I believe Geffen's bidding group included Larry Ellison & Oprah Winfrey.

Now we get to find out how crazy Sterling is!!!
If he doesn't accept that and leave quietly then he really must have some issues.

His lawyer has been saying that he now wants to fight all the allegations and keep the team.
Says he changed his mind about letting his wife organise a sale of the team.

Hopefully he will just take the $1billion, his share of the team and disappear from the NBA landscape.

Overpaid to the hilt. Perfect time to sell them really, because it won't be much longer before the Lakers are the #1 team on the court again. And once that happens, the Clips will go back to where they've always been, a 2nd class team happy with their little division title banners.

WOW, what a price! Now at least the Sterling saga can start to get put behind us

Some of the ESPN analyst are saying they should change their name to start from a clean slate & maybe get some sponsors back on board.

One suggested the "LA Stars" another suggested the "Condors" due to the Lob City aspect.

What everyone thoughts?

a teams name is it's heritage. you dont ever change its name

Think they should change the name, the Clippers have sucked for so long and have only been around for less than 35 years (I think they where the Buffalo Braves before that), have not won any titles and have been the worst performing sports franchise in America for a long time (minus the last 3 years).
Really, what are you losing?

Don Sterling is all kinds of crazy if he wants to reject $2 billion to fight the rest of the NBA!

I am gob-smacked that someone was willing to pay so much in a forced sale like that. That's like 6 times what current Celtics ownership paid to get the most successful NBA franchise just over a decade ago! Don Sterling does not deserve such a good deal.

I tend to agree with Celtic Green about changing the name though. It wouldn't be a bad idea to make a very clear break with thirty-five years of futility and racist attitudes. Maybe the LA Bloods? ;-)

Celtic Green, I would have agreed with you a few years ago and as you said, prior to 3 years ago they have been (possibly) the worst franchise in NBA history.

However they are now one of the biggest franchises going around and currently very marketable too. Though I don't know how attached their fans are to the Clippers name, and US sports culture is much different to that here. It may not bother them to change? They certainly have a lot of cash floating around to make it possible anyway.

^anon a Clipper is a sailing ship and that old trade route history around the West Coast of the US is what I am guessing they are basing their logo on.

Changing their name won't make them a superstar team or improve much on the court, they are heading in the right direction there.

Not sure they need to change their name and logo, new owners however will have a brain storming session to decide the future of the franchise, you can bet on that...

If the new owner is planning to bring the franchise back to Seattle in a few years, maybe the Super Sonics could re emerge?

L.A United?

Damn I was hoping Sitivini would put in a bid.

He's unfortunately too busy sorting the Brisbane bid

Bear, I'm pretty sure I read that a condition of the sale to this guy is that he keeps the team in LA.

I'd like to see Seattle get a team back as I think they got screwed by Clay Bennett, but LA really needs two teams.

the name should stay as the clippers.

Agree, they should stay as they are, again, I see no need to tamper with a franchise that is clearly on the up.

The price is amazing, as is the NBA itself!

Makes me think about where the top end of the AFL is, on say a ladder in player payments, and then the bottom end of the NBA starts...

Just a quick comparison, Buddy on a record $1m a year sallary and Delly on a 1.3m deal, shows us where the money really is doesn't it?

^Real Moneys in the soccer = World Game

There are actually two world games KIA, one uses a player's feet and the other one a player's hands!

Agree however, Soccer is likely to be number one in the top flight money stakes, I would imagine...