NBA wants vote on Sterling despite Clippers sale pact

By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The NBA said Friday it will go ahead with a vote on terminating Donald Sterling's ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers, although it signaled that a proposal by Sterling's wife to sell the franchise was its preferred course. The National Basketball Association said in a statement that co-owner Shelly Sterling had notified it late Thursday that she had reached an agreement to sell the club to former Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer. The NBA said it was still awaiting necessary documentation from Shelly Sterling on the record $2 billion agreement with Ballmer and that it would proceed with the June 3 meeting of its Board of Governors on whether to strip Sterling of ownership for making racist remarks. "Commissioner (Adam) Silver has consistently said the preferred outcome to the Clippers proceeding would be a voluntary sale of the team," the NBA said in a statement.

Continue reading...