Ex-Microsoft CEO Ballmer to buy NBA's LA Clippers for $2 bln -source (Reuters)

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(Adds information on deal, background on Ballmer, Sterling) By Ronald Grover and Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES, May 29 (Reuters) - Former Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer won the bidding war for the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers franchise with a $2 billion offer, a record for a professional basketball team, a source with knowledge of the bidding said on Thursday. Ballmer outbid two groups, one led by media mogul David Geffen that offered $1.6 billion that included TV talk show maven Oprah Winfrey and Oracle Corp CEO Larry Ellison, the source said.

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Does that mean Sacramento can sleep a little easier knowing Ballmer won't try to buy the Kings, if Sacramento somehow doesn't get the new building built by 2016-17.

Good thing Ballmer didn't bid $2 billion for the Kings last summer, or the Kings would have been the Seattle Supersonics right now.