Seems like Sterling's MO is to appear willing to compromise at times so as to make it seem that something may be worked out in terms of a private sale, but really these keep delaying the process of doing so. The end game seems to be to get the process to the Sept. 15 BOG meeting at which point they'll vote to take over and sell the team. Then Sterling's suit(s) against the NBA will go forward. All else are stalling tactics.
He's been losing arguments against his wife's legal team in court, so hopefully the judge rules in her favour and the team is sold. If not, and this keeps going, it will have a seriously damaging fallout for the Clippers, and by extension, the league. Probably another couple of benefits in Sterling's eyes.
Is it any wonder the NBA didn't try to throw him out before despite knowing how he was? The guy's 80, diagnosed with Alzheimer's and cancer, yet relentless. Imagine him 15-20 years ago...
Anyway, here's the latest:
Donald Sterling files a new lawsuit
LOS ANGELES -- Donald Sterling filed a suit in Superior Court on Tuesday afternoon seeking damages from the NBA, commissioner Adam Silver and his wife Shelly Sterling, alleging they defrauded him and violated corporate law in attempting to sell the franchise to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
Sterling asked for an injunction to freeze the $2 billion sale, arguing that his wife had no authority to sell the franchise because he is the sole owner and shareholder of the corporation which owns the Clippers, after he revoked the Sterling Family Trust on June 9.
Shelly Sterling's attorney, Pierce O'Donnell, called the latest lawsuit "a frivolous, last-ditch act of desperation by a delusional, bitter man" who is "obsessed with ruining a record-setting $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers -- a sale that would solve the problems his racist rant started three months ago."
It is not known whether the judge in probate court will seek to consolidate this lawsuit with the current trial.
"I think you're looking at some time into the future," Samini said when asked when Tuesday's lawsuit could be resolved. "Could you get to trial in six to eight months? In a perfect world, it's possible, but you're looking at a year or so before you have a trial on that issue. ... We're not working on deadlines."
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/11249995/donald-sterling-sues-nba-wife-shelly-sterling-adam-silver-lac-basketball-club-damages