Brian Windhorst says Steve Ballmer’s support among NBA owners disappeared after the Clippers investigation concluded.

There is no indication Ballmer has any plans to sell, but he has every intention to fight his yearlong suspension.

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has been suspended for one year by the NBA. The league’s investigation found Ballmer and the Clippers were guilty of violating the salary cap

The Los Angeles Clippers vehemently refute the NBA's findings in the Kawhi Leonard salary-cap circumvention investigation, but converting that opposition into legal action will be challenging. That's mainly because of the finality of league decisions and judicial deference to decisions of private associations.

The NBA’s investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers has already produced a punishment that could reshape the franchise for years. The team was fined $30 million and stripped of five consecutive first-round picks after investigators found a pattern of salary-cap circumvention involving four corporate partners.

Leaders can teach their most valuable contributors that rules don't apply. The consequences rarely stop there.

Which owners qualified as the worst of the worst? Some were awful for moral reasons. Others were cheap, or lost a lot, or sold Babe Ruth.

Ever since the NBA handed down its strict punishment against the Los Angeles Clippers, analysts around the league have had plenty to say about what the franchise should do next. Just a day ago, NBA agent Rich Paul claimed that if the Clippers “keep pushing,