Comments on: Fourth Bidding Group Identified; Process Now in Binding Bid Stage

By: The Inevitability of Larry Ellison « The History of Now – NBA & Pro Sports Blog

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:02:24 +0000

[...] We are now privy as to who the Final Four potential buyers are: Oracle CEO, Larry Ellison; 24-Hour Fitness founder, Mark Mastrov; Mandalay Entertainment CEO, Peter Guber; and founding partner of TPG Capital (and its Asian affiliate Newbridge Capital), David Bonderman. With David Bonderman’s group as the last to be identified, the sale is now in the binding bid stage, as Marcus Thompson reports. [...]

By: Doctor K

Doctor K — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:25:26 +0000

Why would a billionaire care about someone posting on a basketball blog? LOL. I’m sure with all wealthy people, there’s a long line waiting to sue them for something.

By: MWLX

MWLX — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:13:49 +0000

JimPunkrockford:

Interesting info, but for your own protection hit up a little book on Amazon called the “Libel Handbook.” There’s a way to inform us with relevant facts, but you probably want to avoid defaming a billionaire who could take you to the cleaners.

By: Cranky Teacher

Cranky Teacher — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:58:57 +0000

So … four egomaniac billionaires? Surprise!

By: Shooty

Shooty — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:26:40 +0000

Agreed…Guber would be horrible. He wasted hundreds millions of dollars of Sony’s money on things like improving the Executive cafeteria, the end result being films like the Last Action Hero.

Is Magic Johnson attached to the 24 hour Fitness bid? That would be the NBA equivalent of having Saddam Hussian run Kurdistan. Question if under this scenario the Warriors played British Petroleum in an exhibition, which ownership would you root for?

The private equity guy would cut scouting to the bare minimum, raise ticket prices drastically and take out a huge loan and give himself a special dividend…the basic slash and burn PE model. Translation Donald Sterling north.

In short, Ellison or bust.

By: JimPunkrockford

JimPunkrockford — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:49:40 +0000

Guber is the worlds biggest self-serving prick! really the best way to describe him is that he is “Cohan-y”, minus all the litigations. mass firings of employees right before Xmas with no severance, shady real estate dealings..etc. he is all about one thing, lining his pockets with money. he is a shyster in the first order. that is what he is famous for! hit up a little book on amazon “HIT AND RUN HOW JON PETERS AND PETER GUBER TOOK SONY FOR A RIDE IN HOLLYWOOD” or “Indecent Exposure: A True Story of Hollywood and Wall Street”. the dude is a huckster. i fear the truth would be Cohan part Duex if Guber where to be the new owner.

By: Gunner

Gunner — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 04:54:52 +0000

Ellison, please buy this team.

By: Marcus Thompson

Marcus Thompson — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:45:36 +0000

JimPunkrockford,

Why you say that?

By: JimPunkrockford

JimPunkrockford — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:22:37 +0000

please, please, please NO Guber. the only person on the planet that could be WORSE than Cohan!!!