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Byron Scott on how he became a Laker after being drafted by the Clippers: What was their hesitation on not signing you? Byron Scott: If you hear some of the stories, Donald Sterling wanted a Laker. He wanted a Laker badly. And I think he had met with Dr. Jerry Buss at some dinner or something and they talked about some things and Norm Nixon's name was mentioned. So Sterling went back to the head guys, Pete Babcock and those guys, and said ‘I want to make this trade’. So basically the Clippers traded my draft rights to the Lakers and Swen Nater for Norm Nixon and Eddie Jordan.
Matt Barnes: I got a 10-day contract with the Clippers. I want to say my first time, my first practice… First of all, the Clippers used to be ran by Donald Sterling, who's a piece of sh*t, let's just be honest. Eddie House: For real. Barnes: And it was such a bad college that there was no locker room, no showers, and you used to have to keep the back doors of the gym open so they didn't break into your cars."
Wachtell Lipton is the same law firm the NBA used to investigate two high-profile cases of misconduct by team owners — both of whom were later forced to sell their teams. In 2014, the law firm investigated former Clippers owner Donald Sterling for accusations of numerous racially insensitive remarks made about NBA legend Magic Johnson, revealed by TMZ. In 2022, the firm investigated former Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver for multiple instances of inappropriate language or behavior after an ESPN report on the matter.
Q. Did you ever have any run-ins with Donald Sterling and uh anything about him that stood that that stands out that you can still remember? Cuttino Mobley: What was weird to me right and I just let it go is that as soon as we finish playing and we go to the locker room he was coming in there with people like you know you take your clothes off and you’re butt naked. Like it was like art or like the zoo. He was like ‘Look, take at look at this specimen. You see this one? Look how tall that is. He's got dreads…’ You felt like that. Paul George: Like you were at an auction.
And you got any Donald Sterling stories? Darius Miles: Not really. Like, you know, me and Q kind of felt he was weird. So, you know, we kind of kept our distance. You know, at the white party, we'd walk in there for about 15 minutes, and as soon as we shook everybody’s hands and kissed the babies, we were out. You know what I'm saying? So we really didn’t— I think one of the weirdest things that he always used to do was just come in the locker room after the game with guys like half-naked and kind of, um, give you that uncomfortable type feel or look. You know what I'm saying? That’s probably the creepiest thing that he was doing.
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Duane Rankin: ESPN's Stephen A Smith just apologized to Suns team owner Mat Ishbia on mentioning his name with Donald Sterling, but said he meant it from a basketball perspective. Sterling received a lifetime ban from NBA for racist remarks. Now he's going in on Ishbia. #Suns
Duane Rankin: Mat Ishbia said doesn't think people take Stephen A. Smith seriously when asked about him saying he's on the verge of becoming the worst owner in the history of basketball. Added that he thinks Smith will apologize for putting him in the same category as Donald Sterling. #Suns pic.x.com/tnablKsJcC
Baron Davis: "He used the team as like his little duck-off business, you know what I mean, so like his PR, everything, all the [expletive] that he did was all through the team. And then he was just a weirdo, bro. He was just hella weird with weird people around him and I felt like anybody who hung around that dude had to be a weird [expletive]. You know what I mean? Because like he was beyond weird, you know what I'm saying. And not that he was racist, he was a hate everybody [expletive], so it wasn't even that he just hated black people, he hated everybody. He hated everybody, he probably hated himself."
ClutchPoints: "He was delusional and hateful, so he would say anything to anybody... I could've sued for sexual harassment." Baron Davis with a WILD locker room story about former Clippers owner Donald Sterling 😳 (via @TheVolumeSports) pic.twitter.com/qNmZ9BcsE8
Former players JJ Redick and Jamal Crawford, who both were part of the Clippers in the 2010s and were depicted in the show, had a discussion on The Old Man and The Three podcast about the portrayals. “I’ve watched two [episodes], I can’t wait to watch three,” Crawford said. “It’s hilarious because some things I remember and some things like that did not happen but I understand it’s entertainment. But my hair, I’ve never used a piece of spray paint in my life, why do they have my hair looking like that.”
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“We had a charity golf tournament at Palos Verdes at the Trump Course there and that was the only interaction I ever had with him (Donald Sterling)," said Redick. "This was after he tried to cancel my deal because he woke up and decided he didn’t want to sign a white player. I went up to him just to say hello and I said hey Mr. Sterling, ‘nice to meet you', and he said, ‘Hey JJ I’ve heard a lot about you.' That was the only words I ever spoke to him.”
“Some of the stuff with my free agency was actually accurate,” Redick said later. “We had a charity golf tournament at Palos Verdes at the Trump Course there and that was the only interaction I ever had with him (Donald Sterling). This was after he tried to cancel my deal because he woke up and decided he didn’t want to sign a white player. I went up to him just to say hello and I said hey Mr. Sterling, ‘nice to meet you', and he said ‘hey JJ I’ve heard a lot about you.' That was the only words I ever spoke to him.”
Ball Don't Lie: The first trailer for "Clipped" -- the new show depicting the downfall of Clippers owner Donald Sterling 👀📽️ (via @ramonashelburne) pic.twitter.com/T8Lc5tq9u0
The first trailer for "Clipped" -- the new show depicting the downfall of Clippers owner Donald Sterling 👀📽️
— Ball Don’t Lie (@Balldontlie) April 25, 2024
(via @ramonashelburne)pic.twitter.com/T8Lc5tq9u0
Doc Rivers: “…So, to me and all I’m saying is this and this is what I’m concerned by, is teams targeting the better players with instigation to get them thrown out and the better player has to be above and can’t retaliate. It’s just like anything. I even go back way back to the Donald Sterling thing. Sterling says that crap he said, and no one talked about Sterling anymore. They’re waiting for us to respond and how we respond. It shouldn’t be about how we respond. It should be about the person who commits the act and so that’s the only thing I’m concerned with. The JoelEmbiid thing will take care of itself. We got to be better. We knew coming into the game, they’re going to be more physical, and we got to handle that better as a group…”