L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling now claims the racially fueled rant that got him banned from the NBA was all part of his plan to seduce girlfriend V. Stiviano.
According to TMZ Sports, Sterling recently told a friend he was hoping to convince Stiviano to sleep with him when he admonished her "not to bring back people to my games."
Responding to what the longest tenured owner in the NBA would have you believe was his form of pillow talk, new commissioner Adam Silver imposed a lifetime ban and a fine of $2.5 million on the 81-year-owner of the Clippers for the last 33 years.
Sterling's revealation comes just a day after audio emerged of him making yet even more comments some are deeming racially insensitive.
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"I grew up in East L.A. I was the president of the high school there. I mean, and I'm a Jew. And 50 percent of the people there were black and 40 percent were Hispanic. So I mean, people must have a good feeling for me," RadarOnline.com reports Sterling shouted during a phone call recorded after his lifetime ban was handed down.
Since league officials made it known they plan to force Sterling into selling the franchise, such celebs as Oprah Winfrey, Sean "Diddy" Combs, David Geffen and Oscar dela Hoya have all expressed at least a preliminary interest in buying a team expected to sell for upwards of $1 billion.
Stiviano, meanwhile, continues to deny ever having a sexual relationship with Sterling.
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