that s happy with this situation. reporter: on twitter, magic johnson said, i will never go to a clippers game again as long as donald sterling is the owner. miami heat superstar lebron james weighed in saying, if the reports are true, it s unacceptable. as a commissioner of our league, you have to be aggressive with it. reporter: the clippers president released a statement saying they don t know if the tape is legitimate or it s been altered. the girlfriend was sued lasted month by sterling s wife, who s trying to get back money in gifts. vee is fighting the suit saying in courts papers, her four-year relationship with sterling was long-standing, even though he s married. now it s the court of basketball at the center of the sterling controversy. i think the situation is most
it s truly offensive and disturbing. and we intend to get to the bottom of it as quickly as possible. i personally think the situation is most unfair to the clippers players and coaches. who have to deal with this distraction in the middle of their own highly competitive play-off series. he said it right there, how does the nba handle a controversy like this, rob? without distracting from what s happening on the court? well, i think that adam silver, who is the new commissioner of the nba, he just took this job over in february, has his first real controversy on his hands. and i think so far, he s done everything that you would expect him to do. they came out with a strong statement condemning the comments on the tape. whether they were donald sterling s or not, the comments are offensive. clearly he you know, not having donald sterling at the game today certainly is a good thing. this game is on the road. they re acting very quickly. i m sure, alex, if they can
up, there s a swift investigation into racist comments allegedly made by clippers owner donald sterling. the audio recording posted by tmz is truly offensive and disturbing. and we intend to get to the bottom of it as quickly as possible. reporter: tmz sports posted what it says is an audio recording of a conversation between sterling and a woman named vee. it s not been verified by nba news. if you want to broadcast that you re associating with black people. do you have to? reporter: according to the tmz report, the two were dating and sterling was upset after she posted an instagram photo of her with magic johnson. you can sleep with him, bring him in, do whatever you want. the little i ask you is not to promote it, and not bring him to my games. what are we going to do? it has an impact and you move on. it upsets all of us. you know, there s not one guy