Shelly
Sterling will accept offers this week to buy the Los Angeles Clippers ... and a frontrunner is a group led by
former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer ... TMZ Sports has learned.
We broke the
story ... Shelly met with Ballmer Sunday at her Malibu home, and our sources
say his group made "a very competitive offer."
Sources tell
us .. Shelly and her lawyer Pierce O'Donnell have put the word out ... they'd
like to make a deal THIS WEEK. We're
also told NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is aware of what she's doing. O'Donnell would not comment but we're told
Shelly and Silver have an open line of communication.
We're told
there are several other potential buyers in which Shelly is interested,
including:
-- Grant
Hill Group (Hill is a former NBA star who teamed up with investment partners)
-- Magic
Johnson and the Guggenheim Partners (a financial company based in Chicago)
-- Patrick
Soon-Shiong (surgeon turned multi-billionaire businessman)
-- David
Geffen and Larry Ellison
Our sources
say Oprah Winfrey is no longer in the running.
TMZ Sports
broke the story ... Donald has turned full control of the team over to Shelly
and she is privately negotiating with Silver to allow her to sell the team on
her terms. The team could be worth
upwards of $1.5 billion.
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