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sterling s alleged comments. we re all upset. if you re going to be like this, why are you owning a team in the nba which is, what, over 70% african-american basketball players. so i think he should step down. reporter: the nba now watching that as fans, players and officials experience their disgust. with comments like that it affects our game. we can t have it. we can t have it from an owner, a player, so on. there s absolutely no place in the nba family for ignorance, intolerance, reprehensible comments that are unacceptable and not fit for what this league is all about. reporter: well, donald sterling s wife of 50 years yes, he is still married. she was at the game. she told espn, quote, i m not a racist and she does not condone what s on that tape although she does not confirm it was her
husband. she filed a lawsuit against her husband s girlfriend claiming that she came into some possessions fraudulently, those polgsz, a ferrari, a range rover and a $1.8 million in beverly hills. she said those are gifts given to her by mr. sterling and she has done nothing wrong. the whole situation say big mess. not a lot of love for this guy in l.a. but the fans are devoted to the team. hard to reconcile those two things, the team and the owner and the players. we have out this birdsong, kevin johnson, greg anthony, and dominique wilkins. we ll get their word on this mess in los angeles. kevin johnson said it will be a defining moment for the league. it s complicated.
states. i m glad they re doing it. i hope it s going to give the families some a little bit of help in understanding what s going on. but it s going to be a collection of known facts. as few as we have. shawn pruchnicki, david gallo, thank you very much. i appreciate the perspective. kate? coming up next on nd, the fallout continuing this morning over racist comments reportedly made bit owner of the los angeles clippers. the team maintaining a united front as many call for him to step down. but will he? a former nba all-star is speaking out this morning. and also ahead on inside politics, president obama wrapping up a world trip of asia and also what he says about containing china. ahead. woman: this is not exactly what i expected.
but what we can change is the fact that we re not going to associate ourselves with people of the like. and i think our league, to your point earlier, of the fact that so many other player, significant players, are of african-american decent, i think it s vital that they do come out with a severely strong statement that we re not going to tolerate and allow for this type of bigoted behavior to exist. and it still will. but we don t want to ever have it rear its ugly head with the extent we ve seen with the audiotape released. it s been separated from the team itself. the players made a strong show. it s unfortunate, they have to be the ones taking a stand in this station. they need it in the playoffsing that with the warriors. greg, thank you very much. this is a continue, conversation. i think it has to be, otherwise, these things tengd s tend to g