sterns right hand man. he needed to make a decision, and he dropped the hammer on donald sterling. this was the right decision according to all the comments out there. >> jonathan betz join us with more on how the nba action could affect donald steriling. >> the big question how do you punish the boss? keep in mind that donald sterile something worth $2 billion, he's 80 years old and he is an attorney who apparently likes to sue, and he's going to fight this ruling. he bought the clippers for $12 million back in san diego. now that franchise is worth $575 million, ranking 13th out of the 30 teams. he'll still make a nice profit if he's forced to sell. and it has big stars including point guard chris paul who just signed a five-year deal worth $107 million. and blake frida griffin worth $59 million. and it's two biggest stars remain locked in, but sponsors, not. they have been dropping out quickly over the past few days. only a third of the clippers money comes from ticket sales. but the scandal is apparently not hurting ticket prices at least for the playoffs. they've actually gone up since saturday about 8%. the average ticket price close to $270. so the big c