Yao Ming, Hill Want to Buy Clippers
Yao Ming, Hill Want to Buy Clippers

Yao Ming, Hill Want to Buy Clippers

Retired Chinese basketball great Yao Ming has set his sights on acquiring the Los Angeles Clippers, one of the top teams in the National Basketball Association or NBA.

Sources have told ESPN.com that Grant Hill and Yao Ming are working separately to assemble ownership groups to bid on the Clippers once they are available for purchase. A separate source told ESPN.com that Los Angeles’ embattled owner, Donald Sterling, has agreed to let his wife take control of the impending sale of the team.

A 19-year veteran, Hill retired following the 2012-13 season and has been reportedly been putting together a group to acquire the Clippers. Yao, who expressed heavy interest in buying the Milwaukee Bucks before outgoing owner Herb Kohl said keeping the team in Milwaukee was a requirement.

Among the others rumored to have a desire to own the LA franchise, Magic Johnson and Guggenheim Partners, who combined to purchase the Los Angeles Dodgers, former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and billionaire Antony Ressler.

Agencies/Canadajournal




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