the clipper pps the uniforms will be the same but ba dazzled. and then rick ross gives adam silver high praise calling him a boss. and quest love take as break from jimmy fallon's tonight show to tweet, we have not watch anything like a group like this since the o.j. verdict. my favorite one came from adam, nba no big gots allowed. i agree. we'll have the best of them tomorrow night as well. that's it for me. i'm don lemon. thanks for watching. "ac360" starts now. good evening, everyone, tonight, breaking news on several fronts, we're waiting to hear from the l.a. clippers doc rivers, and sterling reportedly says he is not selling the team the question is what will his coach say. stay tuned. that will happen this hour. we're also facing another line of potential deadly storms,

day three in a weather rampage has already cost three dozen lives and putting millions of people in harm's way tonight. and later, these ghostly images are said to be from flight 370. we'll look at whether they on to something or if they are off the mark and for the first time we'll hear more from the cockpit. and more on breaking news, and weather news. and we'll break in when doc river's conference begin. barely four days since the tape of him ranting to his girlfriend surfaced, the nba, he is banned from life and is in the process of being forced to sell the team. we have new video. sterling and his wife leaving a downtown l.a. steakhouse just hours after she publicly trashed him calling him prejudiced and despicable. that must have been quite a dinner.

in it, she defends him when asked by the paparazzi asked if her husband is a racist. >> are you a racist? >> no, of course not. >> people want to know? are you a racist -- the accusations, are they true? >> no, of course not. >> clearly a complicated relationship. tonight he is reportedly vowing not to sell the team. we're learning about pressure that was brought to bear on the league, pushing him. first rachel nichols on his high speed come upance. >> reporter: this posted on line touched off a fire storm for the l.a. clipper's owner, donald sterling. >> it bothers you? >> yeah, it bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people. do you have to? >> you also associate with black people. >> i'm not you and you're not

me. you're supposed to be a delicate gi girl. >> according to the nba commissioner, sterling confirmed it is his voice on the tapes. he is speaking with his girlfriend, a woman who is nearly 50 years younger than he is. >> if you don't feel it, don't come to my games. don't bring black people and don't come. >> do you know that you have a whole team that's black that plays for you? >> do i know them? i support them and give them food and clothes and cars and houses. who gives it to them? does someone else give it to them? do i know that i have -- who makes the game, do i make the game or do they make the game? are there 30 owners? >> the lead commissioner adam silver promised a swift investigation and if warranted, punishment. today, that punishment came. >> i am banning mr. sterling for life from any association with the clippers organization or the nba.

mr. sterling may not attend any nba games or practices. he may not be present at any clippers facility and he may not participate in any business or player personnel decisions involving the team. >> as fast as the condemnation came for sterling's comments, so too, did the praise of silver's decision. michael jordan said in a statement he applauded the commissioner's swift and decisive response. on twitter, lebron james thanked him for protecting the league. and magic johnson said the commissioner showed great leadership. it was another prominent californian, kevin johnson, that stressed how the strong message sent by the nba would spread way outside the world of basketball. >> i hope that every bigot in this country sees what happened to mr. sterling, and recognizes

that if he can fall, so can you. >> rachel nicoles joins us now, you have been talking to players all day long. by and large, what is the reaction? >> very, very positive. they feel like adam silver stepped up for them. and there was a lot of pressure in that regard because several players had been talking about a boycott of tonight's games if they didn't feel he went far enough. so there was a little bit of an anvil hanging over silver's head. there is a lot of eyes on the league. if those guys had not gone out on the court tonight it would have been a very big deal. but they were happy. >> rachel, stick around, there is late word on how the cloud of the clippers may already be lifting. adidas and samsung saying they will renew their sponsorships with the team. state farm, car max, kia suspended their partnership moments after this. after the team posted this on their website, we are one, it

reads, unclear who arranged for it. unclear as well whether selling the clippers will proceed at any of the pace we've seen so far. sterling stands to make a fortune if he decides not to fight. joining us, former nba great, chairman of national basketball retired player's association, and on the phone, jay williams who is now with espn. otis birdsong, let me start with you, today's decision, what is your reaction? >> well, first of all, thank you for having me, wolf -- >> anderson. >> i'm thinking of wolf because wolf was at the legend's weekend in connecticut and i got a chance to spend some time with him. >> he is far older than i am. >> yeah, you're much better looking, too. >> so what was your reaction? >> i'm getting myself in trouble. >> no. what was your reaction to the commissioner? >> well, first of all i was very, very pleased and want to commend commissioner silver for how he handled the process. he took his time with the investigation.

but he was swift and decisive, once he gathered all the facts. i'm very pleased with the decision, and the punishment definitely meets the crime. >> you know, otis, when you look at this guy, sterling, in the past he paid one of the largest settlements in housing discrimination lawsuits, although he admitted no guilt in the settlement. there were some that said what took the nba so long? do you buy the statement by the commissioner that basically they didn't act because he won a lawsuit or settled out of court previously? >> i do buy it. in fact, when elgin baylor sued mr. sterling, we sat back and waited to see what the courts would decided. the courts decided he really didn't have a case so what is the nba to do if the courts decided that they didn't have a case? there is nothing the nba could do. >> jay, in today's press conference, roger clemens -- mason, the vice president, said they would walk, have you heard that from players you're in

contact with that they were talking about walking? >> i've heard gossip of a potential boycott. i thought boycott, pending the decision by adam silver if it wasn't harsh was going to be the right decision. you need that tv revenue, you need sponsors to step up to the table and there is no game. you get an answer swiftly. but just to answer the last question to otis, i do fault the nba for not handling the situation properly before. but the person i not fault is adam silver. i think adam silver as first year as deputy commissioner, did an exquisite job in handling this -- all these issues that have gone on with racism and by setting the precedent, yes, a guy like donald sterling will still make a huge lump sum of money. he set the precedent in not allowing the racism to occur in a very diverse group.

>> so you think the nba should have acted previously even though lawsuits happened without him admitting any guilt at all. >> i wish they could have. now, did they have factual evidence? no, it was more he said, she said. regardless -- this is where it becomes murky water. california state law, a person should be allowed to have a conversation within the confines of his own house. that is a slippery slope when you start to allow this material to leak out when it did not become a public statement. but the fact of the matter is it did become public and that's the evidence that adam had to react on. >> last night you were emphatic that he would not be the owner of this team for much longer. he reportedly made it clear to fox news contributor jim gray that he has no plans to sell the team. this was apparently a conversation before the commissioner came forward.

it sounds like the league could be in for a fight. how would this actually play out? >> well, the way it plays out, there is a constitution, the by-laws of the nba, and donald sterling signed onto it. there is a provision that says if three quarters of the owners insist, vote to make another owner sell the team he has to sell the team. now, there are certain circumstances in which that is allowed. i imagine that sterling could go to court and say this is a violation of the agreement. but look, this thing has been lawyered up from the beginning. adam silver is a lawyer. the nba has had lawyers on this from the very beginning. they are not going to do this casually. donald sterling is not going to be able to fight this in court to any success. look, anybody can file a lawsuit. but he is going to be in a position of take his $600 million, 700 million, whatever

it is, and go home. that is how this thing is going to end sooner rather than later. >> and just to play devil's advocate, i got e-mails from people saying what about free speech, what he said it is horrible. but don't people have a right to their opinions? >> well, certainly. but what is important to note is while it was a private conversation it did become public. and remember, he is an owner, so did the belief system filter into the way he treated the employees and conducted his business. so i think you're getting into this situation where you're saying well, this is a private matter. it was public, it was made public and think there were ramifications. i do want to address the point that jeff brought up that she's not going to be the owner. the person we need to look at is shelly sterling. she is part owner. it is california's community property. if you look at the lawsuit -- because she actually sued his mistress, the girlfriend, saying all the gifts he gave her are community property and she wants

them back. so this is a woman that is very, very active. i suspect this suspension, and correct me if i'm wrong, rather this penalty has no application to shelly. and so does she continue to go to the games? does she become this straw person -- >> shelly -- >> this has become a big deal now in the past couple of hours. she came out with the statement distancing herself from donald sterling earlier in this process. >> well they were having dinner together sunday night. >> she says, me and my children, we distanced ourselves. we think it is disgusting, all that stuff. and in the press conference today adam silver is asked, does this ban apply to shelly and other people in the family, and he says no. it only applies to donald. well, this video surfaces, suddenly she is not only condemning him. in fact, she is defending him. they're having dinner together. this raises a lot of questions, maybe they're a little more in cahoots more than you think. if you look at the lawsuits with the housing discrimination, the

allegations in those lawsuits is that shelly would go into the buildings and pose as a building inspector. >> and those allegations were by the justice department. so i really think that she is a significant player here that no one is talking about. >> jay -- the idea that you know, his wife or estranged wife is going to go to games and try to portray herself. i mean, unless her identity is so wrapped up in being a co-owner of the team, seems like she would take the money and go. >> let's also remember, this is the first step that adam silver has taken in a series of steps. he alluded to that earlier. the big thing about this is -- i don't condone the things she said, she was on his side, then she was not on his side. she's defending him. so i don't see how a lady like that could walk back into you know, the staples center and she is never going to be appreciated by the fans or the players. and so i think this is a series of steps by adam silver to work

this whole thing out in due process over time. >> she was there at the last game, the game he was asked to stay away from. and it will be very interesting to see if she is in the seats tonight. she has portrayed herself as being separate from him, wanting nothing to do with him, being the white knight. >> and she is driving the car from the restaurant. >> the clippers today were asked in the announcement said okay, well, who is in charge of the team? they basically said give us tonight to figure this out. but one of the names brought ford was her name. >> otis, can you see a situation where she remains one of the owners? >> well, anderson, i agree with jay. first of all we're early in the process. but when the dust settles, i don't see any way any how any member of the sterling family will be involved with the clipper organization. there is just no way. >> out of the question. remember, adam silver has been riding a wave of support that is really extraordinary that ranges

all the way from current players, retired players, and even mark cuban, the owner of the dallas mavericks who has not been a friend to nba management all the time. if he were to let anyone in the sterling family to continue to own this team it would wreck all the good will he has. he is too smart to allow that to happen. money solves everything. she will get a lot of money and go away. >> but he does not have the power, is my understanding, to control shelly sterling. he does have the power to control donald sterling. and i don't think he also has the power to control the other owners so there is that question there, isn't that right? >> yes, but he is going to get the 3/4 vote. he knows that, no owner has come out against him and no owner will, i don't think. but she -- she doesn't have the -- she can go to the games. i mean, that is true, he said she can go to the games. but he decides who the owners of the team are. he is in charge and he is simply not going to allow it. she can go to the games, but so

what? >> jeff toobin, sunny, rachel, thank you so much. we'll see some of our panel again when doc rivers speaks to reporters expected soon. of course, we'll bring that to you the moment it happens, as always, set your dvr. coming up next, team owners behaving badly. donald sterling is certainly not the first. we'll introduce you to others. believe it when we say it, bringing her dog onto the field was not what got her into trouble. find out what did when "ac360" continues.

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be speaking shortly. we'll bring it to you when he does. he no doubt looks at the sanctions. and joining us now, stephanie elam. as we wait for this press conference from doc rivers, you actually had a chance to speak to him and ask him questions, what did he say? >> reporter: it was interesting to me. i asked if he had heard from donald sterling. it was very interesting the way he put it. i was asked if i needed to speak to donald and i took a pass. i didn't feel like it was the right time. since then, we heard the commissioner today, commissioner silver saying he did speak to donald sterling but donald sterling did not have any remorse or say anything beyond the fact that he admitted that was him on the recordings. it is an interesting point because if there was remorse he would have come out and said it at this point. none of that has happened here. and we do expect to hear from coach doc rivers before the

game, something he said he was pondering before the nba had their presser this morning. so we're waiting to see how they handle it. but you can almost feel the tensions, anderson, sort of ease away after the commissioner spoke and came down very hard on sterling. >> you have been at the staple center all day. what has the atmosphere been like since the press conference? >> reporter: there are people out here who have signs up. one big sign looked like l.a. clippers, but instead of that it said racist. they were prepared here at the staple center. they have the barricades up. i can see the police presence is very thick. they were not taking any chances here but i do feel like the people i talked to including one really huge fan of the clippers, darrell has been a huge fan to 22 years. he said he was not sure what he was going to do but felt relieved after silver spoke. but all in all, the people seem like they will come out and support the players but it will be interesting to see what the energy is like once the game starts. >> stephanie elam, appreciate it.

it is not shocking, given his history, nor should the idea that a wealthy, powerful individual with stone age attitude might find himself or herself in very hot water. or as randi kaye explains right now, shot happens. >> reporter: it was not long before the tough-talking cincinnati reds owner opened her mouth and got herself in hot water. in an interview in espn in 1996, she said this about adolf hitler. >> everybody in history knows that he was good at the beginning but just went too far. >> shaw defended jews, gays, and african americans. in 1994, she said she didn't want her players to wear earrings because only fruits wear earrings. before that, she was reportedly overheard saying never hire another n word, i would rather have a trained monkey working for me. still to many, he remained a

hometown favorite. often seen smoking cigarettes at the ballpark, while walking her dog, schotzi. but they saw a different side of her when a veteran player died of a heart attack on opening game. she was criticized for objecting to the game's postponement. >> i was more concerned about 50,000 people who came here to enjoy opening day and came with their families and everything. and i just could not believe it had happened. >> reporter: her behavior caught up with her. she was facing two suspensions for her comments and an order to undergo multi-cultural training. for years she tried to reverse the damage. >> i know in my heart that i am not a racist or a bigot. >> reporter: it didn't work, in 1999, she was forced to sell the club. >> we find based on considerable evidence that her practice of using language that is racially and ethnically offensive has

brought substantial embarrassment to the game. >> comments about race also proved to be a problem for minnesota twins owner calvin griffith. at a lyons club meeting in 1978 explained he moved the team from washington, quote, when i found out you only had 15,000 black people here. black people don't go to ball games. we came here because you have good, hard-working white people here. griffith was never punished. but the cleveland cavs owner made an off-color remark in 1979 saying his roster should be at least 50% white for marketing concerns, since fans like to watch players that look like them. behind the scene, an e fort was began to try to get him to sell the team. a deal was made by david stern who later became nba commissioner. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> again, we'll hear shortly from doc rivers, as soon as the

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more breaking news tonight, another round of tornadoes hitting the south on top of dozens in north carolina, joining alabama, mississippi and parts of the midwest the latest to face the fury. >> this is a large violent tornado. there is lots of things falling out of the sky. >> a second round spawned dozens of deadly tornadoes monday. >> my god, no, no, no. >> the storms tore through large swaths of the south, leaving people homeless and thousands more without power. bringing the total number of people killed to at least 35 since the outbreak began sunday. the system so large it is clearly visible from space. mississippi was hit especially hard. a massive ef-4 twister with winds greater than 150 miles an

hour flattened parts of lewisville. estimated at a mile wide, the tornado pulverized tree and homes and badly damaged the hall hospital. the city of tupelo, mississippi, took a direct hit and causing residents to seek shelter wherever they could, including a cooler at a local gas station . >> the moment of death was just an inch away. to be right on top of you is undescribable. >> alabama was also described. the apartment complex in athens were reduced to rubble. the survivors barely made it out alive. >> it was just unreal, the wind came up and just roared. just roared. >> i don't know if it was tornado. it was just black. so we turned and went a different direction. and soon after it hit. >> three people were killed in the state, including 21-year-old

john sovati, a member of university of alabama's swim team after the wall in his basement collapsed. it came three years to the day after a massive outbreak in 2011 killed more than 250 people across the state. and while forecasters believe that mississippi and alabama are in the bull's eye today, 750 people from louisiana to new york remain on alert for any sort of severe weather. >> incredible pictures, let's talk to jennifer gray and chad myers on the road where the storms hit in alabama. jennifer, with the tornado warnings and watches, what do we know? >> right now we have storms still in effect. the ones in mississippi and alabama expire at 9:00 p.m. central time, actually the storms in north carolina have been the most powerful throughout much of the afternoon, where the focus yesterday was more on mississippi, alabama.

we had a couple of tornado warnings just in the past hour, the most recent one expired just about a minute or two ago. you can see just to the south of 95, a lot of powerful storms creating gusty winds, large hail and a couple of reports of actual tornadoes, brief spin-ups there in north carolina. i want to focus now on the south, because we're seeing thunderstorm development across mississippi and alabama, granted, nothing compared to what we saw yesterday. one of the limiting factors, though, we have been dealing with a lot of coastal showers right along the gulf of mexico and the florida panhandle. that has been one thing that has limited that moisture to surge up into the south. we were not able to heat up the atmosphere quite as much as yesterday. so that is why we're not seeing those strong storms. we do have one severe thunderstorm warning in southeast louisiana, otherwise, though, the good news is we don't have any tornado warnings right now in mississippi and alabama. but just because things are weaker now, still be careful through the rest of the overnight hour. it only takes one storm to bubble up and become severe at a moment's notice.

things are trending down and weakening just a bit. we'll continue to monitor it. >> chad, you're in tuscaloosa, alabama, there are concerns about flooding, right? >> reporter: pouring down rain, anderson, and now for hours we were following the storm as it came in from mississippi. and we know there was potential for spin on the bottom of it. on the southwest corner of this storm it could have spun. and it did briefly. but not enough to get a tornado warning. and that is great news. honestly, this day could have been a big tornado day, as well. but because of the limiting factors that jennifer just mentioned, perfect day to kill the tornadoes and make flooding but kill the tornadoes. so here is what is going on now. it is getting dark here, almost completely dark and it will rain all night in some spots. especially gulf coast, on up maybe towards georgia and atlanta. if you're driving tomorrow morning, early to work, before sunrise, watch the water on the roadways.

it may be flooded. the road may be gone. there could be that much flooding in some spots. now there is no way to tell where that might be. if you live in a flood-prone area and it is raining all day, watch for the creek in your area. it could rain literally all night. it is a rainy night in georgia, alabama, mississippi and florida, as well. anderson. >> all right, chad, thank you. next, a private australian company says it found what it believes to be wreckage from a commercial plane. the question is could it be from flight 370 even though it is thousands of miles from the search zone? we'll tell you where it is, the surprising location. also we're waiting for the coach of the l.a. clippers to speak, now that he has been banned for life. and you can see all the media waiting for him to talk. we'll bring it to you live as it happens.

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370? and now, in beijing, a recording of the last messages on flight 370 was played for passengers. the first time the recording of communications between the air traffic control has been played in public. here are the last 15 seconds. >> malaysian 370, maintaining level three-five-zero. contact ho chi minh. >> that was released 15 days after the plane disappeared. what the families want more than anything is answers. so far there have been none. they are checking out something in the bay of bengal thousands of miles from the search area. miguel marquez joins me from perth. let's take a look at the images that may or may not be from the plane. you can sort of see a plane in them. it is also hard to tell. what do we know about them?

>> well, this is a company called geo-residence. it is out of adelaide. they say they have taken spectral analysis images from planes. they captured everything. if you look at the photo images they have things like aluminum, copper, and there is one for titanium. the sorts of things that you would see on a modern commercial airliner. and they say that they have captured those from these images from satellite and plane. the problem is every expert we talked to says it is just impossible to do that. it is not possible to see that far down underneath the water and even a little ways underneath the water. they want to know about the sort of technology the company has. >> the company apparently gives officials involved in the search, their initial findings on march 31st, nearly a month ago, do you know, are they being looked at? have they been discounted? do we know?

>> they had not been seen before. the malaysians are now saying that they are going to take it under advisement and look into it. the australians saying that they believe they are in the right place. they say that the area where this company is looking is not along that northern flight path. it is way off. they see nothing in their data so far to suggest that the plane might be there. so they believe right now they are still searching in the right place here in the southern indian ocean. anderson? >> all right, miguel marquez, thank you very much. joining me now, cnn analyst david gallo, at the woods hole institution, who co-led the search for air france 447. david gallo, let's start with you. do you believe this? >> well, anderson, again it is one thing that is perplexing. the technology, the physics works, but can you see through all that ocean -- >> so this was allegedly taken from a plane? >> plane and satellite is what

they're saying. and typically the ocean is opaque to that kind of radiation. so it's not clear how they're doing that. there are all of these reasons. and the fact it looks like a plane in some of the data bothers me. also, how did they get this one spot in the indian ocean? did they look at the entire northern indian ocean and say oh, there is something now when there was nothing. what they should do, rather than send a boat out, is repeat if experiment. the satellite again, use the plane, have some other people with them that can testify. do it and reproduce this data. the plane should still be there. >> david souci, what do you make of it? have you ever heard of this company before? has the technology been used in the investigations before? >> well, this analysis has been used before. not in aviation accidents before, but a mining company i've been involved with. we looked to see which area we should miep and that sort of thing. but the analysis using the electromagnetic particles is not new.

what they're proposing here is it is actually nuclear particles and gamma rays to determine the edges and reflections off the various kinds of metals. so that i have not heard has been used before. again, i wouldn't discount it for the sake of the families. we've spent millions trying to make sure if there was some pieces floating in the ocean we should find those and let the families know. why wouldn't it be respected. it wouldn't take a lot to have somebody from bangladesh, as david said, go repeat the experiment if you see it. let's do it. that is not a big stretch to go out and try to validate this for the family. >> we don't know how they picked this particular spot. >> right. >> it seems very dubious that they would have done the analysis in the entire bay. >> if they did, it is groundbreaking and a game-changer.

so it is quite the statement to make and it is going to be found out one way or another. so we'll soon find out if this is real or not real. >> it also doesn't seem like they've used their technology to do this in the southern indian ocean. >> well, it doesn't. as you said if they did it in the northern indian ocean they must have found all of this stuff. we're not seeing that here, too, it is peculiar and perplexing on a number of fronts. >> also david gallo, i want to ask you about the new search area which is dramatically larger than what has been searched before. i mean, this is -- we're looking at now a large expanse of time. >> the eight months to survey the way we did it with three vehicles. i have to come back there, too, anderson, with, the only witness to what happened to the aircraft are the black boxes. that is the best we have. we need to find the planes and the black boxes. to me, the pingers were like

somebody on the mountainside saying, here i am in one case. how do you walk away from that? so what i hope we see is an expansion around where the ocean shield is now, not some totally new area. >> all right, david souci, david gallo, thank you very much. all right, we're waiting to hear from doc rivers to speak on the ban regarding the nba. we're going to bring that to you live as soon as it happens. we'll be right back. kills weeds without harming innocent lawns. guaranteed. ortho weed b gon max. get order. get ortho®.

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as we wait to hear from clipper's coach doc rivers, i want to set the stage a little bit. there is the press conference room. rally any second now we're anticipating him coming out. any viewers who are just joining us at the end of a very big day, the nba barring donald sterling after that taped racist rant. the league moving to force a sale of the team. we'll bring back our panel, rachel nicoles, sunny hostin, and jeff toobin. you said he was gone, there was no way this was not going to happen. his wife is also part owner of the team. does that add a wrinkle to all of this? >> it adds a wrinkle, but i don't think it is a major obstacle to getting new ownership. first of all, if they bring in new owners they're going to want

to own the whole team. they're not going to just buy part of it. and remember, if as it appears likely, adam silver has the support of more than 3/4 of the owners, they can effectively force a sale of this team. and the fact that mrs. sterling may own some of it is really not going to matter that much. this will be a forced sale if donald sterling doesn't decide to sell it himself. so the nba will simply take over and auction off the team. i mean, it is unusual and awkward but that is apparently provided for in the rule. >> no notes or no prepped statement here. you know, this last, you know, three or four days have been very difficult for everybody involved. and no matter what the race is, it has been difficult. and i thought adam silver today was fantastic.

personally, i thought he -- he made a decision that really was the right one that had to be made. you know, i don't think this is something that, you know, we rejoice in or anything like that. you know, i told the players, you know, about the decision. and, you know, i think they were just happy that it was a resolution and it is over. at least, the start of it to be. and other than that, you know, i was just really proud of them. i have been proud of the players in the nba overall. i have been proud of the ownership throughout the league. and i think we're all in a better place because of this. so i would like to open up to any questions.

>> doc, when you first sat down you had a -- right over here. you sat there and had this big sigh of relief. is that how you feel? is that how the players feel about it, that this is finally behind us? can you move forward? >> well, we can move forward. we have to. you always have to move forward. and you know, like -- and i've said this before, obviously i have dealt with issues before. you know, you learn over and over, you know, that when something like that happens with the burden of racism it -- it always falls on the person who has been offended to respond. and i have always thought that that is interesting. you know, i felt the pressure on my players, you know. everyone was waiting for them to give a response.

and you know, i kept thinking, they didn't do anything, you know, yet they have to respond. and so adam responded. and i thought that that was the sigh of relief that we needed. is this over? no, it is not over. but it is the start of a healing process that we need. and it is the start for our organization, you know, to try to get through this. and that is very important. i know we have a game. and, you know, i have given that some thought obviously. but i do think this has been more important. and i think our players have done the best that they possibly could do in this situation. >> coach, did you at any time or your players realize that you were working for a man who held such racist views? and did you ever witness any outrageous behavior? >> no, i didn't.

obviously we've heard stuff. i mean, we've heard all the other stuff. listen, it had not happened to us. we hadn't seen it, so the answer would be no. so i came here on good faith. and everything i have asked they have allowed me to do. but then this happened and, you know, there was proof. >> doc, you had said at one point that you were worried about next year. does this decision kind of give you some clarity about going forth with the clippers? >> no, listen, i haven't thought about it. like -- i had not thought about leaving or staying. i just -- and the main reason is, honestly, this should not be about me. this -- about me and what i'm doing or want to do. i want to coach. i love coaching. i have enjoyed these guys. and other than that, really, i

think jim or someone asked that question. and, honestly, i don't have an answer because i have given it zero thought as far as that goes. obviously, adam's decision, if there was going to be one made, makes mine easier. >> doc, do you need to see -- over here. do you need to see progress toward the sale of the team for you to be more comfortable and your players to be more comfortable here? do you need to see progress toward that where you could be comfortable here? >> i think we're just going to let this whole thing play its course or run its course and then we'll all have better clarity, you know. i am not in the position nor do i want to be in the position where it sounds like i'm threatening anything. i want my players to be comfortable, honestly. i think that is the most important thing. and so let's just see where it

goes with them. and that is important for me, is they're comfortable. >> now that the nba has come out and said this is definitely mr. sterling's voice, if mr. sterling were before you right now what would you say to him? >> i don't know. i haven't given it any thought. you know, i don't know the answer to that question. you know, i think we've dealt with people who have said bad things before, racially or in another way. and i think the thing you would like to do to anyone like that who feels that way is you like to change it. that is what i would like to do. i would like to change anyone's mind who feels that way. >> coach, now that you know the voice on that recording was donald sterling, do you still want to work for him? >> i don't know if i am. you know, i really don't.

that is the point of this. that is why adam did what he did. >> will you continue if he still owns the team next season? >> i don't know if he will. so let's just, again, let it all run its course. you know, and we'll find that out. it is a good question. i'm not trying to be a smart aleck, but i just think we have to wait and see what happens. like i say, once we do have the answer, the clarity for everyone -- it is not just me. rev lawler has been here forever and he is affected by this, too. we all are. and i think everyone wants to know who they're working for and i think that is very important. >> doc, had this decision not come down today, was there concern on your part that your players would have refused to play? >> no.

i would say that. but they were waiting for a decision. and that clearly could have happened. you know, that was one of the reasons i didn't have practice yesterday in a clear practice situation, when you get blown out like you get blown out you probably should have a practice. i just didn't think it would make any sense to do it. i thought they needed to just go home and be with their families and breathe a little bit. you know? and so knowing that adam was going to have a press conference today, i just felt like we knew that there would be some type of resolution. that is also why we were -- i was almost happy that it was during the -- his announcement was during our practice. so, i mean, during the announcement, none of the players were watching. we were actually practicing and playing a game, because that is what our jobs were. >> have you gotten a sense that

they're more capable of being comfortable tonight? >> yes. >> and can they play with the freedom that you would like them to play with? >> yeah, i'm hoping. listen, the basketball part of it we have prepared them as best as you can. you know, emotions drain energy. i know that. i felt that the other night. and when you watch it on tape, we were slow in everything. and that is because of all the emotions that have gone into this. quite honestly, i didn't think our guys had enough in the tank. i think that they have been able to breathe a little bit more over the last day and a half. and i'm hoping that they're up for the task. i do think that this will be a safe haven tonight for us. i think our crowd will be amazing tonight. and i think that will help them. adrenalin will be good for us. i think we actually need it. >> doc, can you give us a sense on talking to the players what their reaction was, how they

were feeling? >> it was during a film session and i just -- in the middle of it, just kind of said it, what happened and what adam had said. and, honestly, there was nothing in the room at that time when i said it. it was complete silence. and then i said what i thought i needed to tell them. and then we went right back to film. >> doc, the commissioner made it clear that he would like ownership to change with this team. as uncomfortable as it might be to answer this question do you think it would be best if donald sterling was no longer owner of this team for everyone? >> well, i don't think he will be. i think that has been clear. i think adam made that clear, unless there is something different than a lifetime ban. a lifetime ban is a lifetime ban. so i think that has already been decided. and yes, i do think that is the right decision. the next step is where do we go?

you know, you think about him coaching a team right now and i actually don't know, you know, who to call if i need something. you know? and so the quicker that this is done, the better for everyone. having said that it is going to take time and we all have to be patient. >> and could i also ask you just obviously the players, yourself, you're a very wealthy man. at the same time you're in a situation you're working for a man who has these views. how insulting is it to you as a human being to be working for a >> well, that is the difficult part. and over the last few days it has been very difficult. doesn't matter the wealth to be honest. you could be making nothing, you want to work for someone that at least shares your values or respects them. they don't have to share them but they have to respect them. and that is difficult.