It takes effect immediately. Gibson oversees the basketball and business operations and will represent the Clippers with the league, including at the owners’ meetings. He has practised law for more than thirty-five years, led the US commercial litigation department at DLA Piper, and has been a season-ticket holder at the club for a long time.
The appointment follows the NBA’s sanctions against the franchise for circumventing the salary cap. Steve Ballmer has been suspended for one year from any activity linked to the league and the team, and said he accepted the decision.
“My focus will be on supporting our people, providing steady leadership, and helping the organization continue moving forward,” Gibson said, quoted by BasketNews.
In Brussels, on a Saturday at half past eight, a sentence like that rarely makes it to the microphone. A long-time season-ticket holder turned governor, on the other hand.
Thirty seconds, that’s all I’m asking. Full darkness, if the caretaker agrees, and the caretaker never agrees, he only switches off half the strip lights. A two-second gap. Mesdames et messieurs, dames en heren, a season-ticket holder for years, and from tonight your interim governor, John Gibson! [jingle] A bloke from the stands who’s going to sit down at the owners’ meeting, that is an entrance. Over there, they put out two sentences about supporting our people. Two sentences. My sound system would have had an opinion. Make some noise anyway. Just saying.
It’s true, we checked: Basket USA.
