Sometimes you just have to step back and take it all in. Just a little over a month after being outed as a racist, soon-to-be former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is on the cusp of selling the franchise for a record $2 billion. It might be a drop in the pan for former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who will take over ownership of the team, but this deal speaks volumes about so many different things.
In order to gauge the reaction of the sports world, it sometimes makes sense to turn to Twitter. Here are some of hot takes, hilarious responses and downright jarring statistics regarding this pending sale.
Oh man what a great investment. Donald Sterling's payday: 15,900% return on Clippers' investment http://t.co/6L3ycXResz
— Newy Scruggs (@newyscruggs) May 30, 2014
I once turned a 15,900% return during a pog game. Is this the same thing?
Clippers will become the seventh NBA team since 2011 to be sold, and the sale will be more than three times as much as next closest team.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 30, 2014
Obviously, it’s because of the numerous NBA championships this franchise has won over the years.
NBA teams sold since 2011: Clippers ($2B), Bucks ($550M), Kings ($534M), Raptors, Grizzlies ($377M), Pelicans ($340M), 76ers ($287M)
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) May 30, 2014
Let’s do the math here. The Clippers sold for more than the Milwaukee Bucks, Sacramento Kings, Toronto Raptors, Memphis Grizzlies and New Orleans Pelicans combined. Did I do that right?
Sterling's about to sell the Clippers for 2billion after buying it 12 million….Donald wins. #OnlyInAmerica #leasthesgone
— Mike Hill (@ItsMikeHill) May 30, 2014
We have to continually focus on this because of how ridiculous it really is.
Now that former Microsoft CEO Ballmer is owner of NBA Clippers, thinking the team will run slowly, have constant breakdowns
— West Wing Report (@WestWingReport) May 30, 2014
Oh snap. I have to say that this is probably the best tweet of them all. If you’re reading this on a PC, you know very well what it means.
Roger Goodell is quickly giving a second look to those LA stadium plans with the news of the $2 billion bid for the Clippers.
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) May 29, 2014
Are the Buffalo Bills about to sell for $3 billion, relocate to Los Angeles and play at the Staples Center with Donald Trump as the owner?
$2 Billion?😳
— Carl Landry (@CarlLandry) May 30, 2014
Even basketball players have no idea what $2 billion means.
Dude just dropped $2 billion like it was nothing
— Brandon Rush (@BRush_25) May 30, 2014
That’s nothing. I just dropped $5 on an iced coffee at Starbucks. Talk about inflation.
And some brought even more comedy to the table.
https://twitter.com/Ky1eLong/status/472155479607885825
We can’t sit here and doubt that Kyle Long can dunk on Blake Griffin, can we?
Imagine what the Clippers would be worth if they had even won something…anything…ever.
— Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) May 29, 2014
They won the right to go from being owned by Donald Sterling to someone who freaking ran Microsoft after Bill Gates. Let that sink in.
Must admit, I'm gobsmacked. Clippers purchase includes no real estate, just right to put jerseys on humans and have them play at Staples.
— Mark Purdy (@MercPurdy) May 29, 2014
Gobsmacked is a thing?
This guy might buy the Clippers for $2 billion: http://t.co/Nwqnq1g8Bg pic.twitter.com/GtPOYjITGw
— Complex (@Complex) May 30, 2014
Can we get a Lance Stephenson meme in here somewhere?
what if donald sterling signs the sale contract, turns to the camera and goes "THE ARISTOCRATS!"
— Bill Hanstock (@sundownmotel) May 30, 2014
Presented without comment.
Donald Sterling is now officially a Kardashian…Screwed on tape, turns it into $2Billion
— BigHeadBS💨 (@BigHeadBS) May 30, 2014
Where does Kanye West fit in here?
What if Donald Sterling announced he leaked the tape to drive up the price for the Clippers? He'd break the Internet.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) May 29, 2014
Looks at Kim Kardashian
I hope Donald Sterling takes some of that money and starts a charity for underfunded slumlords.
— Doug Farrar ✍ (@NFL_DougFarrar) May 29, 2014
New movie, “Slumdog Billionaire.”
Now we await Donald Sterling to deny report and reiterate he will fight to the bloody end. Because this story is just too weird to be over
— Chris Mannix (@SIChrisMannix) May 29, 2014
Not sure we can handle any more of this. It’s now time to move on to Johnny Manziel’s next trip…to Amsterdam
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