What Are the Odds of These 10 Celebrities Actually Trying to Buy the Clippers From Donald Sterling?

Floyd Mayweather, Oprah, and Dr. Dre are just a few of the celebrities who have shown an interest in buying the Los Angeles Clippers from Donald Sterling.

Apr 30, 2014
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Sometime within the next couple of weeks, the NBA and the NBA owners are going to try and force Donald Sterling to sell the Los Angeles Clippers. And while there's a chance that they won't be successful when they do it—Sterling is likely going to fight them every step of the way and try his hardest to keep the team in his possession or, at the very least, in his wife's possession—it's become pretty clear that there are a ton of celebrities out there who wouldn't mind putting up the money to buy the Clippers from Sterling.

At this point, it's probably easier to keep track of the celebs who aren't interested in buying the Clippers as opposed to those who are. So to help you make sense of all of this madness, we put together a list of 10 of the celebs who have shown the most interest in buying the Clippers and took a look at how likely each celeb is to buy the team. This list is definitely going to grow over the next couple of days—just imagine how many celebs will throw their hats in the ring if and when the team actually goes up for sale—but, for now, these are the famous people who, on some level, want to purchase a piece of Los Angeles' other NBA team…

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Floyd Mayweather

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How We Know He's Interested In The Clippers: He spoke about buying the team during an interview yesterday. "We're very, very interested in buying the Clippers," he said. "Me and my team want to buy the Clippers. And we can afford the Clippers."

Any Chance He Actually Buys The Team? No. NBA owners aren't allowed to randomly throw $37,000 bets down on college basketball games. So count him out.

Oscar De La Hoya

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How We Know He's Interested In The Clippers: After Floyd Mayweather expressed his interest in buying the Clippers, his former rival said he would be interested in purchasing the team with him. "When it comes to business, what better than two minorities?" he said. "The commissioner wanted to see more minority ownership in the NBA. If he wants more minorities involved in the NBA, what better than me and Floyd to be part of a potential ownership group?"

Any Chance He Actually Buys The Team? Yes. Even if Mayweather backs out of the deal, De La Hoya probably has enough money stuffed away in his coffers to afford a small percentage of the team.

Oprah Winfrey

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How We Know She's Interested In The Clippers: According to multiple reports, Oprah is part of a group that includes David Geffen and Larry Ellison that may make a serious push to buy the Clippers.

Any Chance She Actually Buys The Team? Yes. She's Oprah. She could probably afford to buy the entire NBA and change it to the OBA.

Diddy

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How We Know He's Interested In The Clippers: He took to Twitter shortly after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Donald Sterling from the NBA and started up a hashtag about it. "I will always be a Knicks fan," he wrote, "but I am a business man. #DiddyBuyTheClippers #NameYourPrice."

Any Chance He Actually Buys The Team? Yes. And if he does, the Clippers are going to trade in their current warm-ups for shiny suits. Bank on it.

Rick Ross

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How We Know He's Interested In The Clippers: He expressed his interest on Twitter and even proposed a name change for the Staples Center. "I'd be interested in investing in @LAClippers," he wrote. "Make It #WingStopArena @WingStopCEO Lets Gooo!"

Any Chance He Actually Buys The Team? No. And WingStop Arena? SMH.

Dr. Dre

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How We Know He's Interested In The Clippers: TMZ caught up with Dre last night in L.A. and he told them that he is "thinking about" buying the team.

Any Chance He Actually Buys The Team? Yes. Dre has made, like, $872,915,362,011,628 thanks to all of the NBA players who wear his Beats By Dre headphones. So no matter how much the Clippers cost, he's good for it.

Scott Ian

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How We Know He's Interested In The Clippers: The Anthrax guitarist wrote, "I'm buying the Clippers," on Twitter earlier today, proving that rappers aren't the only ones who want a piece of the team.

Any Chance He Actually Buys The Team? No. But that doesn't mean that we didn't appreciate his tweet.

Matt Damon

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How We Know He's Interested In The Clippers: He revealed that, if Magic Johnson decided to buy the team, he would be down to put up a very, very, very, very, very small amount of money. "I unfortunately don't have Donald Sterling money," he said yesterday. "But if Magic wants to put people together, I'll jump in as a super tiny minority investor."

Any Chance He Actually Buys The Team? Yes. And his 0.0000000000000000000000000000000001 percent stake in the team will entitle him to one free small soda water at every Clippers home game.

Frankie Muniz

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How We Know He's Interested In The Clippers: He took to his Facebook account yesterday to let the world know about his plans. "I am buying the Los Angeles Clippers," he wrote.

Any Chance He Actually Buys The Team? No. At least, we hope not. PLEASE.

Mindy Kaling

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How We Know She's Interested In The Clippers: Earlier today, she took to Twitter and wrote, "I am now declaring my intent to buy the Clippers. The uniforms will be the same but bedazzled."

Any Chance She Actually Buys The Team? No. But if she does, how long will it take for Dennis Rodman to un-retire?! Those bedazzled unis just wouldn't look right without him.

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