In this recording, Sterling and Steviano get into an argument because Steviano posted photos of himself and black men on social media.

"Why are you putting pictures of you and black people on Instagram and bringing them to my game?"

"You can do whatever you want with them in your private life, what those black people do, go to bed, go to bed, take them to your home, and my only request is not to make it public...... Don't bring my game. ”

"I know you adore 'Magic' Johnson, and I know he deserves to be adored. I mean why can't you worship him in private, worship him with your whole life, bring him to the house, X him, I don't care, but don't put it on Instagram for the world to watch. ”

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The recording is clear throughout, and the tone fluctuates so much that it is completely distinguishable from the voices of Sterling and Stepviano.

This time, the whole alliance is fried.

It is not uncommon for yellow people to be discriminated against, but because of the small population, they are not taken seriously in the United States, but black people are different, since the 16th century, the topic of black discrimination has been there, and then in the 20th century, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" and the subsequent shooting of this topic pushed this topic to the climax.

Since then, successive U.S. administrations have tried to alleviate this problem, which is why discrimination against blacks is a rather sensitive topic.

Even in basketball, there are "godfathers of black basketball" like Don Haskins.

Now there are NBA owners who have such a serious racist tendency, which is undoubtedly a huge damage to the image of the entire NBA.

When the recording came to light, Sterling and his team were completely stunned, they never imagined that a small journalist could have such important evidence.

TMZ was even more dumbfounded, they didn't expect O'Brien to have such important evidence, and they didn't even know it.

It stands to reason that only Sterling and his girlfriend knew about such a conversation, and the only plausible explanation is that O'Brien didn't know how to get the recording from Stepiano.

Maybe it's a good job, maybe it's an exchange of interests, but no one is bothering about this anymore, and Sterling's inexplicable recording has completely pushed him and his team to the forefront.

Stern felt even more big, he was about to retire, and making such a fuss really didn't make him retire with peace of mind!

Time is fermenting, and the alliance is also thinking about how to deal with it.

During this time, Sterling's team tried to downplay the negative impact of the recording, saying that it was just angry words made during an argument and not Sterling's intention, and that he himself had a lot of respect for black people.

Such an explanation is clearly not recognized.

Some people moved out of the previous remarks of "bearded" Baron Davis, and some even found out that the management of the Clippers was all white, and it just so happened that Mike Murphy, the assistant coach who couldn't get medical bills, was black.

At this moment, Sterling was really at a loss for words, and no matter how much he explained, he was drowned out in saliva.

Under the pressure, Sterling also lost his mind a little, and he couldn't help but say angrily in the face of repeated questioning from reporters: "How can you do this, I am feeding these people!" ”

This passage was like taking away his last straw, and the players of the league began to speak one after another.

Kobe Bryant has said he will never play for Raheem Sterling.

LeBron James also spoke out against Raheem Sterling, claiming that "if I'm playing for Sterling, then I'll choose to strike".

Earl Lloyd, the first black player in NBA history, came out and blasted Sterling as an "idiot."

Johnson, the "Magic" involved in the recording, also said that Sterling does not deserve to have an NBA team anymore.

Even Michael Jordan, the "God of Basketball", came out and said that Sterling's remarks disgusted him.

Players' union president Chris Paul and the entire union began to boycott Sterling.

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In an instant, Sterling became the street rat that everyone shouted at.

It was also after the incident continued to ferment that US President Obama finally stood up and expressed his condemnation of Sterling's remarks and believed that the NBA would handle the matter.

The president has spoken out, and Stern can't be silent any longer, announcing that the league will set up an investigation team to conduct an in-depth investigation, and that Sterling will not be allowed to appear at any NBA-related events during the investigation.

It was also at this time that TMZ was pressured to admit that Sterling had previously offered them bribes to settle the previous public opinion turmoil.

This is tantamount to taking away the last shred of hope from Sterling.

Raheem Sterling, utterly discredited.

A week later, the league announced Sterling's penalty, which is a lifetime ban and a $2.5 million fine, and will do everything it can to get Sterling to sell the Clippers.

The penalty was also unanimously supported by the owners of other teams in the league, and it was only a matter of time before Sterling sold the Clippers.

This series of time developed very quickly, even faster than Tang Tian knew in his previous life.

After that, whether Sterling personally wanted it or not, the Clippers were put on the shelf.

Tang Tian finally couldn't sit still when he saw this.

This big event, which happened a year earlier than his previous life, was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him.

For giants like the Lakers and Knicks, the probability of him becoming the owner is almost zero, but as a close neighbor of the Clippers, it is definitely possible.

He knows that the Lakers' delay in rising after Kobe Bryant's retirement is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Clippers next door, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity plus a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, it's simply!

It's just that with his current financial resources, unless his Tangtian company is completely gone, he can't buy the Clippers by himself, that is, he must form a consortium.

But the problem is that although he has become famous in the NBA for so many years, he is not a businessman after all, and he does not have business partners or anything.

This is not the same concept as the 20% stake of the Warriors before.

In his previous life, 14 years Sterling was forced to sell the Clippers, but he sold 2 billion, and now it is a year earlier, and the price is a little lower, but definitely not too much.

Even if it is optimistically estimated, it will be at least more than 1.5 billion, which he can't get out of it alone now.

And, let's not forget that there is Ballmer as a competitor.

Ballmer had previously been hesitant to buy the Kings, after all, the market in Sacramento wasn't so appealing to him, but Los Angeles was completely different.

If Tang Tian wants to join the competition, he will have to face a competitor worth more than 10 billion.

But the opportunity is rare, no matter whether it succeeds in the end or not, Tang Tian wants to try it.

If he sells the equity of the Thunder and the Warriors now, plus his own funds, and compresses the company, he can come up with a maximum of about 500 million dollars, that is to say, his best choice is to become the second boss of the team, and what he needs now is to find someone who can become a big boss but does not like to take care of things.

There is no such partner abroad, so he can only turn his attention to China.