𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙑𝙀 𝘽𝘼𝙇𝙇𝙈𝙀𝙍 𝙊𝙉 𝘼 𝙍𝙊𝘾𝙆𝙔 𝙍𝙊𝘼𝘿 𝙏𝙊 𝘽𝙐𝙔𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝘼𝙉 𝙉𝘽𝘼 𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎𝙃𝙄𝙋

 

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer at left

In sort of a perverse twist on so-called rags to riches stories, Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is living, tangible proof that throwing money at a sports franchise, in itself, does not equate with success.

Ballmer, the former owner of Microsoft, with a net worth of $106.6 B, and, unlike Donald Trump, actually on the Forbes 400 list of the world's richest men, has not been penny-pinching his sports franchise.

With his squad already having three superstars in Paul George, Kawhi Leonard and Russell Westbrook, Ballmer threw big money at yet another, James Harden, giving his team a staggering three former league MVPs!

Last night, Ballmer's Clippers, now 3-5 on the short season, ran into the Luka Doncic-led Dallas Mavericks, who toyed with the Clips for a quarter, then blew them away with a record-setting 48-17 2nd quarter, coasting to a 144-126 victory.

James Harden

Sports commentators are nearly unanimous in saying that the Clippers' addition of super star James Harden screwed up the chemistry of the team, almost substraction by addition, if you will.

Ballmer, who actually seems like a nice guy, is obviously not getting much bang for his buck with the Clippers winless since the acquisition of Harden.

Clippers coach Tyronn Lue, many think, is in the unenviable position of telling one of his superstars that they're going to have to come off the bench to make the team concept actually work.