The NBA’s biggest concern appears to be over. As of today, Steve Ballmer is officially the owner of the Los Angels Clippers. This couldn’t have worked out better for the NBA because if the season started with Donald Sterling still owner, Adam Silver would’ve had a nightmare on his hands. Both Doc Rivers and Chris Paul indicated that they weren’t sure if they could continue to be associated with the team.
The sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was completed Tuesday with an email from a California courtroom, one of Ballmer’s attorneys told USA TODAY Sports.
The NBA Board of Governors had previously approved the $2 billion deal, which was officially closed after a California court issued a final order confirming the authority of Shelly Sterling to sell the team on behalf of the Sterling Family Trust, the NBA confirmed on its website. Shelly Sterling was the sole trustee after her husband, Donald Sterling, was found mentally incapacitated by two doctors and subsequently removed as a co-trustee.
H/T: USA Today
