Blazers Owner Paul Allen Welcomes Steve Ballmer To NBA

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    Now they just need to find away to get Bill involved. Who knows, maybe he will be the major investor for the Seattle franchise.
     
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    Neither Clinton, or O'Reilly, or Maher, or Pitt have expressed interest in owning a team in Seattle.
     
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    I get the one guy is racist but I still think it is fucked up the nba can just take his property. Total fascist shit.

    Thats like Clayton bigsby getting tossed off his land by the banks cause he leads his chapter of the kkk even though the irony of him being blind and black is funny enough to make your head explode.
     
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    Sterling signed an agreement that allowed the NBA to take away control of his team that they would then sell it in his name if he violated its bylaws. Sterling created real controversy and hurt the leagues image regardless if the recording was legally obtained or not. Not only that Players were planning on boycotting the playoffs and a lot of the sponsors had already pulled out from the Clippers.
     
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    The NBA didn't take anything. Mrs Sterling sold the franchise before the NBA owners could even vote to do anything. I think she might have even made a small profit doing it.
     
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    Who's Bill Pitt?

    Any word from Bill Shatner?

    For the record, I have not expressed interest either.
     
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