By now, most people know the kind of pain in the ass it would be to remove Donald Sterling from his ownership seat. Alas, we may have a beacon of hope provided by Magic Johnson and his billionaire buddies the Guggenheim Partners. The group is looking into buying the Clippers from Sterling according to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski.
Magic Johnson and his billionaire backers, the Guggenheim Partners, want a chance to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers, league sources told Yahoo Sports. “Magic’s absolutely interested,” one source closely connected to Johnson’s business interests told Yahoo Sports on Sunday night.
Magic Johnson and Guggenheim had been aggressive in pursuing a purchase of the Los Angeles Lakers – only to have the Buss family make clear to them the franchise isn’t for sale, sources told Yahoo Sports.
The Dodgers group is serious about owning an NBA team, and the league knows it. Together, they arranged for Johnson and the Guggenheim Partners to purchase the WNBA’s cash-strapped Los Angeles Sparks in February. The league office needed someone to spare it the embarrassment of the WNBA’s flagship franchise folding, and Magic and Guggenheim bailed it out. This hadn’t been born out of a sense of benevolence, but rather a pragmatic move to deeper ingratiate themselves with the NBA.
Let’s all hope for the sake of the league, hell, humanity, that Magic Johnson or somebody buys the team and sends Sterling out to the pasture to wallow in his own insanity.
UPDATE: Looks like Magic Johnson isn’t interested in purchasing the Los Angeles Clippers. He cleared up the rumors. Check the tweet below:
To NBA Fans, I want to put a stop to a rumor. I am not trying to buy the Clippers, they already have an owner.
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) April 29, 2014
