Steve Ballmer

[Charania] Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is complying with the NBA's punishments of the franchise for salary cap circumvention, deciding not to pursue any legal action.

[Charania] Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has released a new statement: "This has been a very difficult time for everybody associated with the Clippers, and for that, I have sincere regrets."

16 Days ago : [Holmes and Charania] The NBA has found no evidence showing LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer funneled money through team sponsors to pay Kawhi Leonard in order to circumvent the salary cap, sources tell ESPN.

[ESPN] Ballmer has insisted repeatedly in conversations with confidants that he will not accept a league result that asserts he or the team intended to circumvent the salary cap and would instead bring the matter to arbitration, according to multiple sources with knowledge of his thinking

[Byers] Ballmer’s critics eagerly await Torre’s next missive, which they hope will further expose the league’s own perfidy. Meanwhile, sources closer to the owner and to the league seem assured that the NBA’s findings will vindicate all parties and puncture Torre’s own reputation in the process

Steve Balmer 1 year ago: "Look, they conned me. They conned me! I made an investment in these guys thinking it was on the up and up and they conned me. At this stage, I have no ability to predict why they might have done anything they did, let alone the specific contract with Kawhi."

[Lloyd] Ballmer spent billions to make Clippers matter, but he brought them more shame. He was supposed to scrub Sterling’s stain from Clippers. Instead, he left one of his own. Their offenses are not morally equivalent. Sterling disgraced the franchise with racism; Ballmer corrupted its integrity.