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Principally because he wants to make money. this is someone whos going to take 10% of their net worth and theyre going to buy a sports team in l.a., which is going to give them a lot of prestige. >> reporter: for $2 billion, theres plenty of prestige. a way for the wealthy to diversify investments and we a salary cap in place, nba owners can be protected from dipping into their own pockets. >> steve ballmer knows if you had runs this team somewhat prudently hes not going to have to put any capit...

Consent. hes not going to consent. >> reporter: blecher and sterling are suing the nba for $1 billion in damages calling for sterlings lifetime ban from the league and his $2.5 million fine to be lifted claiming the nbas case against sterling relies entirely on an illegally recorded conversation. its not clear if the lawsuit would interfere with the sale of the clippers. hours earlier, blecher told us sterling would look at the sale to steve ballmer and decide where to go from there, saying, "he...

Pursued different theories of liability against the nba and different theories of why he should be able to keep his team. so certainly if you look at this like the, they are, shelly sterling, the sterling trust, and donald sterling, are all imin aed plaintiff ei named plaintiffs in the lawsuit, yeah, all one plfr acting together, but at different times in the course of this very odd proceeding, they have seemed to be, taking an adversarial relationship. we will see very much in the next few week...

Humanly possible. >> reporter: the $2 billion price tag could help send the values of some of the leagues most valuable franchises soaring. >> i dont think youll be able to buy a big market nba team for less than $3 billion. >> and it is worth pointing out here that donald sterling bought the clippers for $12 million back in 1981. given this sale agreement to steve ballmer, the nba said it cancelled the june 3rd meeting during which the other nba owners would have voted to try and force donald s...

If i said to you you had to sell your car within the next 24 hours, do you honestly think you could get just as good a deal as if i gave you six months to do so? thats essentially this creative antitrust argument, that the nba is a market, and there is serious competition for these nba teams and ownership of these nba teams. so if you force someone to sell, you cant rely on the people who want to buy the nba team to not try to minimize the price as much as they can. just like a potential buyer o...

Taing the league to court because of banning him for life from the games and having to give up his franchise. his wife shelly sterling just agreed to sell the team for $2 billion. its the most ever paid for an nba franchise. >> digging into this morning, danny savalas, paul, good morning, gentlemen. >> good morning. >> sterlings lawsuit states, and we have a portion of it, a quote here. the forced sale of the los angeles clippers threatens not only to produce a lower price than a non-forced sale...

Al amriki. keeping tabs on him since he were went to syria to join extremist fighters. >> he blew himself up at a syrian government checkpoint. you see the video there. all right. donald sterling. still in the nba for -- a mere $1 billion, sold the clippers. the embattled los angeles clippers owners is taking the league to court because of its decision to ban him for life, and force him to give up his franchise. >> this latest twist comes just after his wife shelly sterling agreed to sell the ...

The miami heat are heading back to the nba finals for the fourth time in a roenchts defending champs looking for a three-peat. more on the "bleacher report." >> you do not want to play the heat in miami, home court. they remain in the playoffs. routing the pacers 117-92 in game six of the eastern conference championship. lebron james and chris bosh led the way with 25 points apiece, eliminating the pacers for the third year in a row. the pacers led the heat for most of the regular season, but th...

Cnns brian todd has more. brian, good morning. >> reporter: christi and victor, theyre speaking in two different tones. donald sterling is suing the nba for $1 billion, while shelly sterling has apparently resolved all of her differences with the league, and new information from sources on donald sterlings mental condition is throwing another wrench into all of this. sources tell cnn that doctors declared donald sterling mentally incapacitated. a finding that opened the door for his estranged wi...

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