David Stern ruled the NBA with an iron fist. During his first decade as Stern’s successor, Adam Silver has governed with a slap on the wrist.
Silver got a fastball down the middle to begin his tenure as NBA commissioner when he banned Donald Sterling for life and forced him to sell the Los Angeles Clippers after recordings of racist comments were surfaced by TMZ. Steve Ballmer bought the franchise from Sterling’s wife for a cool $2 billion, in the process smashing the record for a franchise sale and accelerating the value of teams around the league.
Ballmer is one of the 10 richest men in the world, and by far
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