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SEATTLE-SEATTLE-SEATTLE-SEATTLE-SEATTLE-SEATTLE!!!! nolabear May 2014 #1
There is virtually zero chance he would move the Clippers out of LA. Jenoch May 2014 #2
Yup, and the chances of a team going to (or expansion) Seattle just went down big time itsrobert May 2014 #4
Not competing for entertainment dollars with the Lakers may have advantages. Maedhros May 2014 #10
He will not move the team. former9thward May 2014 #13
Yes - I hadn't considered the enormous sum he paid for the franchise. Maedhros May 2014 #23
tell that to the DonCoquixote May 2014 #35
:) TeamPooka May 2014 #3
Even Ballmer isn't stupid enough to give up the LA market Recursion May 2014 #25
So Sterling is not only an asshole, he is now an even richer asshole...nt joeybee12 May 2014 #5
Assets changed form, from owned to monetary. Maedhros May 2014 #9
Not in this case. Team valuation was a little over $500 million, he is getting $2 Billion. stevenleser May 2014 #28
He might be richer, MicaelS May 2014 #12
He has a billion less out of billions. former9thward May 2014 #14
Yeah, this is not an unhappy time for him. stevenleser May 2014 #33
Steve is HappyHappyHappy DJ13 May 2014 #6
Fouls and airballs will be called General Basketball Failures. Gidney N Cloyd May 2014 #7
404 Player not found TeamPooka May 2014 #18
So Sterling and his wife are going to walk away from this mess with $2 billion profit davidn3600 May 2014 #8
Yes, to answer you succinctly. It's disgusting. stevenleser May 2014 #32
I don't know. I don't follow soccer. nt MineralMan May 2014 #11
Free-throw and three-pointer lines .... dawg May 2014 #15
lol TeamPooka May 2014 #20
Team owner no longer sounds just like a racist version of ... dawg May 2014 #16
And he still cannot dance. nt Mnemosyne May 2014 #17
I kind of miss the old days when owners of Jenoch May 2014 #19
They must have gone away around the same time cities started building stadiums for the teams. TeamPooka May 2014 #21
I don't think that is correct. Jenoch May 2014 #22
The absolute worst thing? Donald Sterling gets nearly $2 BILLION of practically tax free income. Initech May 2014 #24
Yeah, and he bought the team back in the 80s for... GReedDiamond May 2014 #26
Amen to that! Initech May 2014 #27
I'm not an accountant or CPA so can you tell me why this would be tax free? stevenleser May 2014 #29
Because we give huge tax breaks to billionaires? Initech May 2014 #30
I don't think there is enough writeoffs in the world to cover all the capital gains here. stevenleser May 2014 #31
meh Leme May 2014 #34
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