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All in the nba. you appreciate that, right? >> i do. >> you do or don't? >> i do. >> you appreciate -- >> i do. he's made a lot of -- >> the other nba owners, the 29 other owners for all practical purposes they say if he's allowed to continue to be the owner of the l.a. clippers, the league will suffer, television rights will suffer, advertisers will run away. it will be a disaster economically for the nba and as a result the nba constitution allows them to get rid of them. that's what the other owners, i'm hearing from them, are going to conclude. >> you mean including the hypocritical owner ...

Situation. everybody talks about howly tige litigious they are. he signed an agreement. it is in the nba constitution. and if you impune or sully the nba name in any way shape or fashion they can have grounds to get rid of you. remember, it is a private fraternity, that is why it appears to be a foregone conclusion, that they would be gone anyway. so if you're shelly sterling, why fight the team, you can move on because clearly nobody wants to work for you in terms of playing basketball for your franchise. >> you know there were reports that donald sterling was trying to transfer ownership to ...

The nba claiming donald sterling tried to cover up the racist comments that got him baned from the league for life. according to a report from the l.a. times, sterling asked his girlfriend v. stiviano to lie saying she altered the recording and it wasn't him making the racist remarks on the tape. team owners will vote on whether or not they will terminate him. adam silver talked about that and more on this issue. >> my confidence level is high. we know we are doing the right thing. i know i have the owners behind me. the timing is laid out in the nba constitution. we are following it to the le...

Bill and hillary clinton have been raising money for her. bill clinton did some of the robo calls for her and might be the pixie dust that gets her over the finish line. >> we don't know how she's doing yet? >> we don't know the result yet. >> all right. thanks very much. a day after outlining the charges against l.a. clipper owner donald sterling, a day after the lawyer demanded three months to answer the charges, it was answered back and aggressively saying sterling has to give up the team sooner than that. pointing out to the remarks with me why he needs to give in. >> the timing is laid ...

To give up the team sooner than that. pointing out to the remarks with me why he needs to give in. >> the timing is laid out in the nba constitution. we're following it to the letter in terms of numbers of days that mr. sterling has to respond and then when the hearing will be held and as i said, i know we're doing the right thing here. this is an unprecedented proceeding. you know? will there be bumps in the road? presumably yes. you know, mr. sterling on one hand at least in his cnn interview indicated a willingness to accept the judgment of his owner partners, his lawyers are saying otherwi...