Clippers now FOR SALE! Donald Sterling reportedly authorizes wife to negotiate a sale

[CLTHornets4eva]

I hope Hanson makes a move for them and they move to Seattle.

[Haymaker]

I hope Hanson makes a move for them and they move to Seattle.

Hopefully :applause:

[UK2K]

They dont want the Clippers to be sold...

They only want it owned by a black guy.

If an old white dude buys them, get ready for the backlash.

[Beastmode88]

They dont want the Clippers to be sold...

They only want it owned by a black guy.

If an old white dude buys them, get ready for the backlash.

sale has to be approved by the sterlings. :lol

let the shitstorm begin.

[UK2K]

sale has to be approved by the sterlings. :lol

let the shitstorm begin.
Approved? The sale itself or the new owners?

Because the article on ESPN.com says the team will be sold, and both him and his wife have agreed to sell the Clips.

[fiddy]

if he gets anything below 750m $ thats a robbery

[Akrazotile]

They dont want the Clippers to be sold...

They only want it owned by a black guy.

If an old white dude buys them, get ready for the backlash.

I dont think the league will necessarily insist on this, but Chris Paul will.

[crisoner]

http://www.complex.com/sports/2014/05/donald-sterling-allow-wife-shelly-sell-clippers


Bring back the SONICS!!!!!!!

:rockon: :rockon: :rockon:

[protox]

If she gets to control the sale, then that means no Magic as the owner. You can guarantee that. :lol

[crisoner]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A5FDc9D2Vak/UD-x1a72TwI/AAAAAAAAAG0/fXUgWPqwxkU/s1600/Seattle-Sonics.jpg

Bring them back!!!

[CLTHornets4eva]

They dont want the Clippers to be sold...

They only want it owned by a black guy.

If an old white dude buys them, get ready for the backlash.

The NBA doesn't give a F as long as the Sterlings sell it and the team is valued at over $700M.

I'd say Larry Ellison is the Favorite to buy at this point. You can bet Seattle will get a shot at it.

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Seattle Super Clippers
CP3 and Griffin the new Payton and Kemp:bowdown: :bowdown:

[Bobcats2013]

Earl Thomas has more alpha blood in him than the entire Clippers organization. LA can keep that soft team.

[InfiniteBaskets]

Maybe Sterlings are just having their friend put a high bid on the team so they won't get shafted by a bad deal? Could be a fruitless attempt if NBA completely revokes any bids made by associates of Sterlings though.

[AceManIII]

If she gets to control the sale, then that means no Magic as the owner. You can guarantee that. :lol

^^^This lol No minority owner :oldlol:

[kells333]

Who wants to go in on this with me to buy the team. I got $5 on it.

[crisoner]

Seattle Super Clippers
CP3 and Griffin the new Payton and Kemp:bowdown: :bowdown:

Yeeeee!

New Lob City!!!

[Nash]

they wont move from LA. Being in LA is exciting and makes life easier for the clippers. CP3 never signed up to live in Seattle and all of those guys they manage to sign on the cheap during free agency are there because of hollywood and not seattle.

[crisoner]

Who wants to go in on this with me to buy the team. I got $5 on it.

lol I'm down


Now we got....$105

I want more of the ownership

[Beastmode88]

It would be cool if "lob city" went back to the original lob city.

[protox]

Who wants to go in on this with me to buy the team. I got $5 on it.

I'll put 1k. That'd actually be awesome. :lol

[Marlo_Stanfield]

they wont move from LA. Being in LA is exciting and makes life easier for the clippers. CP3 never signed up to live in Seattle and all of those guys they manage to sign on the cheap during free agency are there because of hollywood and not seattle.
isnt Seattle super beautiful tho??
Seattle Super Clippers would be the GOAt franchise name:bowdown: :bowdown:

[bagelred]

The Tolerant have spoken! The Tolerant will not tolerate any intolerance! Hang him!

[Akrazotile]

Sorry Sonic fans, there is no way in hell the team leaves southern california any time soon.

[SwishSquared]

Adam Silver doing a great job handling this so far. Simmons says he's hearing the team value potentially reach $2B, which would be insane.

[Clyde]

Adam Silver doing a great job handling this so far. Simmons says he's hearing the team value potentially reach $2B, which would be insane.

It will be well over 1 billion for sure.

[CLTHornets4eva]

Adam Silver doing a great job handling this so far. Simmons says he's hearing the team value potentially reach $2B, which would be insane.

Thats not going to happen without the team owning its stadium. I think it will be under OR right at 1B

[Clyde]

Thats not going to happen without the team owning its stadium. I think it will be under OR right at 1B

i will bet anything its over.

An NBA franchise in LA.

come on man

[Clyde]

Thats not going to happen without the team owning its stadium. I think it will be under OR right at 1B

go look at the bucks net worth, then what they just sold for.

[SwishSquared]

Thats not going to happen without the team owning its stadium. I think it will be under OR right at 1B
That's a valid point, but I was just stating what Simmons reported. He claims at least 10 ownership groups actively looking to buy the team and seems very sure of at least $1B sale price (he initially thought $1.5B). Even with their putrid history, the team has loads of talent in a huge market, good coach, and a local TV deal set to be renegotiated by 2016, along with the national TV deal that will get renegotiated by 2017, I think.

I could see at least $1B in this case.

[UK2K]

The NBA doesn't give a F as long as the Sterlings sell it and the team is valued at over $700M.

I'd say Larry Ellison is the Favorie to buy at this point. You can bet Seattle will get a shot at it.
The NBA doesnt care. They didn't care Sterling was an owner in the first place.

The media and the minorities care. Let an old white guy buy the team. If hes a democrat it will help (although Sterling was a democrat as well) but the public will want a black man in charge or at least a black guy as the face of an investment group.

[UK2K]

That's a valid point, but I was just stating what Simmons reported. He claims at least 10 ownership groups actively looking to buy the team and seems very sure of at least $1B sale price (he initially thought $1.5B). Even with their putrid history, the team has loads of talent in a huge market, good coach, and a local TV deal set to be renegotiated by 2016, along with the national TV deal that will get renegotiated by 2017, I think.

I could see at least $1B in this case.
If it turns into a bidding war, 1.5B is pretty much guaranteed.

[aboss4real24]

Dr Dre,Diddy, Cmon Buy The Team!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CLTHornets4eva]

i will bet anything its over.

An NBA franchise in LA.

come on man

I think you forget who your dealing with here. The sterlings could just as easily leave $$$ on the table to sell to someone they are comfortable with.

Plus the bucks deal was for almost 1/2 the price that I suggested for the Clips.

[Clyde]

I think you forget who your dealing with here. The sterlings could just as easily leave $$$ on the table to sell to someone they are comfortable with.

Plus the bucks deal was for almost 1/2 the price that I suggested for the Clips.

Fisrt off, they aren't stupid.

my point with the bucks is they sold for over twice what their net worth was....and they're in MILWAUKEE!!

Lastly they can just sell it to whoever, the board of governors still need to vote the new owners in.

[3peated]

Please Let This Somehow Create A Virginia Team

[navy]

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/10973679/donald-sterling-allows-shelly-sterling-negotiate-sale-los-angeles-clippers


Disgraced Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has agreed to allow his wife, Shelly, to negotiate a forced sale of the team, sources with knowledge of the situation told ESPN.

Shelly Sterling and her lawyers have been negotiating with the NBA since her husband was banned for life by commissioner Adam Silver on April 29 for making racially charged comments on an audiotape.

While the league has yet to accept this arrangement, sources said that if she is willing to sell the entire team with terms that are acceptable to the league, this could bring a startlingly quick end to what appeared to be a protracted legal battle.

[+] EnlargeDonald Sterling has agreed to let his wife, Rochelle
Kyle Terada/USA TODAY Sports
Donald Sterling has agreed to let his wife, Rochelle "Shelly" Sterling, negotiate the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers, sources told ESPN.com. Shelly Sterling is an alternate governor of the team.
Shelly Sterling does intend to sell the Clippers, however it remains unclear how much of a share -- if not all -- she's willing to sell, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. Sources said the only way the NBA would accept the terms of this agreement between Donald Sterling and his wife would be if the team was sold in its entirety.

Among the issues she is considering, the source said, are the substantial tax obligations she will will incur from the sale.

According to IRS rules, the Sterlings would have to pay a federal long terms capital gains tax of 20 percent and a California tax of 13.3 percent. The tax would be on the difference between what the team was bought for and what it is ultimately sold for. If the team is sold for $1 billion, the Sterlings would be taxed $328.5 million on the sale. Sterling bought the team from Irv Levin in 1981 for $13.5 million.

In addition to the lifetime ban, Donald Sterling was fined $2.5 million by Silver after the release of a TMZ recording in which he told a female friend, V. Stiviano, not to bring black people to Clippers games.

The NBA filed charges to terminate Sterling's ownership of the Clippers this week. He has five business days -- until next Tuesday -- to respond to the charges. A hearing was set for June 3 in New York, with a vote of the board of governors to take place thereafter.

Sterling's lawyer, Max Blecher, responded to the charges by asking for a three-month delay. That request was immediately turned down by the NBA, sources said.

Blecher indicated in his email to the NBA that Sterling intended to fight the charges and the move to terminate his ownership, saying he did not believe he'd done anything to deserve such punishment.

But a source said that over the course of this week, Sterling has rethought his position and formally agreed to allow Shelly -- an alternate governor of the team -- to negotiate a sale.

NBA rules, however, prevent him from transferring a controlling interest in the team to anyone. A new controlling owner would need to be approved by the board of governors, and Shelly Sterling would not be approved.

While Shelly Sterling's lawyers have made it clear to the league that she intends to maintain her 50 percent interest in the team, they have also stated both publicly and privately that she would like to resolve the situation amicably.

The agreement between Donald Sterling and his wife was first reported by TMZ.

[Clyde]

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=338078

[navy]

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=338078
My thread is better. :no:

[CLTHornets4eva]

Please Let This Somehow Create A Virginia Team

I think VA lost their chance with the Kings a few years ago.

[stalkerforlife]

I feel bad for this lynching of an 80 year old man hopped up on prescription drugs.

I hope Magic leads the group that buys the team and dies of AIDS right afterward. Glass house living AIDS patient.

[Derka]

$750 mill? Team's gonna sell for $1.5 billion at least if the bidding goes as it should.

[navy]

I feel bad for this lynching of an 80 year old man hopped up on prescription drugs.

I hope Magic leads the group that buys the team and dies of AIDS right afterward. Glass house living AIDS patient.
:biggums:

So you feel bad for a know racist slumlord, but wish death on magic?

[hawksdogsbraves]

:biggums:

So you feel bad for a know racist slumlord, but wish death on magic?

To be fair Magic is probably just as racist

[crisoner]

To be fair Magic is probably just as racist

Explain

[navy]

To be fair Magic is probably just as racist
As racist as Donald Sterling? Proof? :oldlol:


n August 2006, the U.S. Department of Justice sued Sterling for housing discrimination in using race as a factor in filling some of his apartment buildings. The suit charged that Sterling refused to rent to non-Koreans in the Koreatown neighborhood and to African Americans in Beverly Hills.[5] The suit alleges Sterling once said he did not like to rent to Hispanics because they "smoke, drink and just hang around the building," and that "Black tenants smell and attract vermin."[5] In November 2009, ESPN reported that Sterling agreed to pay a fine of $2.73 million to settle claims brought by the Justice Department and Davin Day of Newport Beach that he engaged in discriminatory rental practices against Hispanics, blacks, and families with children.[6] In addition, Sterling was also ordered to pay attorneys' fees and costs in that action of $4,923,554.75. [Order Granting Motion for Prevailing Party's Attorneys' Fees and Costs, dated November 2, 2005, C.D. Cal. Case No. 2:03-cv-00859-DSF-E Dkt No. 454]. In granting the attorney's fees and costs Judge Dale S. Fischer noted "Sterling's' scorched earth' litigation tactics, some of which are described by the Plaintiffs' counsel and some of which were observed by the Court. The Court has no difficulty accepting Plaintiffs' counsel's representations that the time required to be spent on this case was increased by defendant's counsel's often unacceptable, and sometimes outrageous conduct." [Id. at p. 5]

In February 2009, Sterling was sued by former longtime Clippers executive Elgin Baylor for employment discrimination on the basis of age and race.[7] The lawsuit alleges Sterling told Baylor that he wanted to fill his team with "poor black boys from the South and a white head coach".[5] The suit alleges that during negotiations for Danny Manning, Sterling said "I'm offering a lot of money for a poor black kid."[5][8] The suit noted those comments while alleging "the Caucasian head coach was given a four-year, $22-million contract", but Baylor's salary had "been frozen at a comparatively paltry $350,000 since 2003".[7]


I wanna know why you think you can coach these ******s.
(To potential coach Rollie Massimino, 1983)
Quote:
That's because of all the blacks in this building, they smell, they're not clean.
(To a property supervisor, 2002, sworn testimony.)
Quote:
And it's because of all of the Mexicans that just sit around and smoke and drink all day.
(Ibid.)
Quote:
I don't like Mexican men because they smoke, drink and just hang around the house.
(Ibid.)
Quote:
Is she one of those black people that stink? [...] Just evict the bitch.
(Ibid.)
Quote:
I'm offering a lot of money for a poor black kid.
(On negotiations to sign Danny Manning, 1988, allegedly in David Stern's presence.)
Quote:
I don't have to spend any more money on them, they will take whatever conditions I give them and still pay the rent.
(On Koreans, sworn testimony.)
Quote:
According to former general manger Elgin Baylor, Sterling envisioned a "Southern Plantation type structure" for the Clippers, one in which, as he allegedly put it to Baylor, "poor black boys from the South" played for a white head coach.
Quote:
In 2011, he refused to cover a Clippers assistant coach's prostate cancer treatment, forcing NBA players to pay for it. Players complained Sterling brought women into the locker room while they were showering, and told the women to "look at those beautiful black bodies."
Quote:
Oh, and then there's all the sexual harassment lawsuits and Sterling's demands that women "let me put it in [...] or suck on it."

[mistergreens]

they wont move from LA. Being in LA is exciting and makes life easier for the clippers. CP3 never signed up to live in Seattle and all of those guys they manage to sign on the cheap during free agency are there because of hollywood and not seattle.

KD never signed up to live in OKC (I know he resigned a deal there, but at the time, he didn't). What would CP3 do if they decided to move? Not fulfill his contract?

I don't think they would move, but just playing devil's advocate here.

[wakencdukest]

Earl Thomas has more alpha blood in him than the entire Clippers organization. LA can keep that soft team.




You'd give up the one chance to get an NBA team back in your city? If it doesn't happen now, it might not happen for another 20 years.

[CLTHornets4eva]

You'd give up the one chance to get an NBA team back in your city? If it doesn't happen now, it might not happen for another 20 years.

Lets be real Seattle is a perfect bargaining chip for the NBA any team with a need for a new stadium will threaten to move to SEA. It could happen when the Bucks, Pistons or Wolves cant get new stadiums built. Hell i could see OKC moving once everyone leaves and people realize how much of a dump it is.

[senelcoolidge]

Wow, the lakers may actually finally change their name. The new owner wants the team to have a name that fits with California, not an old name from their days in Minneapolis. I agree..there are no lakes in California.

[tontoz]

Where is that clown Number6? :lol

[Clyde]

Wow, the lakers may actually finally change their name. The new owner wants the team to have a name that fits with California, not an old name from their days in Minneapolis. I agree..there are no lakes in California.

what the hell are you talking about?

[CLTHornets4eva]

what the hell are you talking about?

We have some damaged people around here, clyde. :facepalm

[Threethrows]

The team wont be moved to Seattle guys, regardless of who buys it.

Don't get me wrong it would be cool, but not happening.

[Shade8780]

I dont see a team as good as the Clippers are now relocating to Seattle. They could've before they got CP3 like OKC did with KD, but it's probably too late now.

[qrich]

Why would someone spend a bill plus to relocate then top a city which couldn't maintain a franchise, not to mention they are already in a market where they were in the green when mediocre?

[LoneyROY7]

:rockon:

Clips getting a big time owner and will continue to run LA.

[longtime lurker]

Wait where are all the arm chair attorneys that said Sterling would NEVER sell his team :lol I mean this is AMERICA people! You can't lose something you OWN! Clowns.

[Droid101]

Where is that clown Number6? :lol
Staring longingly at a photograph of Donald Sterling.

[gts]

[I]When reports emerged that Donald Sterling would allow his wife Shelly to oversee and negotiate a forced sale of the Clippers, we knew it wouldn

[Clyde]

Wait where are all the arm chair attorneys that said Sterling would NEVER sell his team :lol I mean this is AMERICA people! You can't lose something you OWN! Clowns.


a ton posters here use their opinion as fact. If people spent a little more time researching the topic they are discussing, things would be a lot better here.

[MC Gusto]

I hope Hanson makes a move for them and they move to Seattle.
Why?

[qrich]

Why?

So they can struggle to stay in the green if the team ends up struggling on the court?

[MC Gusto]

You'd give up the one chance to get an NBA team back in your city? If it doesn't happen now, it might not happen for another 20 years.
They don't have a chance now. People just love to bring up that bullshit topic of moving a team to Seattle any time something happens.

[MC Gusto]

Wow, the lakers may actually finally change their name. The new owner wants the team to have a name that fits with California, not an old name from their days in Minneapolis. I agree..there are no lakes in California.
:biggums: :coleman:

[Finger Roll]

https://i.imgflip.com/91sew.jpg

[NumberSix]

Should sell it to someone who will move it to Seattle.

[LoneyROY7]

Should sell it to someone who will move it to Seattle.

No.

[longtime lurker]

Should sell it to someone who will move it to Seattle.

Hey I thought they couldn't force her to sell the team? According to your legal expertise the NBA was in a long drawn out court battle.

[NumberSix]

Thats not going to happen without the team owning its stadium. I think it will be under OR right at 1B
$3 Billion TV contract coming up. Of course you'll spend $2B if you immediately get back $3B.

[NumberSix]

Where is that clown Number6? :lol
Right here. Why? :confusedshrug:

[longtime lurker]

Wow, the lakers may actually finally change their name. The new owner wants the team to have a name that fits with California, not an old name from their days in Minneapolis. I agree..there are no lakes in California.

This has to be the most WTF post in this thread. Was this guy high when he posted this?

[COnDEMnED]

Wow, the lakers may actually finally change their name. The new owner wants the team to have a name that fits with California, not an old name from their days in Minneapolis. I agree..there are no lakes in California.
Northern California has tons of lakes in the High Sierras.

[Laker4Lyfe]

Wait where are all the arm chair attorneys that said Sterling would NEVER sell his team :lol I mean this is AMERICA people! You can't lose something you OWN! Clowns.

I was just thinking the same thing. :roll:

[NumberSix]

Hey I thought they couldn't force her to sell the team? According to your legal expertise the NBA was in a long drawn out court battle.
They've decided not to fight to keep it. Who am I to argue? It's theirs. If they have decided to sell, why should I disagree with their decision?

[Fiddlesticks]

I don't care

[Unbiased_one]

They've decided not to fight to keep it. Who am I to argue? It's theirs. If they have decided to sell, why should I disagree with their decision?

This is nt true. The sterling's know that the nba will refuse their offer, and then they will use this refusal in future litigation to demonstrate that the nba was uncooperative.

They know this will happen as if the nba ratifies the transfer then Shelly sterling can elect not to sell and the nba will not be able to do anything about it.

The nba is probably ****ed really. Especially if the owners don't reach the 75 percent vote threshold.

[NumberSix]

This is nt true. The sterling's know that the nba will refuse their offer, and then they will use this refusal in future litigation to demonstrate that the nba was uncooperative.

They know this will happen as if the nba ratifies the transfer then Shelly sterling can elect not to sell and the nba will not be able to do anything about it.

The nba is probably ****ed really. Especially if the owners don't reach the 75 percent vote threshold.
You might be right. I don't know.

[chocolatethunder]

The NBA is refusing this.

[jzek]

can we pool our money and buy the clips?

[Unbiased_one]

You might be right. I don't know.

I think the key thing is is that the nba cannot allow Shelly sterling to become the controlling owner. And the fact that they won't allow this will give them serious issues in court.

[Droid101]

can we pool our money and buy the clips?
In for $10 if we can meet the Kickstarter goal of 1 billion.

[LakersFan626]

I wanna know why you think you can coach these ******s.
(To potential coach Rollie Massimino, 1983)
Quote:
That's because of all the blacks in this building, they smell, they're not clean.
(To a property supervisor, 2002, sworn testimony.)
Quote:
And it's because of all of the Mexicans that just sit around and smoke and drink all day.
(Ibid.)
Quote:
I don't like Mexican men because they smoke, drink and just hang around the house.
(Ibid.)
Quote:
Is she one of those black people that stink? [...] Just evict the bitch.
(Ibid.)
Quote:
I'm offering a lot of money for a poor black kid.
(On negotiations to sign Danny Manning, 1988, allegedly in David Stern's presence.)
Quote:
I don't have to spend any more money on them, they will take whatever conditions I give them and still pay the rent.
(On Koreans, sworn testimony.)
Quote:
According to former general manger Elgin Baylor, Sterling envisioned a "Southern Plantation type structure" for the Clippers, one in which, as he allegedly put it to Baylor, "poor black boys from the South" played for a white head coach.
Quote:
In 2011, he refused to cover a Clippers assistant coach's prostate cancer treatment, forcing NBA players to pay for it. Players complained Sterling brought women into the locker room while they were showering, and told the women to "look at those beautiful black bodies."
Quote:
Oh, and then there's all the sexual harassment lawsuits and Sterling's demands that women "let me put it in [...] or suck on it."

This is why Sterling not being affiliated with the Clippers is a GOOD thing. I mean, they nearly lost all their sponsors (no sponsors, no games on TV) and if he kept the Clippers, hardly anybody would want to play for them. Those are serious issues. The longer he stayed, the more the team wold be associated with racism, and it isn't smart to be associated with racism.

[SacJB Shady]

Wow, the lakers may actually finally change their name. The new owner wants the team to have a name that fits with California, not an old name from their days in Minneapolis. I agree..there are no lakes in California.


:biggums:



Lake Almanor near Chester CA
Antelope Lake near Quincy, CA
Benbow Lake near Redwood Parks
Bucks Lake near Quincy CA
Clear Lake near Wine Country
Echo Lake inside Lassen NF
Gold Lake near Sierra City, CA
Juniper Lake Lassen NP, via Lassen NF
Lake Oroville near Plumas NF
Manzanita Lake near Plumas NF
Shasta Lake near Redding, CA
Lake Siskiyou inside Mount Shasta, CA
Sand Pond near Sierra City, CA
Sardine Lakes near Sierra City, CA
Silver Lake near Sierra City, CA
Thousand Lakes E of Redding, CA
Trinity Lake near Weaverville, CA
Whiskeytown Reservoir near Redding


Bass Lake near Oakhurst, CA
Beardsley Lake inside Stanisalus NF
Big Pothole Lake inside Inyo National Forest
BlackRock Reservoir inside Sierra NF
Convict Lake eastern Sierra range: Inyo NF
Courtright Lake inside Sierra NF
Coyote Lake 4WD to remote : Sierra NF
Crowley Lake eastern Sierra near Inyo NF
Dinkey Lakes Wilderness S of Yosemite, in Sierra NF
Edison Lake S of Yosemite, in Sierra NF
Eelephant Rock Lake inside Stanisalus NF
Ellery Lake E of Yosemite, in Inyo NF
Fern Lake inside Inyo NF
Florence Lake inside Sierra National Forest
Lake Genevieve inside Inyo NF
Lake George inside Inyo NF
Gilbert Lake inside Inyo National Forest
Highland Lakes inside Stanisalus NF
Hume Lake near Kings Canyon NP
Huntington Lake near Lakeshore, CA
Lake Isabella near Kernville, CA
June Lake near June Lake, CA
Lake Kaweah near 3 Rivers, CA
Kearsarge Lakes inside King Canyon / High Sierra
Kenney Reservoir near Ebbetts Pass
Leavitt Lake E Sonora Pass: Stanislaus NF
Lundy Lake eastern Sierra range: Inyo NF
Mammoth Lakes eastern Sierra range: Inyo NF
Mammoth Pool Reservoir western Sierra: Sierra NF
Lake Mary inside Inyo National Forest
Mono Lake near Lee Vining, CA
Mosquito Lakes inside Stanisalus National Forest
New Melones Lake near Angels Camp, CA
Pine Flat Lake near Sierra NF
Pinecrest Lake on Sonora Pass
Red Lake 4WD to rural: Sierra NF
Redinger Lake way back there in Sierra NF
Saddlebag Lake E Yosemite, in Inyo NF
Sequoia Lake near Visalia, CA
Shaver Lake inside Sierra National Forest
Smith Lake inside Tahoe National Forest
Sotcher Lake inside Inyo National Forest
South Lake inside Inyo National Forest
Spicer Reservoir inside Stanisalus National Forest
Stark Weather Lake inside Inyo National Forest
Tenaya Lake inside Yosemite National Park
Topaz Lake near Toiyabe National Forest
Twin Lakes near Bridgeport, CA
Utica Reservoir inside Stanisalus National Forest
Viginia Lakes inside Toiyabe National Forest
Walker Lake near June Lake CA
Wishon Lake inside Sierra National Forest


Lake Arrowhead inside San Bernardino NF
Big Bear Lake inside San Bernardino NF
Castaic Lake near Angeles NF & Los Padres NF
Lake Cachuma near Los Padres NF
Lake Cuyamaca near Cleveland NF
Lake Dixon near Escondido CA
Lake Elsinore in the Inland Empire
Green Valley Lake inside San Bernardino NF
Laguna Hanson inside Baja Calif Mexico
Lake Havasu near Blythe, CA
Lake Hemet inside San Bernardino NF
Lake Henshaw near Cleveland NF
Jenks Lake near Angelus Oaks, CA
Lake Hemet in San Bernardino NF
Lake Piru near Los Padres NF
Pyramid Lake near Los Padres NF
Salton Sea near Anza Borrego SP
Lake Sutherland near Cleveland NF
Silverwood Lake near San Bernardino NF

[MMM]

Lol @ those Lakes

But why would anyone buy the Clippers and move them out of LA/orange County. That makes no business sense at all.

[Darius]

lmao @ these keen ISH business minds.

Buy a team worth $1.5b because it is in LA and actually makes money and move it to a city that couldn't even support its own team.

[gts]

lmao @ these keen ISH business minds.

Buy a team worth $1.5b because it is in LA and actually makes money and move it to a city that couldn't even support its own team.

Where'd you get 1.5 bilion?

Latest Forbes ranking has them at 600 million and that was before this mess which will knock some off the price because sponsors/partnerships are part of the valuation

http://www.forbes.com/teams/los-angeles-clippers/

[Milbuck]

Move them to Milwaukee. Get a dual-team thing going for Milwaukee like it currently is in LA.

The Milwaukee Cheese Curds? I'm diggin that.

[maybeshewill13]

Wow, the lakers may actually finally change their name. The new owner wants the team to have a name that fits with California, not an old name from their days in Minneapolis. I agree..there are no lakes in California.
Have you ever been outside? ****ing neck-beard.

[maybeshewill13]

:biggums:



Lake Almanor near Chester CA
Antelope Lake near Quincy, CA
Benbow Lake near Redwood Parks
Bucks Lake near Quincy CA
Clear Lake near Wine Country
Echo Lake inside Lassen NF
Gold Lake near Sierra City, CA
Juniper Lake Lassen NP, via Lassen NF
Lake Oroville near Plumas NF
Manzanita Lake near Plumas NF
Shasta Lake near Redding, CA
Lake Siskiyou inside Mount Shasta, CA
Sand Pond near Sierra City, CA
Sardine Lakes near Sierra City, CA
Silver Lake near Sierra City, CA
Thousand Lakes E of Redding, CA
Trinity Lake near Weaverville, CA
Whiskeytown Reservoir near Redding


Bass Lake near Oakhurst, CA
Beardsley Lake inside Stanisalus NF
Big Pothole Lake inside Inyo National Forest
BlackRock Reservoir inside Sierra NF
Convict Lake eastern Sierra range: Inyo NF
Courtright Lake inside Sierra NF
Coyote Lake 4WD to remote : Sierra NF
Crowley Lake eastern Sierra near Inyo NF
Dinkey Lakes Wilderness S of Yosemite, in Sierra NF
Edison Lake S of Yosemite, in Sierra NF
Eelephant Rock Lake inside Stanisalus NF
Ellery Lake E of Yosemite, in Inyo NF
Fern Lake inside Inyo NF
Florence Lake inside Sierra National Forest
Lake Genevieve inside Inyo NF
Lake George inside Inyo NF
Gilbert Lake inside Inyo National Forest
Highland Lakes inside Stanisalus NF
Hume Lake near Kings Canyon NP
Huntington Lake near Lakeshore, CA
Lake Isabella near Kernville, CA
June Lake near June Lake, CA
Lake Kaweah near 3 Rivers, CA
Kearsarge Lakes inside King Canyon / High Sierra
Kenney Reservoir near Ebbetts Pass
Leavitt Lake E Sonora Pass: Stanislaus NF
Lundy Lake eastern Sierra range: Inyo NF
Mammoth Lakes eastern Sierra range: Inyo NF
Mammoth Pool Reservoir western Sierra: Sierra NF
Lake Mary inside Inyo National Forest
Mono Lake near Lee Vining, CA
Mosquito Lakes inside Stanisalus National Forest
New Melones Lake near Angels Camp, CA
Pine Flat Lake near Sierra NF
Pinecrest Lake on Sonora Pass
Red Lake 4WD to rural: Sierra NF
Redinger Lake way back there in Sierra NF
Saddlebag Lake E Yosemite, in Inyo NF
Sequoia Lake near Visalia, CA
Shaver Lake inside Sierra National Forest
Smith Lake inside Tahoe National Forest
Sotcher Lake inside Inyo National Forest
South Lake inside Inyo National Forest
Spicer Reservoir inside Stanisalus National Forest
Stark Weather Lake inside Inyo National Forest
Tenaya Lake inside Yosemite National Park
Topaz Lake near Toiyabe National Forest
Twin Lakes near Bridgeport, CA
Utica Reservoir inside Stanisalus National Forest
Viginia Lakes inside Toiyabe National Forest
Walker Lake near June Lake CA
Wishon Lake inside Sierra National Forest


Lake Arrowhead inside San Bernardino NF
Big Bear Lake inside San Bernardino NF
Castaic Lake near Angeles NF & Los Padres NF
Lake Cachuma near Los Padres NF
Lake Cuyamaca near Cleveland NF
Lake Dixon near Escondido CA
Lake Elsinore in the Inland Empire
Green Valley Lake inside San Bernardino NF
Laguna Hanson inside Baja Calif Mexico
Lake Havasu near Blythe, CA
Lake Hemet inside San Bernardino NF
Lake Henshaw near Cleveland NF
Jenks Lake near Angelus Oaks, CA
Lake Hemet in San Bernardino NF
Lake Piru near Los Padres NF
Pyramid Lake near Los Padres NF
Salton Sea near Anza Borrego SP
Lake Sutherland near Cleveland NF
Silverwood Lake near San Bernardino NF

How the **** did you miss Lake Tahoe, one of the biggest lakes in the country? :biggums:

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[BurningHammer]

Somebody quick. Start a Kickstarter campaign. Your chance to own a team is now.
An ISH members-owned NBA team? :D

[maybeshewill13]

Somebody quick. Start a Kickstarter campaign. Your chance to own a team is now.
A groups of owners from this forum would be the worst ran team in the history of forever.

[Droid101]

A groups of owners from this forum would be the worst ran team in the history of forever.
No wai. We'd sign lerbron plus kobe plus durant plus we'd get scalabrine and yianlan and theoo.

Unbeatable core.

[brantonli]

Where'd you get 1.5 bilion?

Latest Forbes ranking has them at 600 million and that was before this mess which will knock some off the price because sponsors/partnerships are part of the valuation

http://www.forbes.com/teams/los-angeles-clippers/

Absolutely not. The Bucks went for $550 million, there's no way the Clippers will only go for $50 million more. The sponsors and partnerships will come flooding back once Sterling is out, and the Clippers value can only rise in the future, given the Lakers current crappiness. I believe the NBA is about to negotiate a new TV deal too, which will factor into the present value of the Clippers.

Also, this is a nice link of the list of Forbes valuation of teams:

http://www.forbes.com/nba-valuations/list/

Seriously, the KNICKS have EBITDA of 96.3 million? Jesus

[Akrazotile]

No wai. We'd sign lerbron plus kobe plus durant plus we'd get scalabrine and yianlan and theoo.

Unbeatable core.


Bro. We aint signing Kobe.

[SacJB Shady]

Wow! Tahoe wasn't even on that list! So many lakes, no wonder they are called the Lakers!

[longtime lurker]

Somebody quick. Start a Kickstarter campaign. Your chance to own a team is now.

Have you seen the garbage that gets posted on this forum? We'd lose sponsorship and be forced to sell the team within 3 days

[tontoz]

They've decided not to fight to keep it. Who am I to argue? It's theirs. If they have decided to sell, why should I disagree with their decision?


:oldlol:

You are such a dumbass. They didn't "decide" anything. Their ownership rights are being taken away.

When all this crap happened Sterling came out and said he wasn't selling. He even went so far as to give his wife control of the team. His lawyer came out and said the NBA had no right to take the actions they did.

Bottom line is that there is no decision to make. The team is being sold with or without their consent.

And what about the minority owners? You said the NBA couldn't force them to sell? You going to backpeddle on that too?

[longtime lurker]

:oldlol:

You are such a dumbass. They didn't "decide" anything. Their ownership rights are being taken away.

When all this crap happened Sterling came out and said he wasn't selling. He even went so far as to give his wife control of the team. His lawyer came out and said the NBA had no right to take the actions they did.

Bottom line is that there is no decision to make. The team is being sold with or without their consent.

And what about the minority owners? You said the NBA couldn't force them to sell? You going to backpeddle on that too?

Bro :roll: these Sterling supporters avoid this thread like Mark Cuban avoids black men in hoodies. I wish I had the time to dig up some of their old posts. They literally said that the NBA had no grounds to remove either Sterling or his wife.