Donald Sterling and NBA drop lawsuits and part ways
By Mike Dyce
The standoff between now former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and the NBA has come to an end. After NBA commissioner Adam Silver dropped the hammer on Sterling, which included the maximum fine and a lifetime ban, he was going to get the board of governors to force Sterling to sell the team.
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Sterling had promised to bring legal action against the NBA, and the NBA wasn’t backing down. But before the NBA met to discuss Sterling and forcing him to sell the team, Sterling sold it to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion.
Since everything has come to a conclusion, the NBA ridding themselves of Sterling and him getting a $2 billion pay out, both sides have reportedly decided to drop their respective lawsuits.
Donald Sterling's lawyer Max Blecher says he will not pursue further legal action, and has agreed to sale of the Clippers to Steve Ballmer
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) June 4, 2014
Blecher tells ESPN that Donald Sterling "agrees to sell and to drop lawsuit. NBA agrees to drop charges and to not sue him for anything."
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) June 4, 2014
Now that should remove Sterling from the headlines right? The NBA and sports community can move forward without having to deal with Sterling and should work towards avoiding talking about him to let him drift out of the spotlight.
That way the spotlight can shift back to what really matters, the players and what they do on the court, and what they do with their philanthropic causes off of it.
And of course whatever it is Lance Stephenson is doing or blowing on.