NBA to Hire CEO to Oversee Clippers Situation

The National Basketball Association (NBA) have revealed they will employ CEO to lead the Clippers in an attempt to fill the void created by commissioner Adam Silver’s lifetime ban of Clippers owner Donald Sterling, ambulance who was caught on tape making a series of racist remarks.

The new executive, who has not yet been named, will be tasked with “supervising the team’s operations,” according to a press statement. USA Today Sports reports that longtime Clippers president Andy Roeser will remain with the organization “for now” and that he and the rest of the organization will report to the new boss.

“The best way to ensure the stability of the team during this difficult situation is to move quickly and install a CEO to oversee the Clippers organization,” a league spokesman said. “The process of identifying that individual is underway.”

Sterling, 80, has owned the Clippers for 33 years. Last week, TMZ released audio of a conversation in which Sterling can allegedly be heard scolding V. Stiviano, his girlfriend, for bringing African-Americans to Clippers games and for posting photos of herself and African-Americans, including Lakers legend Magic Johnson, to her Instagram account. On Tuesday, Silver fined Sterling $2.5 million and banned him from attending NBA games, practices, the Clippers’ facilities, and all personnel decisions. Two days later, the NBA’s 10-member advisory/finance committee voted unanimously to pursue Silver’s plan to oust Sterling and complete an ownership change.

A three-quarters majority vote of the league’s owners — 22 out of the other 29 owners — is required to force out Sterling. Kings owner Vivek Ranadive said he expects unanimous support from the NBA owners to oust Sterling.

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