Clippers Have New Owner, Bulls Meet Knicks In Season Opener

Clippers Have New Owner

The Los Angeles  Clippers officially have a new owner in former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Ballmer's $2 billion bid to purchase the team closed Tuesday after a California court confirmed Shelly Sterling's authority to sell the team on behalf of the Sterling Family Trust, the NBA announced. The NBA Board of Governors previously approved the sale and Ballmer is now the Clippers Governor.

The sale was prompted after former owner Donald Sterling was banned for life from the NBA by commissioner Adam Silver in late April and fined $2.5 million for his racially offensive comments. The NBA had charged  Donald Sterling with damaging the league by making racist remarks.

Bulls Slated To Meet Knicks In Season Opener

The New York Daily News is reporting that the Bulls are tentatively scheduled to open the 2014-15 season at home against the New York Knicks. The full NBA season will be announced during the network's one-hour schedule release special today.

Suns' Tucker Suspended For Three Games

Phoenix Suns forward P.J. Tucker has been suspended without pay for the first three games of the 2014-15 after pleading guilty to driving while under the extreme influence of intoxicating liquor, the NBA announced Tuesday. Tucker was sentenced on Aug. 4 to three days in jail and 11 days of home detention for an arrest on May 10 in Scottsdale. The Suns signed Tucker to a three-year contract in July. The three-year NBA veteran averaged career highs of 9.4 points and 6.5 rebounds in 81 games last season for the Suns.