California judge signals Clippers deal to proceed, declares Shelly Sterling acted in 'good faith'

Earlier this week, a California judge has ruled that Shelly Sterling had acted in good faith with regard to the actions she took in negotiating a deal to sell the Los Angeles Clippers. Yahoo Sports said that her estranged husband, Donald, has since sued the Sterling family trust for conspiring to sell the basketball team.

According to judge Michael Levanas, Shelly had acted in good faith when she encouraged her husband to meet with two neurologists to check if whether the latter is suffering from any mental health issues, specifically from Alzheimer's disease or dementia. When Donald was deemed mentally incapable of managing the trust, Shelly acted in his position to work on a $2 billion sale to the former Microsoft CEO.

Donald's woes in trying to keep the Clippers started when a taped audio conversation of him and his girlfriend V Stiviano caught him making racist comments, despite the fact that the latter was of mixed race. The National Basketball Association has since imposed a hefty and heavy punishment on Sterling, and pundits charged the move due to the latter costing the sports league huge amounts of money due to the audio tape scandal.

Donald has since sued his own family trust, citing violations in freedom of speech and privacy and the unprofessional behavior of his doctors. Moreover, he openly called his wife of 60 years a "pig," despite the fact that he expressed his love for Shelly a day earlier and had been openly cheating on her ahead of the audio tape scandal.

Nonetheless, sports analysts believe that the real winners in the Sterling drama are the Clippers, who will be looking forward to new management, and the NBA. Michael McCann of Sports Illustrated summed up the silver lining in the team and the sports league's dark cloud and tweeted, "Judge rules for Shelly Sterling and prevents Donald from appealing to keep team. Steve Ballmer will be next Clippers owner. Big win for NBA."

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