The man knows he won’t be owner of the Clippers again; that’s not his motivation.  What’s driving him at this stage is what he perceives as effrontery on the part of the commissioners and his fellow owners.  Giving him the boot from the owners’ club truly bothers him, but the temerity to ban him for life and fine him $ 2.5mm on top of it is where he is drawing the line.  They should have anticipated that, and dropped the fine once he agreed to the sale.  That they didn’t makes it personal with him, and he has the resources to make it painful for them.

There is a reason for Jesus having said, “He that is without sin, cast the first stone.”  Mark Cuban for one is sweating bullets right now.  Remember his comment about the “slippery slope”, and his protestation that everyone has bias?  Do you think those were casual, innocent musings?  On the contrary, it was a realization of what could happen if his own character were subject to scrutiny.  I assure you, he is not alone.

The other owners, even the commissioners have things they would prefer left not publicized.  I for one have no desire to know what their secrets are.  The best course of action, for everyone, would be to drop the ban and fine, sell the team, and let this man go his own way with a measure of his pride intact.