His multi-million dollar fortune aside, L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling is reported to be having difficulty securing an attorney for his ongoing legal dilemma with the NBA.
First-year commissioner Adam Silver announced several days ago he was imposing a lifetime ban on the league's longest-tenured owner and immediately moving to force him into selling the franchise he has owned for the last 33-years after video of him recently emerged where he admonishes a girlfriend "not to bring black people to my games."
Donald Sterling caught in another rant?
During his initial rant, Sterling also targeted NBA legend and Hall of Famer Magic Johnson by name. Now comes news at least eight high-powered law firms have refused to sign on to represent the 81-year real estate mogul "because they think he's toxic and would p**s off their existing clients."
According to TMZ Sports, Sterling has reached out to firms from L.A. to San Francisco, with little luck, even though some of the partners at the targeted firms have reached out to Sterling over the years for such favors as tickets to various Clippers games.
LeBron avoided Clippers because of Donald Sterling?
Since word of the league's plan to have Sterling place the franchise on the market became public such celebrities as Johnson, Oprah Winfrey, David Geffen, Sean "Diddy" Combs and Oscar Oscar Dela Hoya have all expressed at least a preliminary interest in purchasing a franchise now expected to sell for upwards of $1 billion.
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