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Steve Ballmer goes nuts over 'hardcore' LA Clippers in fan festival Steve Ballmer goes nuts over 'hardcore' LA Clippers in fan festival
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LA Clippers fans got a lot more than they bargained for as an emotional Steve Ballmer took the stage at the Staples Center to introduce himself as the new team owner.LA Clippers fans got a lot more than they bargained for as an emotional Steve Ballmer took the stage at the Staples Center to introduce himself as the new team owner.
Set to Eminem's 'Lose Yourself' hit song, the former Microsoft chief executive made quite the entrance, high-fiving members of the audience and professing his love for the team and the city of Los Angeles at the top of his lungs in a 13-minute speech.Set to Eminem's 'Lose Yourself' hit song, the former Microsoft chief executive made quite the entrance, high-fiving members of the audience and professing his love for the team and the city of Los Angeles at the top of his lungs in a 13-minute speech.
"We are going to be hardcore, hardcore, hardcore! We're going to get better everyday. We're going to be tenacious. Something knocks us down and we're going to get back and keep coming and coming and coming and coming."We are going to be hardcore, hardcore, hardcore! We're going to get better everyday. We're going to be tenacious. Something knocks us down and we're going to get back and keep coming and coming and coming and coming.
"Did you watch these guys? That was hardcore! Hardcore baby! Nothing gets in our way, Boom! Keep coming. Hardcore. The hardcore Clippers, that's us," he told the audience while the players, including Chris Paul, DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin, cheered on."Did you watch these guys? That was hardcore! Hardcore baby! Nothing gets in our way, Boom! Keep coming. Hardcore. The hardcore Clippers, that's us," he told the audience while the players, including Chris Paul, DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin, cheered on.
"When he came through the crowd, I literally had goose bumps," Griffin told the AP after the presentation. "I don't know if there's one good word to describe him. I know all our guys are excited about the energy he brings. It's completely different.""When he came through the crowd, I literally had goose bumps," Griffin told the AP after the presentation. "I don't know if there's one good word to describe him. I know all our guys are excited about the energy he brings. It's completely different."
 
Ballmer paid a record $2 billion for the team in a sale that was confirmed by a judge last week, putting an end to the Donald Sterling saga, who was banned from the NBA for life for making racist remarks in an explosive telephone conversation with former girlfriend V. Stiviano where he told her not associate herself with "black men" or bring them to the Clipper games.Ballmer paid a record $2 billion for the team in a sale that was confirmed by a judge last week, putting an end to the Donald Sterling saga, who was banned from the NBA for life for making racist remarks in an explosive telephone conversation with former girlfriend V. Stiviano where he told her not associate herself with "black men" or bring them to the Clipper games.
Earlier this month, Sterling lost a last-ditch attempt to block the sale of the team after a Los Angeles appeals court denied a request from his lawyers to overturn judge Michael Levanas’s ruling in which he affirmed Shelly Sterling's right to sell acting as the sole trustee of The Sterling Family Trust, which owns the Clippers.Earlier this month, Sterling lost a last-ditch attempt to block the sale of the team after a Los Angeles appeals court denied a request from his lawyers to overturn judge Michael Levanas’s ruling in which he affirmed Shelly Sterling's right to sell acting as the sole trustee of The Sterling Family Trust, which owns the Clippers.