mentally-unfit-141644370--nba.html

 

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Donald Sterling Diagnosed With Alzheimer's Disease



Embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease, his attorney Max Blecher told TheWrap. The businessman's estranged wife Shelly Sterling confirmed the news to Blecher.

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Donald Sterling Diagnosed With Alzheimer's Disease

Embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease, his attorney Max Blecher told TheWrap. The businessman's estranged wife Shelly Sterling confirmed the news to Blecher. Sterling was diagnosed by...

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