{"id":14585,"date":"2014-05-24T02:42:27","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T02:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/sterling-wife-to-negotiate-clippers-sale\/"},"modified":"2014-05-24T02:42:51","modified_gmt":"2014-05-24T02:42:51","slug":"sterling-wife-to-negotiate-clippers-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/sterling-wife-to-negotiate-clippers-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Sterling Wife ‘to Negotiate Clippers Sale’"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is authorising his wife to negotiate the sale of the basketball team, US media report.}}<\/p>\n

She may seek to retain partial ownership of the club, reports say.<\/p>\n

Mr Sterling was banned from the National Basketball Association (NBA) for life and fined $2.5m (\u00a31.5m) after racist comments he made went public.<\/p>\n

The sale could pre-empt a move by the NBA to force Mr Sterling to sell his interest in the basketball team.<\/p>\n

The league has charged him with damaging the reputation of the NBA and its teams. Three-quarters of the team owners must vote to force the sale. The owners are meeting on 3 June to consider the matter.<\/p>\n

A person with knowledge of the negotiations told the Associated Press news agency Shelly Sterling wanted “meaningful control” over the sale.<\/p>\n

She and her husband own the team through a trust.<\/p>\n

In a press conference on Tuesday, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said he would consider a sale before the 3 June hearing.<\/p>\n

However, USA Today and ESPN reported Mrs Sterling wanted to retain some ownership of the team. It is unclear whether the NBA would allow this.<\/p>\n

Last week, Mr Sterling said through his lawyer he would refuse to pay the fine and was considering suing the NBA.<\/p>\n

Maxwell Blecher said his client had done nothing to deserve the NBA’s punishment.<\/p>\n

The league announced the ban and fine soon after an audio recording of Mr Sterling emerged in the US media in which he was heard asking a woman not to associate in public with black people nor to bring them to games.<\/p>\n

Mr Silver said Mr Sterling’s “hateful opinions… simply have no place in the NBA”.<\/p>\n

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