Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned from the NBA for life. He has also been fined a maximum fine of $2.5 million, according to NBA commissioner Adam Silver during his press conference on the situation.
“We will urge the Board of Governors to force (Donald) Sterling to sell the team,” Silver said during the conference.
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UPDATE: 12:04 p.m.
CLIPPER STATEMENT: “We wholeheartedly support and embrace the decision by the NBA.”