Oh, my
The Angel of Stern is very, very, VERY glad that he retired as NBA Commish _before_ Balmer became an owner. He had enough trouble dealing with Cuban. Cuban _and_ Ballmer? At the same time? Poor Silver's in deep, deep, DEEP trouble...
Microsoft mogul Steve Ballmer was as happy as a kid on Christmas morning getting a new toy, according to the woman who sold him a basketball team. Shelly Sterling, the former caretaker owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, said that Ballmer's enthusiasm to purchase the NBA club was "like a small child." Speaking in an interview …
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Love or hate Microsoft.... or his past there, Ballmer is a genius. It'll be interesting to see if he's successful in the basketball business. Personally, I don't really care one way or another. I hate basketball about as much as I hate soccer :) Now, if he had bought an NFL football team, my interest might be different.
Interesting - I wonder if Ballmer will redesign basketball to give it a new look and feel? Going on past history the interface may resemble other sports.
New "Metro" Basketball - the old hand interface is gone, players must now use their feet to move the ball around and the hoops at either end of the court are now larger, with a rectangular appearance and on the floor.
What's to stop him hatching a second team and hiving it off to his home town?
Sounds like an excellent business idea rather like Windows 98 and NT. We all know what happened next.
(The management threw the rule books out the window, bought in new players and made them run all over the place senselessly so every time they played Linux they were tired and slow in the second half but fortunately all the fans were Microsoft and all the governing officials were in the same league with the team managers.)
"He was a like a little child. He was so excited, so happy. We sort of connected. I felt he would be good for the team"
Not half as much as you felt he would be good for your bank balance I guess.
$2000 million dollars. For a BASKETBALL TEAM! Go ask Bill G if he thinks that's a good thing to spaff your wealth on......... Truly you are a man of great taste and sophistication which was reflected by the quality of your company's products when you were in charge.
Two thousand mill for a boy's netball team! Jeez, These people are really not like us are they? Next time your Windows computer crashes, just imagine this goon grinning like an imbecile as he watches some blokes bouncing a ball up and down thinking "I OWN THIS! IT'S ALL MINE! HA HA HA!" Losing all faith in the sanity and decency of human beings is an optional extra option.