ON AUG. 18, 2014, Steve Ballmer shouted, chest-bumped and high-fived his way through a frenzied crowd of 4,500 fans inside Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. Eminem's "Lose Yourself" thumped overhead. The former Microsoft CEO had just paid a then-record $2 billion for the LA Clippers, at once rescuing the team, the city of Los Angeles and the NBA from one of its darkest eras.
Hey, if you can do it, you can do it! If you get away with it, you get away with it. But I tell you this - where there's smoke, there's fire. If the NBA thinks that you are wrong about doing stuff like that. They're gonna get you, they're gonna get you. I say this - I'm not for sure. I'm not sure.