we ll have to see what the probate court decides. you ll have to deal with that on a separate basis. at the end of the day, it strikes me as totally incredible to argue that this man, i talk to him every day, is incapable of making decisions and is mentally incompetent and i don t believe any court is going to make a finding to the contrary. even though two neurologists said in this report that he was incompetent? best opinions money can buy. those reports were directed to mrs. sterling s attorney. so guess who they thought they were working for. all right. so you re definitely going to go to probate court on that issue as well, right? yes. all right. max blecher, thanks very much for updating us on where this lawsuit stands and where you guys are planning to go. maxwell blecher is donald
consent. he s not going to consent. reporter: blecher and sterling are suing the nba for $1 billion in damages calling for sterling s lifetime ban from the league and his $2.5 million fine to be lifted claiming the nba s case against sterling relies entirely on an illegally recorded conversation. it s not clear if the lawsuit would interfere with the sale of the clippers. hours earlier, blecher told us sterling would look at the sale to steve ballmer and decide where to go from there, saying, he doesn t want to fight with shelly. that s the bottom line. anything s possible with donald sterling. with $2 billion on the line, not even donald sterling will mess this up. reporter: the nba announced its resolved disputes with shelly sterling, withdrawing its effort to terminate the ownership of the clippers and cancelling the owners vote on that and in exchange she won t sue the nba and she s going to protect the nba from future lawsuits from donald sterling
to negotiate the mega sale because of that declaration, but it might not be that easy. experts say donald sterling still has grounds to challenge the finding, and the sale of the team. he would retain his own physicians, neurologists, psychiatrists, whatever it may be, and have those physicians take issue with the findings of the physicians that found him incapacitated. reporter: all of which means what seems like a done deal could still wind up in court, and donald sterling s attorney maying ready for that. maxwell blecher tells cnn he believes the direction of mental inka pa incapacitation was an overstatement. calling it slowing down. it comes one day after telling wolf blitzer, sterling will fight the efforts to throw him out. we don t think the team can be sold without mr. sterling s
mental incapacitate. waiting to take over is steve ballmer who has agreed to buy the team for $2 billion. his enthusiasm was legendary at microsoft, where he introduced new products himself and even did spoofs. last time he tried to buy a team, his bid was unsuccessful. but this time analysts predict he will be welcome. ballmer is the ultimate owner. he should be fantastic for the nba and professional sports. certainly this is a guy whose got all the makings of being the ideal professional sports franchise owner. reporter: and going back the lawsuit one more time, it s not clear if this lawsuit is going to interfere with the sale of the clippers. donald sterling s lawsuit, because his attorney, maxwell blecher had told us just hours ago when we asked him for reaction to the sale that donald sterling was going to look at all of it and decide where to go
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