welcome back to the lead . i m jake tap per. the sports lead now. she said he was a racist and he promised to dig in and fight. the sterling are reportedly ready to surrender. donald sterling gave control of the franchise to his wife shelly who is negotiating the voluntary sale of the team to the nba. so does this now all go away or are the sterlings and adam silver destined for a court date? joining me, friend of the show, mike wise. thank you so much for being here. so why the sudden change for the sterlings? i think for the first time these guys have gotten sage pr
housing diskr kracrimination la or within the organization, itself. we know in the l.a. times story there have been employees who have said they don t want shelly sterling involved either, she s a horrible individual as well. i don t know how much ammunition they have in their investigative reporting to help push shelly along but on the outside looking in, it looks like a game to me. suzanne, the timeline is pretty specific. the sterlings have to respond to a legal brief submitted by the nba by may 27th then all of the owners are scheduled to meet june 3rd in new york. if 3/4 of them vote to terminate the sterling s ownership of the clippe clippers, it s over for them. the nba made it leer they want to move forward, that s going to happen no matter what kind of deal there is between the sterlings. what i think is interesting is the fact we heard from mark cuban yesterday, the dallas mavericks, the owner of the team, the thing he was most worried about is being a
constitution regarding the ownership interests in the clippers. they have to say that, right? right. this is down behind closed doors with the main counsel for the nba, donald sterling s and shelly sterling s attorneys in this case will look at the paperwork and say, okay, how are we going to didvest you of this and i don t think there s any question that it will be resolved with the attorneys before it s in the public. i heard that bill simmons of es approxima espn thought that the team could sell for as much as $2 billion. really? well, i would be shocked if it were that much only because i don t think madrid, the new york yankees are worth $2 billion at this point, or at least that s not what forbes has valued them at. they ve only won two playoff
official yesterday and mark cuban made his comments regarding race tied to don sterling. the league is not blinking in terms of what they want to have happen. i think one of the other things that we need to talk about is the report that came out in the l.a. times in regards to the investigation that the nba did. it looked as though shelly sterling could pretend that she s he she s estranged but more and more reports are coming out that are linking her to him, the behavior within the clippers organization as well, saying that we don t want her involved as well because of things she has done. i think with the nba presenting this information, as much as the oral argument, the legal argument, just knowing that this information is there as well, also might have pushed them to make the move. i would keep pushing. i wouldn t stop pushing. the nba has made it clear they don t want him involved or her involved in the team in the summary of the sterling termination charge, the legal
really a game of legal chess. reporter: why? with the nba draft fast approaching in june, a quick resolution would benefit the team and the league. tuesday, nba commissioner adam silver seemed to offer a way out for donald sterling. sell the team now and sterling would avoid the special hearing early next month requiring him to face charges that he damaged the league and the vote by nba owners potentially forcing him to sell. i prefer he sell it than we go through this process. so if that s what you by man to man, i m open to that. reporter: a move toward selling the team is an about face for all sides. from donald sterling who through his attorney refused to pay the fine or sell the team, threatening to sue the league. money is not what i m interested in. so why not walk away? i want to show all the people that are associated with basketball and the world i m not