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Lee Krahenbuhl - After the release of Donald Sterling’s remarks a quick domino effect has set in motions many events that has ended up with the NBA trying to sell the Los Angeles Clipper’s away from Sterling. The situation, as it stands now, is that the NBA has approved for the former CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, to buy the Clippers for $2 billion. Now the sale just needs to be approved by the other owners in the league before it can be officially finalized. It seems that Shirley Sterling, Donald Sterling’s wife is taking over this part of the operation. She has negotiated a deal with the NBA Board of Governors that they will sell the team and agreed not to sue the league. This is after Donald Sterling swore he would not go down without a fight. Shelly Sterling and the Sterling Family have agreed to absolve the league of litigations from others, meaning they will keep Donald Sterling from going after the NBA legally. Additionally, this sales deal with the NBA includes language that indicates that the new owner, Ballmer will not move the team away from the Los Angeles area. Despite all of these dealings, Donald Sterling filed a $1 billion lawsuit against the NBA earlier on Friday morning. Donald Sterling’s lawyer, Max Blecher is handling the case. It was difficult for Sterling to find a lawyer because of the nature of his comments and the fact that many lawyers didn’t want the fact they were going to represent known racist, Sterling to affect business from other clients. Blecher, however, took on the NBA owner and is now speaking on his behalf, “we gotta sit down and see how all of this affects us. We have to think through the whole situation. [Shelly’s] saying, ‘If you sue us, we’ll have to pay out of out own money.’ It’s like suing themselves. We have to see whether the law allows that to happen.”
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