mr. blecher i should say. mr.ing has made it clear i assume in he wrote to the lette his wife telling her to go ahead and negotiate a sale to the team? >> he wrote a letter to the league authorizing her to negotiate. he understands the emphasis is on negotiating. she believes he's authorized her completely to sell the team. i'm not sure there's a meeting of the mind on the wording of that letter. but in any event, we have backed off while she's undertaking to try to sell the team in the expectation that could, could, i want to underscore could, lead to some negotiations to resolve the matter. we have not wanted to step in because i think, and mr. sterling thinks, if we file a lawsuit, those buyers are going to run for cover. so you want an answer why we haven't filed a lawsuit? out of respect and deference to what mr. sterling is doing to try to bring about a resolution, but the nba hasn't gotten off its you-know-what one inch to meet us halfway. >> a final question, you've been very generous with your time, mr. b

mr. sterling's consent. he's not going to consent. >> reporter: blecher and sterling are suing the nba for $1 billion in damages calling for sterling's lifetime ban from the league and his $2.5 million fine to be lifted claiming the nba's case against sterling relies entirely on an illegally recorded conversation. it's not clear if the lawsuit would interfere with the sale of the clippers. hours earlier, blecher told us sterling would look at the sale to steve ballmer and decide where to go from there, saying, "he doesn't want to fight with shelly. that's the bottom line." >> anything's possible with donald sterling. with $2 billion on the line, not even donald sterling will mess this up. >> reporter: the nba announced its resolved disputes with shelly sterling, withdrawing its effort to terminate the ownership of the clippers and cancelling the owners' vote on that and in exchange she won't sue the nba and she's going to protect the nba from future lawsuits from donald sterling side. but donald sterling's side may dispute that, of course. >> brian todd, thank you very much. >>> i can't decide if -- i'm sure it

mr. sterling is not going to consent unless the nba does something to let the scurrilous and legal charges they filed against him. >> reporter: blechera new report that the clippers owner is suing the nba for damages in excess of $1 billion. does that mean he's contesting the sale of the clippers? not necessarily. hours later blecher told us sterling would look at the sale of the clippers to steve ballmer and decide where to go from there saying, quote, he doesn't want to fight with shelly, that's the bottom line. >> anything is possible with donald sterling but with $2 billion on the line, not even donald sterling will mess this up. >> agent drew rosenhaus believes the nba is going to approve this deal because the price is too much not too. the league is saying it's waiting on documents on the sale to ballmer and planned meeting of nba owners about kicking donald sterling out is still on for tuesday. we have no response from the nba about reports of sterling's $1 billion lawsuit against the nba, wolf. >> i don't know if he's filed it. they're just talking. presumably, fairly soon. we'll hear whether or not it's going forward. >> tha