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It's official: Steve Ballmer is now the owner of the NBA LA Clippers professional basketball team. LINK

We'll soon see if he is able to do a better job with the Clippers than he did with Microsoft. ;P
 
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Nah Charlie expecting viruses and malware now.
 
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chscag said:
We'll soon see if he is able to do a better job with the Clippers than he did with Microsoft. ;P
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Not off to a very good start. From what I hear…he paid twice what the team was worth (2 billion).

- Nick
 
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pigoo3 said:
Not off to a very good start. From what I hear…he paid twice what the team was worth (2 billion).

- Nick
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I'm not conspiracy minded but it would not surprise me if one or more people connected with the NBA helped raise that 2 billion. It's not a matter of him needing the money it's a matter of value. IIRC the last team sold for less than a billion. I realize that was in a smaller market but I doubt the difference is 2:1.
 
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Slydude said:
I'm not conspiracy minded but it would not surprise me if one or more people connected with the NBA helped raise that 2 billion.
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Who knows…maybe some of the competing bids were well over a billion as well. So Ballmer did what he had to do to "win the auction". Like any auction…sometimes things sell for well above the estimated value.

I'm guessing Ballmer didn't bid 1 billion higher than anyone else. He probably simply bid a couple hundred thousand higher than the next higher bid.;)

Definitely out of my league!;);)

- Nick
 
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Sure you don't have a hefty nest egg stashed away in a mattress? I could've kicked in about $5 or so and we could have made a bid.:Mischievous:
 
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